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Khalvayantra:\] > The khalvayantra is declared to be of two kinds for operations such as grinding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.2) khalvaṃ lohamayaṃ devi pāṣāṇotthamathāpi vā / khalvayogyā śilā nīlā śyāmā snigdhā dṛḍhā guruḥ // > The mortar is made of iron, O goddess, or else it is made of stone. > A stone suitable for a mortar is blue, dark, smooth, hard, and heavy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.3) khalvayantraṃ dvidhā proktaṃ rasādimukhamardane / ṣoḍaśāṅgulikotsedhā navāṅgulisuvistarā // > The mortar apparatus is declared to be of two kinds for grinding the face of mercury and other substances: > Sixteen fingers high and nine fingers wide, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.4) caturviṃśāṅgulīdīrghagharṣaṇī dvādaśāṅgulā / viṃśatyaṅguladīrghā vā syādutsedhe daśāṅgulā // > twenty-four fingers long, with a pestle of twelve fingers; > or twenty fingers long and ten fingers high— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.5) khalvapramāṇaṃ tajjñeyaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ syādrasamardane / ṣoḍaśāṅgulavistāraḥ khalvo bhavati vartulaḥ // > that is to be known as the dimension of the mortar, the best for grinding mercury. > A circular mortar is sixteen fingers wide, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.6) caturaṅgulanimnaṃ ca madhye 'timasṛṇīkṛtam / mardanī cipiṭādhastāt sugrahā ca śikhopari // > four fingers deep, and made extremely smooth in the middle, > with a pestle flattened at the bottom and easy to hold at the top handle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.7) ayaṃ hi vartulaḥ khalvo mardane'tisukhapradaḥ / ayasā kāntalohena lohakhalvamapīdṛśam // > This circular mortar is very pleasant for grinding. > An iron mortar is also like this, made of steel or magnetic iron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [1.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.9) asminpañcapalaḥ sūto mardanīyo viśuddhaye // > In this, five palas of quicksilver should be ground for purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.10) tattadaucityayogena khalveṣvanyeṣu śodhayet / \ lohe navāṅgulaḥ khalvo nimnaścaiva ṣaḍaṅgulaḥ // > One should purify in other mortars according to their respective suitability. > \[Taptakhalva:\] > An iron mortar nine fingers wide and six fingers deep, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.11) mardako'ṣṭāṅgulaścaiva taptakhalvābhidho hyayam / kṛtvā khalvākṛtiṃ cullīmaṅgāraiḥ paripūrya tām // > with a pestle of eight fingers—this is called the heated mortar. > Having made a hearth shaped like the mortar and filled it with coals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.12) tasminniveśya taṃ khalvaṃ pārśve bhastrikayā dhamet / tasminvimarditā piṣṭiḥ kṣārāmlaiśca susaṃyutā // > placing that mortar in it, one should blow with bellows at the side. > A paste ground in it and well combined with alkalis and acids, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.13) pradravatyativegena sveditā nātra saṃśayaḥ / kṛtaḥ kāntāyasā so'yaṃ bhavetkoṭiguṇo rasaḥ // > when steamed, liquefies with great speed; there is no doubt about this. > If made of magnetic iron, that mercury will possess ten million times its virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.14) \<2. khavalabhīyantram (valabhīyantraṃ vā)\> yantre lohamaye pātre pārśvayorvalayadvayam / tādṛk svalpataraṃ pātraṃ valayadyotakoṣṭhakam // > \[2. Khavalabhīyantra (or Valabhīyantra):\] > In an iron vessel within the apparatus, there are two rings on the sides. > A similar, smaller vessel has a compartment illuminated by the rings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.15) pūrvapātropari nyasya svalpapātropari kṣipet / rasaṃ saṃmūrchitaṃ sthūlapātramāpūrya kāñjikaiḥ // > Placing it above the first vessel, one should place upon the small vessel > the swooned mercury, filling the large vessel with sour fermented gruel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.16) dviyāmaṃ svedayedevaṃ rasotthāpanahetave / tatsyāt khavalabhīyantraṃ rasasādguṇyakārakam // > One should steam it thus for two yāmas to revive the mercury. > That is the khavalabhīyantra, producing excellence in mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.17) sūkṣmakāntamaye pātre rasaḥ syādguṇavattaraḥ / \<3. ūrdhvapātanayantram\> aṣṭāṅgulamitā samyak vartulā cipiṭā tale // > In a vessel made of fine magnetic iron, mercury becomes even more efficacious. > \[3. Ūrdhvapātanayantram:\] > Measuring eight fingers, perfectly round, flat at the bottom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.18) caturaṅgulataḥ kaṇṭhādadho droṇyā samanvitā / caturaṅgulavistārā nimnayā dṛḍhabaddhayā // > provided with a trough four fingers below the neck, > four fingers wide, deep, and firmly attached, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.19) tadvidhā ca ghaṭī mūle ṣoḍaśāṅgulavistṛtā / navāṅgulakavistārakarṇena ca samanvitā // > such a pot is sixteen fingers wide at the base, > and furnished with an ear-handle nine fingers wide. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.20) pūrve ghaṭe rasaṃ kṣiptvā nyubjāṃ dadyātparāṃ ghaṭīm / sordhvaṃ nimnā ca parito dṛḍhapālikayānvitā // > Having placed the mercury in the first pot, one should place the other pot inverted, > concave above and provided all around with a firm rim. