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tāmrabhasma ca / aṣṭamāṃśaṃ hi kāntābhraṃ kalāṃśaṃ navaratnakam // > a quarter-part of silver calx, a sixth part of copper calx, / an eighth part of magnetic iron and mica, and a sixteenth part of the nine gems: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.3) raseśvaraṃ samuddiśya rasavaidyāya dhīmate / rasācāryāya siddhāya dadyādiṣṭārthasiddhaye // > dedicating it to the Lord of Mercury, one should give this to an intelligent mercurial physician, / an accomplished master of alchemy, for the achievement of desired ends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.4) \ dhātubhirgandhakādyaiśca nirdravairmardito rasaḥ / suślakṣṇaḥ kajjalābho'sau kajjalī sābhidhīyate // > \ / Mercury ground with metals, sulfur, and the like without liquids, / very smooth and resembling collyrium—that is called kajjalī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.5) sadrave marditaḥ so'pi iti pākarasaḥ smṛtaḥ / \ arkāṃśatulyādrasato'tha gandhānniṣkārdhatulyāttruṭiśo'pi khalve / arkātape tīvratare vimardyātpiṣṭirbhavetsā navanītarūpā // > Ground with liquids, it is regarded as "cooked mercury" (pākarasa). / \ / From mercury equal to a part of the sun (twelve parts), and then from sulfur equal to half a niṣka, bit by bit in a mortar, / grinding in intense sunshine, it becomes a paste possessing the form of butter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.6) khalve vimardya gandhena dugdhena saha pāradam // > Grinding mercury in a mortar along with sulfur and milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.7) peṣaṇātpiṣṭitāṃ yāti sā piṣṭīti matā paraiḥ / \ caturthāṃśasuvarṇena rasena kṛtapiṣṭikā // > it attains the state of a paste from the trituration; that is considered "paste" (piṣṭī) by others. / \ / A paste prepared with mercury and a fourth part of gold > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.8) bhavetpātanapiṣṭī sā tathā rūpyādibhiḥ kṛtā / \ rūpyaṃ vā jātarūpaṃ vā rasagandhādibhirhatam // > is "sublimation paste" (pātanapiṣṭī); likewise, one made with silver and the rest. / \ / Either silver or gold destroyed with mercury, sulfur, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.9) samutthitaṃ ca bahuśaḥ sā kṛṣṭī hematārayoḥ / kṛṣṭīṃ kṣiptvā suvarṇānte na varṇo hīyate tayā // > and recovered many times—that is the extract (kṛṣṭī) of gold and silver. / When this extract is thrown into refined gold, its color is not degraded by it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.10) svarṇakṛṣṭyā kṛtaṃ bījaṃ rasasya parirañjanam / \ tāmraṃ tīkṣṇasamāyuktaṃ drutaṃ nikṣipya bhūriśaḥ // > A seed made with gold extract is the coloring agent of mercury. / \ / Copper combined with cast iron, melted and repeatedly cast > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.11) sagandhe likucadrāve nirgataṃ varalohakam / \ tena raktīkṛtaṃ svarṇaṃ hemaraktītyudāhṛtā // > into lemon juice along with sulfur: the excellent lohaka comes forth. / \ / Gold made red by it is called "gold-reddening" (hemaraktī). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.12) nikṣiptā sā drute svarṇe varṇotkarṣavidhāyinī / tārasya rañjanī cāpi bījarāgavidhāyinī // > Cast into molten gold, it produces an elevation of its color; / it also colors silver and imparts tincture to the seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.13) evameva prakartavyā tāraraktī manoharā / rañjanī khalu rūpyasya bījānāmapi rañjanī // > In this very way, charming silver-reddening agent (tāraraktī) should be prepared; / it is indeed the coloring agent of silver and also the coloring agent of seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.14) \ mṛtena vā baddharasena vānyalohena vā sādhitamanyaloham / sitaṃ hi pītatvamupāgataṃ taddalaṃ hi candrānalayoḥ prasiddham // > \ / Another metal processed either with killed \[metal\], bound mercury, or another metal— / white indeed, turned to yellowness—that petal of moon and fire is well known. