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# Anandakanda 1.25.28

Ānandakanda 1.25.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.28)

\<vārtitara (Def.)\>  
mṛtaṃ tarati yattoye lohaṃ vāritaraṃ hi tat /  
\<rekhāpūrṇa (Def.)\>  
aṅguṣṭhatarjanīghṛṣṭaṃ yattadrekhāntare viśet //

> \<Definition of Vāritara\>  
> Dead metal that floats on water is indeed vāritara. / \<Definition of Rekhāpūrṇa\>  
> When rubbed between the thumb and forefinger, whatever enters the crevices of the \[finger\]prints,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.25.28) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.8.27) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit

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