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.21) pālyāṃ droṇyāṃ kṣipettoyaṃ pāvakaṃ jvālayedadhaḥ / ūrdhvapātanayantraṃ hi nandinā parikīrtitam // > In the rim and the trough one should pour water and kindle fire underneath. > This upward distillation apparatus was proclaimed by Nandin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.22) \<4. adhaḥpātanayantram\> upariṣṭāttu tatsthālyāṃ kṣipedanyāmadhomukhīm / sthālikāṃ cipiṭībhūtāṃ talāntarliptapāradām // > \[4. Adhaḥpātanayantram:\] > Above that pot one should place another turned upside down, > a flattened saucer with mercury smeared on the interior of its base. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.23) kṣiptvā tatpaṅkile garte jvālayenmūrdhni pāvakam / adhaḥpātanayantraṃ hi tadetatparikīrtitam // > Placing it into a muddy pit, one should kindle fire on the top. > This is proclaimed as the downward distillation apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.24) \<5. tiryakpātanayantram\> kṣipedrasaṃ ghaṭe dīrghe natādhonālasaṃyute / tannālaṃ nikṣipedanyaghaṭakukṣyantare khalu // > \[5. Tiryakpātanayantram:\] > One should place the mercury in a tall pot fitted with a bent downward tube; > one should insert that tube into the belly of another pot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.25) tatra ruddhvā mṛdā samyagvadane ghaṭayoradhaḥ / adhastādrasakumbhasya jvālayettīvrapāvakam // > Sealing properly with clay there at the mouths of the pots below, > one should kindle a fierce fire underneath the pot containing mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.26) itarasmin ghaṭe toyaṃ prakṣipetsvāduśītalam / tiryakpātanametaddhi vārtikairabhidhīyate // > Into the other pot one should pour sweet, cold water. > This oblique distillation is indeed described by the alchemical practitioners. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.27) pātanātritayasyoktaṃ yantrāṇāṃ tritayaṃ khalu / pātanaiśca vinā sūto nitarāṃ doṣamṛcchati // > A triad of apparatuses has been stated for the threefold distillation. > Without distillations, quicksilver definitely incurs defect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.28) tribhirevordhvapātaiḥ sa kasmāddoṣairna mucyate / dvivibhāgena vipākena dravyān anyonyayogataḥ // > Why is it not freed from defects by three upward distillations alone? > Because of the twofold division, cooking, and the mutual combination of substances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.29) pātrāntaraparikṣepādguṇāḥ syur vividhāḥ khalu / khaṇḍānyulūkhalāṃbhobhis taṇḍulāsyurjalojjhitāḥ // > diverse qualities surely arise from placing it into different vessels. > As rice grains broken by mortar and pestle become free of water with mortar water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.30) pātanaiva mahāśuddhistaṇḍulī parikīrtitā / \<6. kacchapayantram\> viśālavadane bhāṇḍe toyapūrṇe niveśayet // > so distillation is celebrated as the great purification, like rice processing. > \[6. Kacchapayantram:\] > In a wide-mouthed pot filled with water, one should place \[the vessel\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.31) aparaṃ pṛthulaṃ samyak pratarastasya madhyame / ālavālaṃ biḍaiḥ kṛtvā tanmadhye pāradaṃ kṣipet // > another broad and well flat \[crucible\]: in the middle of it, / having made a basin with saline catalysts, one should cast mercury into its center. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.32) ūrdhvādhaśca biḍaṃ dattvā mallenārudhya yatnataḥ / puṭamaucityayogena dīyate tannigadyate // > Having placed the saline catalyst above and below, and having carefully sealed it with an earthen saucer, / a calcination cycle is given according to propriety; that is described \[thus\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.33) yantraṃ kacchapasaṃjñaṃ hi taduktaṃ rasajāraṇe / \<7. āntarālikayantram\> kṛtvā lohamayīṃ mūṣāṃ vartulādhārakāriṇīm // > the apparatus named Tortoise is indeed that which is described for the digestion of mercury. > \[7. The Intermediate Apparatus\] > Having made a crucible of iron that serves as a round base, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.34) vitastyā samitāṃ kāntalohena parinirmitām / muṇḍalohodbhavāṃ vāpi kaṇṭhādho dvyaṅgulādadhaḥ // > measuring a span, constructed out of magnetic iron, / or born of wrought iron, two finger-breadths below the neck, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.35) dvyaṅgulaṃ valayaṃ dadyānmadhyadeśe ca kaṇṭhataḥ / pidhānadhārakaṃ ciñcāpatravistīrṇakaṅkaṇam // > one should affix a two-finger-breadth ring in the middle area from the neck, / a ring as broad as a tamarind leaf that supports the lid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.36) pidhānamantarāviṣṭaṃ saśikhaṃ śliṣṭasandhikam / tale pravihatacchidraṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā hyadhomukham // > The lid is inserted inside, crested, with closely fitted joints; / having made a vessel with a pierced hole in its base face-downward, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.37) yantreṇālambayenmūrdhni nirudhya ca viśoṣya ca / sthālīkaṇṭhaṃ tato dadyātpuṭānalavidhāraṇam // > One should suspend \[the upper vessel\] over the crown by means of the apparatus, seal it, and dry it; / then around the neck of the pot one should apply the fire-restraining seal of the calcination pit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.38) evaṃrūpaṃ bhavedyantram āntarālikasaṃjñakam / anena jārayedgandhaṃ drutiṃ garbhakṛtāmapi // > Such is the apparatus called Āntarālika. / By means of this, one can digest sulfur and even a liquefied metallic essence prepared internally. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.39) \<8. tāpikāyantram\> tāpīmūṣāṃ mṛdā kṛtvā dṛḍhāṃ cāratnimātrikām / sudṛḍhāṃ madhyadeśe ca dvyaṅgulacchidrasaṃyutām // > \<8. Tāpikāyantra\> > Having made a tāpī crucible out of clay, firm and measuring one cubit, / very sturdy, and provided in the center with a two-finger aperture, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.40) kāntalohamayīṃ khārīṃ dadyāddravyasya copari / tāpikāṃ pūrayecchuddhasikatābhiḥ samantataḥ // > one should place a khārī measure of magnetic iron over the substance, / and fill the tāpikā on all sides with clean sand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.41) tāṃ ca cullyāṃ samāropya kṣepaṃ kṣepaṃ biḍadravam / pādāṅguṣṭhamitāṃ jvālāṃ jvālayedanalaṃ tataḥ // > Mounting it on a stove, adding the liquid of biḍa \[salt\] drop by drop, / one should then ignite a fire, with a flame the size of a big toe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.42) lohābhrakādikaṃ sarvaṃ rasasyopari jārayet / tāpikāyantramityuktaṃ sukaraṃ rasajāraṇe // > One may digest iron, mica, and all other \[metals and minerals\] upon the mercury. / This is declared as the tāpikā apparatus, easy to use for digesting \[substances into\] mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.43) \<9. garbhayantram\> sthālyāṃ vinikṣipya rasādivastu svarṇādi khoryāṃ pravidhāya bhūyaḥ / amlena cordhvaṃ lavaṇāni dattvā cullyāṃ pacettatpratigarbhayantram // > \<9. Garbhayantra\> > Having placed the mercury and other substances in a pot, and repeatedly placing gold and the rest in a small vessel, / and having added sour gruel and salts above, one should cook it on a hearth; this is the counter-garbha apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.44) \ khorīmallaṃ tataḥ sthālīṃ nirundhyād atiyatnataḥ / sthālyāṃ mallena vā khoryāṃ kṣiptvā vastu nirudhya ca // > \ > Then one should very carefully seal the small vessel, the shallow dish, and the pot; / or having placed the substance in the pot with a shallow dish or in a small vessel, and sealed it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.45) kṣiptvā paṭṭādikaṃ ruddhvā pākaḥ syādgarbhayantrakam / \<10. pālikāyantram\> caṣakaṃ vartulaṃ lohaṃ vinatāgrordhvadaṇḍakam // > and applying cloth and so forth to lute it, cooking \[it\] constitutes the garbha apparatus. > \<10. Pālikāyantra\> > A round iron cup having an upright handle bent at the tip: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.46) etaddhi pālikāyantraṃ balijāraṇahetave / \<11. ghaṭīyantram\> catuḥprasthajalādhāraṃ caturaṅgulakānanam // > this indeed is the pālikā apparatus, intended for digesting sulfur. > \<11. Ghaṭīyantra\> > \[A vessel\] containing four prasthas of water, with an opening of four fingers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.47) ghaṭīyantramidaṃ proktaṃ tadāpyāyanake smṛtam / \<12. iṣṭikāyantram\> vidhāya vartulaṃ gartaṃ mallamatra nidhāya ca // > this is proclaimed as the ghaṭī apparatus, traditionally taught for replenishing \[mercury\]. > \<12. Iṣṭikāyantra\> > Having made a round pit and placed a shallow dish there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.48) vinidhāyeṣṭakāṃ tatra madhyagartavatīṃ śubhām / gartasya paritaḥ kuryātpālikāmaṅgulocchrayām // > and having placed an auspicious brick there that has a central depression, / one should make a rim one finger high around the depression. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.49) tatra sūtaṃ vinikṣipya gartāsye vasanaṃ kṣipet / nikṣipedgandhakaṃ tatra mallenāsyaṃ nirudhya ca // > Placing the quicksilver in it, one should lay a cloth over the opening of the depression; / one should put sulfur there, and seal the opening with a shallow dish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.50) mallapālikayormadhye mṛdā samyaṅnirudhya ca / vanotpalaiḥ puṭaṃ deyaṃ kapotākhyaṃ na cādhikam // > Luting well with clay between the shallow dish and the rim, / a heating pit called kapota \[pigeon-scale\], and no greater, should be applied with wild cow-dung cakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.51) iṣṭikāyantram etatsyādgandhakaṃ tena jārayet / \<13. vidyādharayantram\> sthālikopari vinyasya sthālīṃ samyaṅnirudhya ca // > This is the iṣṭikā apparatus; with it one can digest sulfur. > \<13. Vidyādharayantra\> > Having placed a pot atop a small pot and sealed it thoroughly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.52) ūrdhvasthālyāṃ jalaṃ kṣiptvā vahniṃ prajvālayedadhaḥ / etadvidyādharaṃ yantraṃ hiṅgulākṛṣṭihetave // > putting water in the upper pot and lighting a fire below: / this is the vidyādhara apparatus, intended for extracting cinnabar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.53) \<14. ḍamarukayantram\> yantraṃ sthālyupari sthālīṃ nyubjāṃ dattvā nirudhyate / yantraṃ ḍamarukākhyaṃ tadrasabandhakṛte hitam // > \<14. Ḍamarukayantra\> > The apparatus where an inverted pot is placed atop a pot and sealed: / that apparatus is named ḍamaruka, beneficial for the fixation of mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.54) \<15. nābhiyantram\> mallamadhye caredgartaṃ tatra sūtaṃ sagandhakam / gartasya paritaḥ kuḍyaṃ prakuryāttryaṅgulocchritam // > \<15. Nābhiyantra\> > One should make a cavity in the center of a shallow dish; there \[place\] quicksilver with sulfur. / Around the cavity, one should make a wall three fingers high. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.55) tataścācchādayetsamyaggostanākāramūṣayā / samyaktoyamṛdā ruddhvā samyagatrocyamānayā // > Then one should cover it completely with a crucible shaped like a cow's udder, / thoroughly sealing it with water-clay, properly described here: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.56) \ lehavat kṛtabarbūrakvāthena parimiśritam / jīrṇakiṭṭarajaḥ sūkṣmaṃ guḍacūrṇaiḥ samanvitam // > \ > Fine powder of aged iron slag mixed with a decoction of barbūra prepared like an electuary, / combined with powdered jaggery: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.57) iyaṃ hi jalamṛtproktā durbhedyā salilaiḥ khalu / \ khaṭikāpaṭukiṭṭaiśca mahiṣīdugdhamarditaiḥ // > this indeed is called water-clay, truly impenetrable by liquids. > \ > And with chalk and salt-slag ground with buffalo milk: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.58) vahnimṛtsā bhavedghoravahnitāpasahā khalu / etayormṛtsnayo ruddho na gantuṃ kṣamate rasaḥ // > this becomes fire-clay, truly capable of enduring the terrible heat of fire. / Sealed by these two clays, mercury is unable to escape. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.59) \ tato jalaṃ vinikṣipya vahniṃ prajvālayedadhaḥ / nābhiyantramidaṃ proktaṃ nandinā tattvavedinā // > \ > Then, having poured in water, one should kindle a fire beneath. / This is declared as the nābhi apparatus by Nandin, the knower of truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.60) anena jīryate sūte nirdhūmaḥ śuddhagandhakaḥ / \<16. grastayantram\> mūṣā mūṣodarāviṣṭā ādyantasamavartulā // > By this means, smokeless, purified sulfur is digested into the quicksilver. > \<16. Grastayantra\> > A crucible entered inside a crucible, uniformly round from top to bottom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.61) cipiṭā ca tale proktaṃ grastayantraṃ manīṣibhiḥ / sūtendrabandhanārthaṃ hi rasavidbhirudīritam // > and flat at the bottom, is declared the grasta apparatus by the wise; / it is proclaimed by the connoisseurs of mercury for the fixation of the lord of mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.62) \<17. tulāyantram\> vṛntākākāramūṣe dve tayoḥ kaṇṭhādadhaḥ khalu / prādeśamātrāṃ nalikāmṛjvīṃ lagnāṃ sagandhakām // > \<17. Tulāyantra\> > Two crucibles shaped like eggplants; below their necks, indeed, / a straight tube measuring a span is attached with sulfur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.63) tatraikasyāṃ kṣipetsūtamanyasyāṃ gandhacūrṇakam / nirudhya mūṣayorvaktraṃ vālukāyantrake kṣipet // > There, one should place quicksilver in one, and powdered sulfur in the other; / sealing the mouth of both crucibles, one should place them in a sand apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.64) adho'gniṃ jvālayedetattulāyantramudāhṛtam / śilātālakagandhāśmajāraṇāya prakīrtitam // > One should ignite fire beneath; this is declared as the tulā apparatus. / It is celebrated for digesting realgar, orpiment, and sulfur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.65) \<18. sthālīyantram\> sthālyāṃ tāmrādi nikṣipya mallenāsyaṃ nirudhya ca / pacyate sthālisaṃsthaṃ yatsthālīyantramiti smṛtam // > \<18. Sthālīyantra\> > Placing copper or other substances in a pot and sealing its opening with a shallow dish, / that which is cooked resting in a pot is known as the sthālī apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.66) \<19 koṣṭhikāyantram\> sthūlabhāṇḍodarasyāntarvālukāṃ nikṣipecchubhām / vitastipramitotsedhāṃ tatastatra niveśayet // > \<19. Koṣṭhikāyantra\> > Inside the cavity of a large vessel, one should carefully place clean sand / to the height of a span; then one should set therein > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.67) supakvāṃ mṛṇmayīṃ koṣṭhīṃ dvādaśāṅgulakocchrayām / ṣaḍaṅgulakavistīrṇāṃ madhye'timasṛṇīkṛtām // > a well-fired earthen chamber, twelve fingers high, / six fingers wide, made very smooth inside, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.68) pañcāṅgulapidhānaṃ ca tīkṣṇāgraṃ mukulīkṛtam / na nyūnaṃ nādhikaṃ koṣṭhe kaṇṭhato masṛṇā bahiḥ // > and a five-finger lid, sharp-tipped and shaped like a bud, / neither smaller nor larger than the chamber, smooth outside from the rim. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.69) koṣṭhyāṃ ca nikṣipedgandhaṃ ṣaṭpalaṃ ślakṣṇacūrṇitam / tatastraipādikīṃ lauhīṃ niveśya ca sthirīkṛtām // > And in the chamber one should deposit six palas of sulfur finely powdered; / then, having introduced an iron tripod and made it stable, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.70) tasyāṃ ca vinyasetkhorīṃ lauhīṃ vā kāntalohajām / tasyāṃ sūtaṃ kṣipecchuddhaṃ palaviṃśatimānataḥ // > one should place upon it a small bowl of iron or made of magnetic iron; / in it one should pour pure quicksilver to the measure of twenty palas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.71) ṭaṅkagandhakasūtaṃ ca bhāvayellaśunadravaiḥ / adhaḥśikhena pūrvoktapidhānena pidhāya ca // > And one should imbue the borax, sulfur, and quicksilver with garlic juice; / and covering it with the aforementioned lid pointing downward at its tip, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.72) saṃdhibandhaṃ prakurvīta sudhāmṛtsnāguḍādibhiḥ / sandhibandhe viśuṣke ca kṣipedupari vālukām // > one should make a junction-seal using lime, clay, jaggery, and so forth; / and when the junction-seal has dried, one should pour sand on top. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.73) bhāṇḍavaktraṃ nirudhyātha jvālayettadadho'nalam / evaṃ yāmatrayaṃ yāvattato gandhakasambhavaḥ // > Then, sealing the mouth of the vessel, one should ignite fire beneath it; / in this way for three watches, whereupon the vapor produced from sulfur, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.74) pidhānalagnadhūmo'sau galitvā nipatedrase / evaṃ ca ṣaḍguṇaṃ gandhaṃ bhuktvā sūto 'ruṇo bhavet // > adhering to the lid, melts and drips down into the mercury. / And thus, having consumed sixfold sulfur, the quicksilver becomes reddish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.75) karoti kalpanirdiṣṭānviśiṣṭānakhilānguṇān / koṣṭhikāyantrametaddhi nandinā parikīrtitam // > It produces all the special properties prescribed in the teachings. / This koṣṭhikā apparatus was indeed proclaimed by Nandin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.76) \<20. vālukāyantram\> pañcāḍhavālukācūrṇaṃ bhāṇḍe nikṣipya yatnataḥ / pacyate rasagolādyaṃ vālukāyantrakaṃ hi tat // > \<20. Vālukāyantra\> > Having carefully placed five āḍhaka measures of sand powder into a vessel, / when a mercury ball and other ingredients are cooked \[therein\], that is indeed the sand apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.77) \<21. lavaṇayantram\> evaṃ lavaṇanikṣepātproktaṃ lavaṇayantrakam / \<22. dhūpayantram\> vidhāyāṣṭāṅgulaṃ pātraṃ lohamaṣṭāṃgulocchrayam // > \<21. Lavaṇayantra\> > In the same manner, from the inclusion of salt, it is declared the salt apparatus. > \<22. Dhūpayantra\> > Having fashioned an iron vessel of eight fingers, eight fingers high, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.78) kaṇṭhādho dvyaṅgule deśe jātādhāraṃ ca tatra ca / tiryaglohaśalākāṃ ca tasmiṃstiryagvinikṣipet // > with a support created two fingers below the rim, / one should place an iron rod horizontally across it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.79) tanūni svarṇapatrāṇi tasyāmupari vinyaset / pātrādho nikṣipeddhūpaṃ vakṣyamāṇamihaiva hi // > One should place thin leaves of gold upon it. / One should indeed deposit beneath the vessel the fumigation substance described right here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.80) tatpātraṃ nyubjapātreṇa chādayedapareṇa hi / mṛdā vilipya sandhiṃ ca vahniṃ prajvālayedadhaḥ // > One should cover that vessel with another inverted vessel, / seal the joint with clay, and kindle a fire beneath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.81) tena kṛṣṇāni patrāṇi hatānyuktavidhānataḥ / rasaścarati vegena drutiṃ garbhe dravanti ca // > By this means, the leaves are blackened and killed according to the stated procedure; / mercury moves swiftly and they melt into a solution in its core. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.82) gandhālakaśilānāṃ hi kajjalyā vā mṛtāhinā / dhūpanaṃ svarṇapatrāṇāṃ paramaṃ parikīrtitam // > Fumigation of gold leaves with sulphur, realgar, and orpiment, / or with black sulphide of mercury, or with calx of lead, is proclaimed to be supreme. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.83) tārārthaṃ tārapatrāṇi mṛtavaṅgena dhūpayet / dhūpayecca yathāyogaṃ rasairuparasairapi // > For silver, one should fumigate silver leaves with calx of tin; / and one should fumigate appropriately with mercury and with secondary minerals as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.84) dhūpayantramidaṃ proktaṃ jāraṇādravyaśodhane / \<23. kandukayantram\> sthūlasthālyāṃ dravaṃ kṣiptvā vāso baddhvā mukhe dṛḍham // > This is declared to be the fumigation apparatus (dhūpayantra) for purifying substances used in digestion (jāraṇā). > \<23. The Ball Apparatus (kandukayantra)\> > Having poured liquid into a large cooking-pot and tied a cloth firmly over its mouth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.85) tatra svedyaṃ vinikṣipya mṛdāsyaṃ prapidhāya ca / adhastājjvālayedagniṃ yantraṃ tatkandukāhvayam // > placing the substance to be steamed there and covering its mouth with clay, / one should kindle a fire underneath; that is the apparatus called the ball apparatus (kandukayantra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.86) \<24. ḍhekīyantram\> bhāṇḍakaṇṭhādadhaśchidre veṇunālaṃ vinikṣipet / kāntakāṃsyapātradvayaṃ kṛtvā sampuṭaṃ jalagarbhitam // > \<24. The Lever Apparatus (ḍhekīyantra)\> > One should insert a bamboo pipe into an aperture below the neck of a jar; / making a sealed cavity out of two vessels of magnetic bell-metal containing water inside, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.87) nālāsyaṃ tatra saṃyojyaṃ dṛḍhaṃ taccāpi kārayet / yuktadravyair vinikṣiptaḥ pūrvaṃ tatra puṭe rasaḥ // > the mouth of the pipe should be joined to it and made firm as well. / Mercury, previously deposited in that sealed vessel with suitable substances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.88) agninā tāpito nālāttoye tasminpatatyadhaḥ / yāvaduṣṇaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ bhājanaṃ tāvadeva hi // > heated by fire, falls from the tube down into that water; / only for as long as the entire receptacle becomes hot > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.89) jāyate rasasaṃdhānaṃ ḍhekīyantramidaṃ bhavet / \<25. somānalayantram\> ūrdhvaṃ vahniradhaścāpo madhye tu rasasaṅgrahaḥ // > does the distillation of mercury take place; this is