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.15) ābhāsamṛtabandhena rasena saha yojitam / sādhitaṃ vānyalohena sitaṃ pītaṃ hi taddalam // > Combined with mercury bound as an appearance of killed, / or processed with another metal, white or yellow—that is the petal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.16) \ tāpyena nihataṃ kāntaṃ saptavāraṃ samutthitam / taddvayaṃ dvipalaṃ vātha tāmrabhasma paladvayam // > \ / Magnetic iron killed with chalcopyrite and recovered seven times— / two palas of these two together, or two palas of copper calx: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.17) sarvaṃ nikṣipya mūṣāyāṃ saptavāraṃ dhameddṛḍham / tadayonāgamityuktaṃ sādhakaṃ dehalohayoḥ // > placing all into a crucible, one should blow \[heat\] strongly seven times. / That is called iron-lead (ayonāga), which accomplishes \[perfection of\] body and metals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.18) rasena sāraṇāyantre tadīyā gulikā kṛtā / sā dhṛtā vadane hanti meharogānaśeṣataḥ // > Its pill, prepared with mercury in an elongation apparatus, / held in the mouth, completely destroys urinary disorders; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.19) kurute dantadārḍhyaṃ ca dṛśau gṛdhradṛśāviva / tathānyān kṣetrajānrogān rogāñ jatrūrdhvasaṃbhavān // > it produces firmness of the teeth and eyes like the eyes of a vulture, / as well as other diseases born of the body and diseases arising above the clavicle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.20) \<śulvanāgam\> mākṣikeṇa hataṃ tāmraṃ daśavāraṃ samutthitam / tadvadviśuddhanāgaṃ hi dvitayaṃ taccatuṣpalam // > \ / Copper killed with chalcopyrite and recovered ten times, / likewise purified lead—that pair being four palas— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.21) nīlāñjanahataṃ bhūyaḥ saptavāraṃ samutthitam / iti saṃsiddhametaddhi śulbanāgaṃ prakīrtitam // > killed again with stibnite and recovered seven times: / this, thus perfected, is proclaimed as copper-lead (śulbanāga). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.22) sādhitastena sūtendro vadane vidhṛto nṛṇām / nihanti māsamātreṇa mehavyūhamaśeṣataḥ // > The lord of mercury prepared with it, held in the mouth of men, / destroys entirely the whole array of urinary disorders in just a month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.23) pathyāśanasya varṣeṇa palitaṃ valibhiḥ saha / gṛdhradṛṣṭir lasaddṛṣṭiḥ sarvārogyasamanvitaḥ // > For one who observes wholesome diet, within a year gray hair along with wrinkles \[disappears\]; / he acquires vulture-like vision, brilliant sight, and is endowed with complete health. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.24) \ lohaṃ lohāntare kṣiptaṃ dhmātaṃ nirvāpitaṃ drave / pāṇḍupītaprabhaṃ jātaṃ piñjarītyabhidhīyate // > \ > A metal thrown into another metal, blown with a pipe, and quenched in liquid, / turning pale yellow in luster, is called piñjarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.25) \ bhāgāḥ ṣoḍaśa tārasya tathā dvādaśa bhāsvataḥ / ekatrāvartitāste tu candrārkamiti kathyate // > \ > Sixteen parts of silver and likewise twelve parts of copper, / smelted together—that is called candrārka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.26) \ dhāryalohe 'nyalohaścetprakṣipto vaṅkanālataḥ / nirvāpaṇaṃ tu tatproktaṃ vaidyairnirvāhaṇaṃ khalu // > \ > If another metal is cast into the metal being held, using a curved blowpipe, / that indeed is called nirvāpaṇa, or nirvāhaṇa, by physicians. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.27) kṣipennirvāhaṇaṃ dravye nirvāhye samabhāgikam / āvāpyaṃ vāpanīyaṃ ca bhāge dṛṣṭe ca dṛṣṭavat // > One should cast the discharging agent (nirvāhaṇa) in equal parts into the substance to be discharged (nirvāhya); / the additive (āvāpya) and the base metal (vāpanīya) should be treated in the proportion observed \[by tradition\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.28) \ mṛtaṃ tarati yattoye lohaṃ vāritaraṃ hi tat / \ aṅguṣṭhatarjanīghṛṣṭaṃ yattadrekhāntare viśet // > \ > Dead metal that floats on water is indeed vāritara. / \ > When rubbed between the thumb and forefinger, whatever enters the crevices of the \[finger\]prints, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.29) mṛtaṃ lohaṃ taduddiṣṭaṃ rekhāpūrṇābhidhānataḥ / \ guḍaguñjāsukhasparśamadhvājyaiḥ saha yojitam // > that dead metal is indicated by the name rekhāpūrṇa. / \ > Combined with jaggery, guñjā, sukhasparśa, honey, and clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.30) na yāti prakṛtiṃ dhmānādapunarbhavamucyate / \ lohena saha saṃyuktaṃ dhmātaṃ rūpyeṇa cel lihet // > it does not revert to its original state upon blowing; it is called apunarbhava. / \ > When combined with metal and blown, if it clings to silver, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.31) tadā nirutthamityuktaṃ lohaṃ tadapunarbhavam / evaṃ rūpyaṃ satāmraṃ ceddhmātaṃ tāmre lagenna hi // > then it is declared niruttha; that metal is irreversible (apunarbhava). / Likewise, if silver with copper is blown, and it does not adhere to copper, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.32) tadā nirutthaṃ mantavyaṃ rajataṃ ca bhiṣagvaraiḥ / \ nirvāhaṇaviśeṣeṇa tadvadvarṇaṃ bhavedyadā // > then silver is to be regarded as niruttha by the best of physicians. / \ > When by a special process of pouring (nirvāhaṇa) its color becomes like that, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.33) mṛdulaṃ citrasaṅkāśaṃ tad bījamiti kathyate / \ idameva hi nirdiṣṭaṃ vaidyairuttāraṇaṃ khalu // > soft and variegated in appearance, that is called bīja. / \ > This indeed is declared by physicians to be uttāraṇa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.34) saṃsṛṣṭalohayorekalohasya parināśanam / \ pradhmātaṃ vaṅkanālena tattāḍanamudāhṛtam // > the destruction of one metal among two combined metals. / \ > Blown with a curved pipe—that is designated as tāḍana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.35) \ cūrṇābhraṃ śālisaṃyuktaṃ vastrabaddhaṃ hi kāñjike / niryātaṃ mardanādvastrāddhānyābhramiti kathyate // > \ > Powdered mica mixed with paddy, tied in a cloth in sour gruel, / coming out of the cloth upon rubbing, is called dhānyābhra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.36) \ kṣārāmladrāvakairyuktaṃ dhmātamākarakoṣṭhake / yastato nirgataḥ sāraḥ sattvam ityabhidhīyate // > \ > Mixed with alkalis, acids, and fluxes, and blown in a mining furnace, / whatever essence emerges therefrom is called sattva (essence). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.37) \ koṣṭhikāśikharāpūrṇaiḥ kokilādhmānayogataḥ / mūṣākarṇam anuprāptair ekakolīśako mataḥ // > \ > Filled to the brim of the furnace, by the application of blowing with charcoals / reaching the ear of the crucible, it is considered an ekakolīśaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.38) \ śikhitrāḥ pāvakocchiṣṭā mṛtāṅgārāśca kokilāḥ / kṛṣṇāṅgāḥ kokilāśceti paryāyāste parasparam // > \ > Śikhitra, pāvakocchiṣṭa, and mṛtāṅgāra, / as well as kṛṣṇāṅga and kokila—these are mutual synonyms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.39) \ drāvaṇe sattvapāte ca mādhūkāḥ khādirāḥ śubhāḥ / durdrāve vaṃśajāpestu svedane bādarāḥ śubhāḥ // > \ > For smelting and extraction of essence, \[charcoals of\] madhūka and khadira are auspicious; / for refractory substances, those from bamboo; while for steaming, those of badara are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.40) \ vidyādharākhyayantrasthād ārdrakadravamarditāt / samākṛṣṭo raso yo'sau hiṅgulākṛṣṭa ucyate // > \ > Mercury which is extracted from a Vidyādhara apparatus / after being ground with ginger juice, is called cinnabar-extracted mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.41) \ svalpatālayutaṃ kāṃsyaṃ vaṅkanālena tāḍitam / muktavaṅgaṃ hi tattāmraṃ ghoṣākṛṣṭamudāhṛtam // > \ > Bell-metal combined with a little orpiment, blown with a curved pipe, / free from tin, yielding that copper—is declared as ghoṣākṛṣṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.42) \ palaviṃśati nāgasya śuddhasya kṛtacakrikam / rūpikādugdhasampiṣṭaśilāyāṃ parilepitam // > \ > Twenty palas of purified lead made into small discs, / coated on realgar ground with the milk of rūpikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.43) śarāvasaṃpuṭe ruddhvā pacet kroḍapuṭena tām / tāvadvāraṃ pacedyatnādyāvadbhasma prajāyate // > sealed within two earthenware saucers, one should heat it in a kroḍapuṭa; / one should heat it with care as many times as needed until it becomes calx. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.44) guḍagugguluguñjājyaṭaṅkaṇaiḥ parimardya tam / mūṣāmadhye nirudhyātha dhmānādutthāpitaṃ punaḥ // > Grinding it with jaggery, guggulu, guñjā, clarified butter, and borax, / confining it inside a crucible, it is raised again by blowing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.45) cakrīṃ tena punaḥ kṛtvā palapramitapāradaiḥ / liptvā limpetsitārkasya payasā śilayāpi ca // > Making discs again with it, smeared with mercury measuring one pala, / one should coat it with realgar and the milk of white arka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.46) pacedgajapuṭairevaṃ vārāṇāṃ khalu viṃśatiḥ / puṭe puṭe ca nāgasya kuryādutthāpanaṃ khalu // > One should heat it in this way with gajapuṭas for twenty times, / and at every heating one must certainly perform the revival of the lead. