[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Tantric alchemical scriptures and works of the Rasasiddhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha) › [Anandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda) › 1.26.8 # Anandakanda 1.26.8 Ānandakanda 1.26.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.8) adhastād droṇikā kāryā vahniprajvālanocitā / utsedhena navāṅgulaḥ khalu kalātulyāṅgulāyāmavān vistāreṇa navāṅgulo rasamitair nimnaistathaivāṅgulaiḥ / kaṇṭhe dvyaṅgulavistaro'timasṛṇo droṇārdhacandrākṛtir gharṣaścaiva daśāṅgulaśca tadidaṃ khalvākhyayantraṃ matam // > A small trough suitable for kindling fire should be made underneath. > Nine fingers in height, indeed sixteen fingers long, nine fingers wide, and likewise six fingers deep, > two fingers wide at the rim, extremely smooth, shaped like a trough or a crescent moon, and with a pestle ten fingers long—this is considered the apparatus called a mortar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.7) - [Next: 1.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.9) - [Up: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.26.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5.7) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.78.15) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.78.15) — Basava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.8) · Pramāṇa