the lever apparatus (ḍhekīyantra). > \<25. The Moon-and-Fire Apparatus (somānalayantra)\> > Fire above, water below, and the collection of mercury in the middle— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.90) somānalamidaṃ proktaṃ jārayedgaganādikam / \<26. nālikāyantram\> lohanālagataṃ sūtaṃ bhāṇḍe lavaṇapūritam // > this is declared to be the moon-and-fire apparatus (somānalayantra); it digests mica and the like. > \<26. The Tube Apparatus (nālikāyantra)\> > Mercury placed within an iron pipe, inside a jar filled with salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.91) niruddhaṃ vipacedetannālikāyantramīritam / \<27. pātālayantram\> susaṃdhisaṃdhitaṃ kṛtvā divyabhāṇḍe tu sammukham // > sealed and cooked—this is called the tube apparatus (nālikāyantra). > \<27. The Subterranean Apparatus (pātālayantra)\> > Having sealed it well at the juncture face-to-face in a splendid jar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.92) aṣṭāṅgulamukhaṃ taṃ tu dīrghaṃ syātṣoḍaśāṅgulam / susaṃdhisaṃdhitaṃ kṛtvā vastramṛttikālepanam // > with a mouth of eight finger-breadths and a length of sixteen finger-breadths, / sealing it well at the juncture with a coating of cloth and clay, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.93) tatra pātālayantre tu sūtakādi nipātayet / \<28. dīpikāyantram\> kacchapayantrāntargatamṛṇmayapīṭhasthadīpikāsaṃsthaḥ // > one should cause quicksilver and the like to distill downwards in that subterranean apparatus (pātālayantra). > \<28. The Lamp Apparatus (dīpikāyantra)\> > Placed within a tortoise apparatus (kacchapayantra), resting upon a small lamp that stands on an earthen pedestal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.94) yasminnipatati sūtaḥ proktaṃ tad dīpikāyantram / \<29. gaṅgāsāgara(bhaṭṭī)yantram\> dvādaśāṅgulamutsedhaṃ ṣoḍaśāṅgulamāyatam // > that in which quicksilver falls down is called the lamp apparatus (dīpikāyantra). > \<29. The Gaṅgā-Ocean \[Distillation\] Apparatus (gaṅgāsāgara\[bhaṭṭī\]yantra)\> > Twelve finger-breadths in height and sixteen finger-breadths in width, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.95) tāmrīyaṃ mṛṇmayaṃ vātha suślakṣṇaṃ cipiṭaṃ śubham / pātraṃ karṇādadho droṇīṃ dvyaṅgulotsedhamātrakām // > made of copper or of clay, very smooth, flat, and auspicious, / a vessel having a trough two finger-breadths in height below its rim. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.96) droṇyāṃ pātraṃ nyased anyattāvanmātraṃ susaṃdhitam / nyubjaṃ sandhau tayornālaṃ kuryādgomukhasannibham // > In the trough one should place another vessel of the same size, well-joined, / inverted; at their juncture one should make a tube resembling a cow's muzzle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.97) pācyadravyamadhaḥ pātre dravadravyeṇa yojitam / kṣiptvā nidhāya mṛtsaṃdhiṃ yantrordhve jalasecanam // > Having placed the substance to be cooked mixed with liquid material in the lower vessel, / and sealing the joint with clay, one sprinkles water on top of the apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.98) cullyāmāropya tadyantraṃ caṇḍāgniṃ jvālayedadhaḥ / tasmānnānyadviniryāti tattaddravyāśrito rasaḥ // > Mounting that apparatus upon a hearth, one should kindle a fierce fire beneath; / from it nothing else issues forth but the essence adhering to those various substances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.99) gaṅgāsāgarayantraṃ hi bhaṭṭiyantramidaṃ smṛtam / guḍapuṣpaphalādīnām āhared drutimuttamām // > This gaṅgāsāgara apparatus is indeed known as the distillery apparatus (bhaṭṭīyantra); / it extracts the finest liquid essence of molasses, flowers, fruits, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.100) \<30. ḍo(do)lāyantram\> dravadravyeṇa bhāṇḍasya pūritārdhodarasya ca / mukhe tiryakkṛte daṇḍe rasaṃ sūtreṇa lambitam // > \<30. The Swing Apparatus (ḍolāyantra)\> > In a jar whose interior is half-filled with liquid substance, / mercury suspended by a thread from a stick laid across the mouth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.101) svedayettattalagataṃ ḍolāyantramiti smṛtam / \<31. koṣṭhīyantram\> cullīṃ caturmukhīṃ kṛtvā tatra bhāṇḍaṃ niveśayet // > one should steam it submerged within that liquid; this is known as the swing apparatus (ḍolāyantra). > \<31. The Enclosure Apparatus (koṣṭhīyantra)\> > Having made a four-mouthed hearth, one should set a jar upon it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.102) tatrauṣadhaṃ vinikṣipya ruddhvā tadbhāṇḍakānanam / koṣṭhīyantramidaṃ nāmnā tatratyaiḥ parikīrtitam // > Placing the medicine therein and sealing the mouth of that jar, / this is celebrated by local practitioners by the name of enclosure apparatus (koṣṭhīyantra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.103) \<32. garbhayantram\> tryaṅgulāṃ pariṇāhena dairghyeṇa caturaṅgulām / mṛṇmayīṃ sudṛḍhāṃ mūṣāṃ vartulaṃ kārayenmukham // > \<32. The Womb Apparatus (garbhayantra)\> > Three finger-breadths in circumference and four finger-breadths in length, / one should make a very firm earthen crucible with a round mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.104) loṇasya viṃśatiṃ bhāgānbhāgamekaṃ tu gugguloḥ / suślakṣṇaṃ peṣayitvā tu vāraṃ vāraṃ punaḥ punaḥ // > Taking twenty parts of salt and one part of bdellium gum (guggulu), / grinding it very finely time and time again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.105) mūṣālepaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kṛtvā lavaṇārdhamṛdā budhaḥ / kārīṣe vā tuṣāgnau vā bhūmau tu svedayenmṛdu // > the wise practitioner, having coated the crucible firmly with clay containing half as much salt, / should steam it gently on the ground over a fire of dried cow-dung or grain husks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.106) ahorātraṃ trirātraṃ vā rasendro bhasmatāṃ vrajet / garbhayantramidaṃ proktaṃ piṣṭikābhasmakārakam // > For a day and night or for three nights, the lord of mercury turns to calx; / this is declared to be the womb apparatus (garbhayantra), which converts paste into calx. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.107) \<33. haṃsapākayantram\> kharparaṃ sikatāpūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tasyopari nyaset / aparaṃ kharparaṃ tatra śanairmṛdvagninā pacet // > \<33. The Swan-Bake Apparatus (haṃsapākayantra)\> > Having filled an earthen pan with sand, one should place upon it / another earthen pan, and cook there slowly with a gentle fire > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.108) pañcakṣāraistathā mūtrairlavaṇaiśca biḍaṃ tataḥ / haṃsapākaḥ samākhyāto yantraṃ tadvārtikottamaiḥ // > along with the five alkalis, urines, and salts, then adding a solvent (biḍa); / that apparatus is declared as the 'swan-bake' (haṃsapāka) by the foremost alchemists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.109) \<34. mūṣāyantram\> lohamūṣādvayaṃ kṛtvā dvādaśāṅgulamānataḥ / mūṣayor mukhayornālaṃ dattvā samyaṅnirodhayet // > \<34. The Crucible Apparatus (mūṣāyantra)\> > Having made two iron crucibles measuring twelve finger-breadths, / one should firmly seal the mouths of both crucibles by inserting a tube. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.110) ekasyāṃ sūtakaṃ śuddhamanyasyāṃ śuddhagandhakam / deyaṃ jalaṃ sūtakādho vahniṃ gandhopari kṣipet // > Purified quicksilver is to be placed in one and purified sulphur in the other; / water should be supplied beneath the quicksilver, and fire placed above the sulphur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.111) jārayetṣaḍguṇaṃ gandham anenaiva krameṇa hi / mūṣāyantramidaṃ jñeyaṃ siddhanāgārjuneritam // > One should digest six times its weight of sulphur in this very manner; / this should be known as the crucible apparatus (mūṣāyantra), proclaimed by the adept Nāgārjuna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.112) \<35. stanayantram\> kāntalohamayaṃ pātramāyataṃ dvādaśāṅgulam / dīrghamaṣṭāṅgulaṃ devi pātrādhastryaṅgulaṃ śubham // > \<35. The Breast Apparatus (stanayantra)\> > A vessel made of loadstone-iron, twelve finger-breadths wide / and eight finger-breadths long, O goddess, and a pleasant three finger-breadths beneath the vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.113) nimnaṃ pātraṃ pidhānīṃ ca lohotthāṃ cipiṭāṃ śubhām / stanayantramidaṃ sūtapiṣṭīnāṃ jāraṇe varam // > a deep vessel and a flat, auspicious lid made of iron; / this breast apparatus (stanayantra) is excellent for digesting mercurial pastes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.114) \<36. nāgamāyūrayantram\> vṛntākamūṣāyugalaṃ padmavartalohena kārayet / ekasyāṃ nikṣipetsūtamanyasyāṃ garalaṃ kṣipet // > \<36. The Snake-and-Peacock Apparatus (nāgamāyūrayantra)\> > One should make a pair of eggplant-shaped crucibles out of zinc; / one should put quicksilver into one, and poison into the other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.115) nāgākāraṃ vaktranālaṃ viṣamūṣāmukhe nyaset / mayūrākāranālaṃ hi rasamūṣāmukhe nyaset // > One should place a mouth-tube shaped like a serpent at the mouth of the poison crucible, / and a tube shaped like a peacock at the mouth of the mercury crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.116) mayūravadane nāgamukhaṃ saṃyojayetsudhīḥ / sandhitrayaṃ vajramṛdā lepaṃ kuryādyathā dṛḍham // > The wise practitioner should join the snake's mouth to the peacock's mouth; / he should firmly coat the three joints with diamond clay (vajramṛd). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.117) salilaṃ rasamūṣādho viṣādho'ṅgārapāvakaḥ / nāgamāyūrayantraṃ hi viṣadhūpe varaṃ priye // > Water is placed beneath the mercury crucible, and charcoal fire beneath the poison; / the snake-and-peacock apparatus (nāgamāyūrayantra) is indeed best for fumigation with poison, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.118) \<37. cakrayantram\> hastamātrāyataṃ gartaṃ vitastidvayanimnakam / koṣṭhīṃ gartasya madhye tu dvādaśāṃgulamāyatām // > \<37. The Wheel Apparatus (cakrayantra)\> > A pit one cubit wide and two spans deep; / in the center of the pit, an enclosure twelve finger-breadths wide > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.119) vitastidvayam utsedhāṃ koṣṭhyāmāpūrayecchubhām / vālukāṃ tadbahiśchāṇavahniṃ koṣṭhyāṃ rasaṃ priye // > and two spans in height: in the enclosure one should fill pure / sand, outside of it a fire of cow-dung cakes, and inside the enclosure mercury, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.120) cakrayantramidaṃ sūtabhasmakarmaṇi śasyate / \<38. khecarayantram\> susthālyāṃ kadalīpuṣpanibhāṃ sacchidramūṣikām // > This wheel apparatus (cakrayantra) is praised for the operation of incinerating quicksilver. > \<38. The Sky-Roamer Apparatus (khecarayantra)\> > In a good cooking-pot, a perforated crucible resembling a plantain flower > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.121) adhomukhīṃ prakurvīta