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.47) nīlajyotirdravaiḥ samyagdaśavārāṇi ḍhālayet / iti siddhaṃ hi tat sīsaṃ karṣamātrāvaśeṣitam // > One should quench it properly ten times in the liquid of nīlajyotis; / thus completed, that lead, remaining to the measure of one karṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.48) guhyanāgākhyayā proktaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rasarasāyane / niṣkamātraṃ tu nāge'smin lohākhye yā drute sati // > is proclaimed by the name of guhyanāga, supreme in mercurial rejuvenation therapy. / When only a niṣka of this lead called metal is molten, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.49) svato lakṣaguṇāṃ haimīṃ śalākāṃ grasate dhruvam / lagettailaprataptaṃ tatsvarṇamudgirati dhruvam // > it certainly swallows a golden needle one hundred thousand times its own \[weight\]; / when applied, intensely heated in oil, it certainly throws out that gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.50) guhyanāgo'yamuddiṣṭaḥ śaktisvacchandabhairavaḥ / \ tīkṣṇaṃ nīlāñjanopetaṃ dhmātaṃ hi bahuśo dṛḍham // > This guhyanāga has been taught by Śaktisvacchandabhairava. / \ > Tīkṣṇa iron along with nīlāñjana, strongly blown many times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.51) mṛdu kṛṣṇaṃ drutadrāvaṃ varanāgaṃ taducyate / \ mṛtasya punarudbhūtiḥ sā proktotthāpanākhyayā // > soft, black, quickly melting—that is called varanāga. / \ > The revival of what is dead—that is called by the name of utthāpana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.52) \<ḍhālanam\> drutadravyasya nikṣepo drave tat ḍhālanaṃ matam / \ triṃśatpalamitaṃ nāgaṃ bhānudugdhena marditam // > \<Ḍhālana\> > The casting of a molten substance into a liquid is considered ḍhālana. / \ > Lead measuring thirty palas, ground with the milk of the sun plant (arka), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.53) vimṛdya puṭayet tāvad yāvat karṣāvaśeṣakam / na tatpuṭasahasreṇa kṣayamāyāti sarvadā // > having ground it, one should heat it in puṭas until a karṣa remains; / it never diminishes even by a thousand puṭas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.54) capalo'yaṃ samādiṣṭo vārtikairnāgasambhavaḥ / itthaṃ hi capalaḥ kāryo vaṅgasyāpi na saṃśayaḥ // > This capala derived from lead has been declared by the alchemists; / in this very manner capala of tin is also to be made, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.55) tatspṛṣṭahastasaṃspṛṣṭaḥ kevalo badhyate rasaḥ / sa raso dhātuvādeṣu śasyate na rasāyane // > Touched by the hand that has touched that, mercury alone is fixed; / that mercury is praised in the transmutation of base metals, not in rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.56) ayaṃ hi karpaṇākhyena lokanāthena kīrtitaḥ / bhrāmakāśmarajaḥ sūkṣmaṃ pañcamāṃśasamanvitam // > This has been proclaimed by the lord of the world named Karpaṇa: / fine lodestone dust, combined with a fifth part \[of another substance\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.57) kumārīmūlatoyena mardayedekavāsaram / śārṅgerīsvarase vāpi dinamekamanāratam // > one should grind with juice of aloe root for one day, / or unceasingly in the fresh juice of cangerī for one day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.58) evaṃ bhūnāgadhautaṃ ca mardayeddivasadvayam / athaikapalanāgena tāvatā trapuṇāpi ca // > Likewise, one should grind the washed earthworm for two days; / then with one pala of lead and an equal amount of tin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.59) daśaniṣkarasendreṇa ślakṣṇapiṣṭaṃ samācaret / yojayitvādyakalkena yathāpūrvaṃ vimardayet // > along with ten niṣkas of the lord of mercury, one should make a smooth paste; / joining it with the first paste, one should grind it as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.60) tataḥ śāṇarasendreṇa sattvena rasakasya ca / piṣṭīṃ kṛtvā tu pūrveṇa pūrvakalkaiśca yojayet // > Then, having made an amalgam with a śāṇa of the lord of mercury / and the essence of calamine as before, one should join it with the former pastes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.61) atha prakṣālya soṣṇena kāñjikena praśoṣayet / palārdhaṃ śuddhasasyena aṣṭaguñjārasena ca // > Then, having washed it with warm sour gruel, one should dry it; / with half a pala of pure blue vitriol and eight guñjās of