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# Anandakanda 1.23.280

Ānandakanda 1.23.280

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.23.280](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.280)

tenaiva ghātayettīkṣṇaṃ bhasmībhūtatvamāpnuyāt /  
tadbhasma tāmrapiṣṭe tu triguṇaṃ tena nirvahet //

> With that very \[substance\] one should kill cast iron, and it attains the state of ash; / that ash, in a paste of copper, carries three times its amount.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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