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# Anandakanda 1.25.97

Ānandakanda 1.25.97

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.25.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.97)

bhuṅkte nikhilalohādyānyo'sau rākṣasavaktravān /  
\<cāraṇā\>  
rasasya jaṭhare grāsakṣepaṇaṃ cāraṇā matā //

> it consumes all metals and the like—this \[mercury\] is one having the mouth of a demon.  
> \[Feeding\]  
> The throwing of the morsel into the belly of mercury is considered "feeding" (cāraṇā).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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