mercury, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.62) vimardya kāñjikaiḥ kuryānmaricapramitā vaṭīḥ / nirudhya vajramūṣāyāṃ sandhibandhaṃ vidhāya ca // > grinding with sour gruel, one should make pills the size of a black peppercorn; / confining them in a vajra-crucible and sealing the joints, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.63) śikhitrair navabhiḥ samyagbhastrābhyāṃ pradhametkhalu / tato mūṣāgataṃ sattvaṃ samādāya samantataḥ // > one should blow thoroughly with nine charcoals by means of two bellows; / then, collecting from all sides the essence that has entered the crucible, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.64) dhametprakaṭamūṣāyāṃ vaṅkanālena śodhayet / daśaśāṇaṃ hi tatsatvaṃ bhasmanā lavaṇena ca // > one should blow it in an open crucible and purify it with a curved blowpipe; / that essence weighing ten śāṇas, with ash and salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.65) sakāñjikena saṃpeṣya puṭayogena śodhayet / triniṣkapramite tasminpūrvaproktena bhasmanā // > grinding with sour gruel, one should purify by means of heating in a puṭa; / when it measures three niṣkas, with the previously stated ash, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.66) aśītiguṇitaṃ nāgaṃ dhmātvā nirvāhayet khalu / iyatā pūrvasūto'sau kṣīyate na kathaṃcana // > Having smelted eighty-fold lead, one should certainly carry \[it\] out; / by so much, this previously \[prepared\] quicksilver is in no way destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.67) capalo'yaṃ samuddiṣṭo lokanāthena śambhunā / anenāpi rasaḥ śīghraṃ pūrvavad badhyate sukham // > This capala has been declared by Śambhu, the lord of the world; / by this also, mercury is bound quickly and easily as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.68) kāravallījaṭācūrṇairdaśadhā puṭito hi saḥ / bhavennāgavinirmukto grāsaṃ gṛhṇātyaśeṣataḥ // > When subjected to ten calcination cycles with the powder of bitter gourd roots, / it becomes freed from lead, and swallows the morsel completely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.69) sukhaṃ prakaṭamūṣāyāṃ bhavec cātiguṇottaraḥ / jīrṇagrāso raso hyeṣāṃ dehalohakaro bhavet // > It \[swallows\] easily in an open crucible and becomes exceedingly superior in qualities; / indeed, their mercury, having digested the morsel, brings about \[the perfection of\] body and metal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.70) \ bhūbhujaṅgaśakṛttoyaiḥ prakṣālyāpahṛtaṃ malam / kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ hi tatproktaṃ dhautākhyaṃ rasavādibhiḥ // > \[Washing of Earthworm Excrement\] > The black-colored impurity removed by washing with earthworm-cast water, / is called "dhauta" (washed) by the alchemists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.71) \ dravyayormelanaṃ dhmānād dvaṃdvānaṃ parikīrtitam / \ bhāgādrūpyādhike kṣepamanuvarṇasavarṇakam // > \[Pairing\] > The union of two substances by smelting is proclaimed as "pairing" (dvandvāna). > \[Cracking Agent\] > When casting into \[a metal\] exceeding silver in quantity, having an equal or secondary color, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.72) dalairvā varṇikāgrāso bhañjanī vādinirmitā / \ pataṅgīkalkato jātā lohe tāratvahematā // > or the swallow of color by leaves—\[this\] bhañjanī is devised by the alchemist. > \[Phullikā\] > The silvery or golden condition arisen in a metal from a paste of pataṅgī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.73) dināni katicit sthitvā yātyasau phullikā matā / \ rañjitārdharasāllohādanyadvā cirakālataḥ // > which remains for a few days and then disappears, is considered phullikā. > \[Pataṅgī Tincture\] > That which comes out after a long time from a metal or other \[substance\] / colored with half-mercury, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.74) viniryāti sa nirdiṣṭaḥ pataṅgīrāgasaṃjñakaḥ / \<āvāpaḥ\> drute dravyāntarakṣepāllohādyaiḥ kriyate hi yaḥ // > is declared to be named pataṅgīrāga (pataṅgī tincture). > \[Infusion\] > That which is performed by metals and the like by throwing another substance into molten \[metal\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.75) sa āvāpaḥ pratīvāpastadevācchādanaṃ matam / \ drute vahnisthite lohe viramyāṣṭanimeṣakam // > is āvāpa (infusion) or pratīvāpa; that same is considered ācchādana (covering). > \[Lustration\] > On molten metal resting over fire, pausing for eight winks of an eye, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.76) salilasya parikṣepaḥ so'bhiṣeka iti smṛtaḥ / nāgaṃ vā vaṅgaṃ vā pradrāvya niṣecayecchataṃ vārān // > the throwing around of water is remembered as abhiṣeka (lustration). / Having melted lead or tin, one should drench it a hundred times; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.77) uktadravye taddravatāḍanametaddhi so'bhiṣekastu / \ taptasyāpsu parikṣepo nirvāpastapanaṃ ca tat // > this striking of the liquid into the stated substance is indeed lustration (abhiṣeka). > \[Quenching\] > Throwing a heated \[metal\] into water is quenching (nirvāpa), and that is \[also called\] tapana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.78) prativāpyādikaṃ kāryaṃ drutalohe sunirmale / \<śuddhāvartaḥ\> yadā hutāśo dīptārciḥ śuklotthānasamanvitaḥ // > Infusion and the like should be performed on completely clear molten metal. > \[Pure Inversion\] > When the fire has a blazing flame accompanied by white rising, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.79) śuddhāvartastadā jñeyaḥ sa kālaḥ sattvanirgame / \ drāvyadravyanibhā jvālā dṛśyate dhamane yadā // > then it should be recognized as the "pure inversion" (śuddhāvarta); that is the time for the extraction of the essence. > \[Streak Inversion\] > When a flame resembling the substance to be melted is observed during blowing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.80) dravasyonmukhatā seyaṃ rekhāvartaḥ sa kathyate / \ vahnisthameva śītaṃ yattaduktaṃ svāṅgaśītalam // > that readiness of the substance to liquefy is called "streak inversion" (rekhāvarta). > \[Self-Cooled and Fire-Cooled\] > That which cools while still remaining on the fire is called "self-cooled" (svāṅgaśīta). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.81) agnerākṛṣṭaśītaṃ yadvahniśītaṃ tadīritam / \ kṣārāmlair auṣadhairvāpi ḍolāyantre sthitasya hi // > That which is cooled after being drawn out of the fire is called "fire-cooled" (vahniśīta). > \[Steaming\] > When it is placed in a swing apparatus with alkalis, acids, or herbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.82) pacanaṃ svedanākhyaṃ syānmalaśaithilyakārakam / \ uddiṣṭairauṣadhaiḥ sārdhaṃ sarvāmlaiḥ kāñjikairapi // > its cooking is called "steaming" (svedana), which causes the loosening of impurities. > \[Trituration\] > Together with the prescribed herbs, all kinds of acids, and sour gruels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.83) peṣaṇaṃ mardanākhyaṃ syādbahirmalavināśanam / \ mardanādiṣṭabhaiṣajyair naṣṭapiṣṭitvakārakam // > the grinding is called "trituration" (mardana), which destroys external impurities. > \[Swooning\] > Causing the state of a destroyed paste by means of medicines prescribed for trituration, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.84) tanmūrcchanaṃ hi vāryadribhūjakañcukanāśanam / \ svarūpasya vināśena piṣṭitvāpādanaṃ hi yat // > that is swooning (mūrcchana), which destroys sheath defects arising from water, stone, and earth. > \[Destroyed Paste\] > That which brings about the state of a paste by destroying its own form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.85) vivṛddhir jitasūtena naṣṭapiṣṭiḥ sa ucyate / \ svedatāpādiyogena svarūpāpādanaṃ punaḥ // > and expansion by conquered quicksilver, is called "destroyed paste" (naṣṭapiṣṭi). > \[Resuscitation\] > Restoring its own form again through steaming, heating, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.86) tadutthāpanamityuktaṃ mūrcchāvyāpattināśanam / \ uktauṣadhairmarditapāradasya yantrasthitasyordhvamadhaśca tiryak / niryāpanaṃ pātanasaṃjñayoktaṃ vaṅgāhisaṃparkajakañcukaghnam // > that is called "resuscitation" (utthāpana), which destroys the distress of swooning. > \[Distillation\] > Sending quicksilver, triturated with the prescribed herbs and placed in an apparatus, upward, downward, and across / is spoken of by the term "distillation" (pātana), which destroys sheath defects born from contact with tin and lead. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.87) \ jalasaindhavayuktasya rasasya divasatrayam // > \[Restraint\] > For mercury combined with water and rock salt, for three days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.88) sthitirāpyāyinī kumbhe yo'sau rodhanamucyate / \ rodhanāllabdhavīryasya capalatvanivṛttaye // > a nourishing residence in a jar: that which is such is called "restraint" (rodhana). > \[Restraining\] > For the purpose of removing the restlessness of that which has obtained potency from restraint, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.89) kriyate yo ghaṭe svedaḥ proktaṃ niyamanaṃ hi tat / \ dhātupāṣāṇamūlādyaiḥ saṃyukto ghaṭamadhyataḥ // > the steaming which is performed in a pot is indeed called "restraining" (niyamana). > \[Kindling\] > Combined with metals, stones, roots, and the like inside a pot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.90) grāsārthaṃ tridinaṃ svedo dīpanaṃ tanmataṃ budhaiḥ / \ iyanmānasya sūtasya bhojyadravyātmikā mitiḥ // > steaming for three days for the sake of the morsel is considered "kindling" (dīpana) by the wise. > \[Measure of the Morsel\] > The measure, in terms of consumable substance, for such an amount of quicksilver, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.91) iyatītyucyate yo'sau grāsamānamitīritam / \ grāsasya cāraṇaṃ garbhadrāvaṇaṃ jāraṇaṃ tathā // > saying "it is this much," that which is such is declared to be the measure of the morsel. > \[Digestion\] > Feeding the morsel, internal liquefaction, and digestion: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.92) iti trirūpā nirdiṣṭā jāraṇā varavārtikaiḥ / grāsaḥ piṇḍaḥ parīṇāmastisraścākhyāḥ parāḥ punaḥ // > thus digestion (jāraṇā) is declared as three-fold by excellent practitioners. / "Morsel," "lump," and "transformation" are further three other names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.93) samukhā nirmukhā ceti jāraṇā dvividhā matā / nirmukhā jāraṇā proktā bījādānena bhāgataḥ // > Digestion is considered twofold: "with a mouth" and "mouthless." / "Mouthless" digestion is declared to be by taking the seed according to measure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.94) \ śuddhaṃ svarṇaṃ ca rūpyaṃ ca bījamityabhidhīyate / catuḥṣaṣṭyaṃśato bījaprakṣepo mukhamucyate // > \[Digestion With a Mouth\] > Pure gold and silver are termed "seed"; / the throwing in of the seed at one sixty-fourth part is called the "mouth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.95) evaṃ kṛte raso grāsalolupo mukhavān bhavet / kaṭhinānyapi lohāni kṣamo bhavati bhakṣitum // > When this is done, mercury becomes endowed with a mouth, eager for the morsel; / it becomes capable of consuming even hard metals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.96) iyaṃ hi samukhī proktā jāraṇāmṛtajāraṇā / \ divyauṣadhisamāyogāt sthitaḥ prakaṭakoṣṭhiṣu // > This is indeed called "digestion with a mouth," the digestion of ambrosia. > \[Mouthless Feeding\] > Remaining in open furnaces through the application of divine herbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.97) bhuṅkte nikhilalohādyānyo'sau rākṣasavaktravān / \ 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) ### [1.25.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.98) \ grastasya drāvaṇaṃ garbhe garbhadrutirudāhṛtā / \ bahireva drutīkṛtya ghanasatvādikaṃ khalu // > \[Internal Liquefaction\] > The melting of what has been swallowed in its belly is designated "internal liquefaction" (garbhadruti). > \[External Liquefaction\] > Having liquefied externally indeed the dense essence and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.99) jāraṇāya rasendrasya sā bāhyadrutir ucyate / \ nirlepitvaṃ dravatvaṃ ca tejastvaṃ laghutā tathā // > for the digestion of the lord of mercury, that is called "external liquefaction" (bāhyadruti). > \[Liquor (Substance)\] > Non-stickiness, liquidity, luminosity, lightness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.100) asaṃyogaśca sūtena pañcadhā drutilakṣaṇam / \ auṣadhājyādiyogena lohadhātvādikaṃ sadā // > and non-combination with quicksilver: fivefold is the characteristic of liquefaction. > \[Liquefaction (Process)\] > When base metals, noble metals, and the like, through the union of herbs, clarified butter, and the like, always > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.101) uttiṣṭhate dravākārā sā drutiḥ parikīrtitā / \ drutagrāsaparīṇāmo biḍayantrādiyogataḥ // > arise in liquid form, that is proclaimed as liquefaction (druti). > \[Digestion\] > The transformation of a liquefied morsel through the use of a saline catalyst, apparatus, and the like > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.102) jāraṇetyucyate tasyāḥ prakārāḥ santi koṭiśaḥ / \ kṣārairamlaiśca gandhādyairmūtraiḥ sapaṭubhistathā // > is called "digestion" (jāraṇā); there are millions of varieties of it. > \[Saline Catalyst\] > By alkalis, acids, sulfur and others, urines, and likewise salts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.103) rasagrāsasya jīrṇārthaṃ tadbiḍaṃ parikīrtitam / \ saṃsiddhabījasattvādijāraṇena rasasya hi // > That is proclaimed as the biḍa for digesting the morsel fed to mercury. > \[Rañjana:\] > Indeed, by digesting the prepared seed, essence, and the like in mercury, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.104) pītādirāgajananaṃ rañjanaṃ samudīritam / \ sūte satailayantrasthe svarṇādikṣepaṇaṃ hi yat // > producing a yellow or other coloration is proclaimed as rañjana. > \[Sāraṇā:\] > When quicksilver placed in an apparatus containing oil is projected with gold and other substances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.105) vedhādhikyakaraṃ lohe sāraṇā sā prakīrtitā / \ vyavāyibheṣajopeto dravye kṣipto rasaḥ khalu // > which enhances its transmutative capacity on base metal, that is celebrated as sāraṇā. > \[Vedha:\] > Mercury combined with swiftly acting medicines and cast upon a substance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.106) vedha ityucyate tajjñaiḥ sa cānekavidhaḥ smṛtaḥ / \ lepaḥ kṣepaśca kuntaśca śabdākhyo dhūmasaṃjñakaḥ // > is spoken of by the knowers of reality as vedha, and it is remembered to be of various kinds. > \[Varieties of vedha:\] > Lepa, kṣepa, kunta, the one called śabda, and that named dhūma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.107) \ lepena kurute lohaṃ svarṇaṃ vā rajataṃ tathā / lepavedhaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ puṭamatra ca saukaram // > \[Lepavedha:\] > When one transforms base metal into gold or silver by anointing, > that is to be known as lepavedha, and the heating here is done in a saukara furnace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.108) \ prakṣepaṇaṃ drute lohe vedhaḥ syātkṣepasaṃjñakaḥ / \ saṃdaṃśadhṛtasūtena drutadravyāhatiśca yaḥ // > \[Kṣepavedha:\] > Projection into molten metal is the transmutation called kṣepa. > \[Kuntavedha:\] > When there is striking of a molten substance with quicksilver held in tongs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.109) suvarṇatvādikaraṇaḥ kuntavedhaḥ sa ucyate / \ vahnau dhūmāyamāne 'ntaḥprakṣiptarasadhūmataḥ // > producing gold or silver, that is called kuntavedha. > \[Dhūpavedha:\] > When fire is smoking, from the smoke of mercury projected inside, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.110) svarṇādyāpādanaṃ lohe dhūmavedhaḥ sa īritaḥ / \<śabdavedhaḥ\> mukhasthite rase nālyā lohasya dhamanātkhalu // > the conversion of base metal into gold and the like is called dhūmavedha. > \[Śabdavedha:\] > When mercury is placed at the opening, from blowing base metal through a tube, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.111) svarṇarūpyatvajananaṃ śabdavedhaḥ sa kīrtitaḥ / \ piṇḍadravyasya sūtena kāluṣyādinivāraṇam // > generating gold and silver, that is celebrated as śabdavedha. > \[Utpāṭana:\] > Removing tarnish and the like from a lump of material by means of quicksilver, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.112) prakāśanaṃ ca varṇasya tadutpāṭanamīritam / \ kṣārāmlairauṣadhaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhāṇḍe ruddhvātiyatnataḥ // > and bringing forth its color, is called utpāṭana. > \[Svedana:\] > Confining it very carefully in a pot along with alkalis, acids, and medicinal herbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.113) bhūmau nikhanyate yattatsvedanaṃ samudīritam / \ rasasyauṣadhayuktasya bhāṇḍe ruddhasya yatnataḥ // > what is buried in the earth is declared to be svedana. > \[Saṃnyāsa:\] > When mercury joined with herbs is carefully sealed in a vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.114) sadāgniyutacullyantaḥkṣepaḥ saṃnyāsa ucyate / \ dvāvetau svedasaṃnyāsau rasarājasya niścitam // > placing it inside a hearth that constantly has fire is called saṃnyāsa. > \[Benefits of svedana and saṃnyāsa:\] > Both these, svedana and saṃnyāsa, for the king of mercury certainly > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25.115) guṇaprabhāvajananau śīghravyāptikarau tathā // > generate power and efficacy, and make it swift in penetration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.25.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.4.6) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.8.5) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.25) · Pramāṇa