lipedvajramṛdā dṛḍham / upariṣṭād adhovaktrāṃ sthālīmanyāṃ susaṃdhitām // > one should place face downwards and seal firmly with diamond clay (vajramṛd); / above it, another pot turned face downwards, well-sealed at the joint, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.122) mūṣāyāṃ vatsanābhaṃ tu nikṣiped ūrdhvabhājane / rasaṃ vilepayedyuktyā yantrordhvaṃ kaitavo rasaḥ // > One should place vatsanābha poison into the crucible, and in the upper vessel > one should skillfully smear mercury; above the apparatus is the false mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.123) adho mṛdvagninā pākastvetat khecarayantrakam / prāyaḥ siddharasendrasya viṣadhūpe varaṃ priye // > Cooking below with a gentle fire is the khecarayantra. > O beloved, it is generally supreme for the poison-fuming of perfected lord of mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.124) \<39. kāpāliyantram\> sthālyāṃ sūtādikānkṣiptvā hemarūpyādi khorikām / nyubjāṃ sandhiṃ mṛdā liptvā vālukāṃ khorikāntagām // > \<39. Kāpāliyantra\> > Having cast quicksilver and the rest into a pot, \[and placed\] an earthen saucer containing gold, silver, and the like, > inverted, having smeared the joint with clay, having brought sand up to the edge of the earthen saucer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.125) kṛtvā mṛdvagninā pākastvetat kāpāliyantrakam / \<40. vālukāyantram\> sarasāṃ gūḍhavaktrāṃ ca mṛdvastrāṅgulasaṃyutām // > cooking with a gentle fire is indeed the kāpāliyantra. > \<40. Vālukāyantra\> > Having a hidden mouth containing mercury, and covered with an aṅgula's thickness of mud and cloth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.126) śoṣitāṃ kācakalaśīṃ pūrayettriṣu bhāgayoḥ / bhāṇḍe vitastigambhīre vālukāsu pratiṣṭhitā // > one should fill a dried glass flask up to three parts. > It is placed upon sand in a vessel a span deep, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.127) bhāgasya pūrayitrībhir anyābhir avakuṇṭhayet / bhāṇḍavaktraṃ maṇikayā sandhiṃ limpenmṛdā pacet // > and one should shroud it with other \[sands\] that fill the \[remaining\] part. > \[One should cover\] the mouth of the vessel with a shallow bowl, smear the joint with clay, and cook \[it\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.128) cullyāṃ tṛṇasya cādāhānmaṇikāpṛṣṭhavartinaḥ / etaddhi vālukāyantraṃ rasagolādikānpacet // > on a hearth until the straw resting on the back of the bowl burns. > This indeed is the vālukāyantra; one cooks mercury balls and the like \[in it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.129) \<41. lavaṇayantram\> evaṃ lavaṇanikṣepātproktaṃ lavaṇayantrakam / antaḥkṛtarasālepatāmrapātramukhasya ca // > \<41. Lavaṇayantra\> > In this way, from the putting in of salt, it is called the lavaṇayantra. > And smeared inside with mercury, having smeared the mouth of a copper vessel > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.130) liptvā mṛllavaṇenaiva sandhiṃ bhāṇḍatalasya ca / tadbhāṇḍaṃ paṭunāpūrya kṣārairvā pūrvavatpacet // > and the joint with the bottom of the pot with mud and salt itself, > having filled that pot with salt or with caustic ashes, one should cook it as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.131) \<42. bhūdharayantram\> vālukāgūḍhasarvāṅgāṃ yantre mūṣāṃ rasānvitām / dīptotpalaiḥ saṃvṛṇuyādyantraṃ tadbhūdharāhvayam // > \<42. Bhūdharayantra\> > A crucible containing mercury, all its parts buried in sand within the apparatus, > one should cover with glowing cow-dung cakes; that apparatus is called the bhūdhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.132) \<43. nālikāyantram\> kumbhasya pārśve suṣiraṃ kuryādaṅguṣṭhamātrakam / tāvat sthūlam ayonālaṃ veṇunālamathāpi vā // > \<43. Nālikāyantra\> > One should make a thumb-sized opening in the side of a pot, > and an iron tube or a bamboo pipe equally thick > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.133) chidre saṃyojayennālaṃ nālāgre ghaṭikāṃ nyaset / kumbhe sarjādiniryāsaṃ kṣiptvā vaktraṃ nirodhayet // > one should join into the hole; at the end of the tube one should place a small jar. > Having thrown resin such as that of the sarja tree into the pot, one should block its mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.134) adho'gniṃ jvālayedetannālikāyantramucyate / \<44. puṭayantram\> śarāvasampuṭāntasthaṃ karīṣeṣvagnimānavit // > One should kindle fire underneath; this is called the nālikāyantra. > \<44. Puṭayantra\> > One who knows the measure of fire, \[placing mercury\] inside a casing of earthen shallow dishes, in dry cow-dung, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.135) paceta cullyāṃ yāmaṃ vā rasaṃ tatpuṭayantrakam / \<45. pātālayantram\> viśālavadanāṃ sthālīṃ garte sajalagomaye // > should cook the mercury on a hearth for a three-hour watch; that is the puṭayantra. > \<45. Pātālayantra\> > Having placed a wide-mouthed pot in a pit containing water and cow-dung, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.136) vinyasya vadanāntaśca pūrayedaparaṃ ghaṭam / pañcasacchidrasahitāṃ sthālīṃ vaktre niveśayet // > one should fill it up to the mouth, and place another pot; > one should fit a pot provided with five holes onto the mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.137) tadghaṭaṃ pūrayet tailapātyaṃdravyair nirodhayet / bhāṇḍavaktraṃ śarāveṇa puṭaṃ dadyātsamantataḥ // > One should fill that pot with substances from which oil is to be extracted and seal > the mouth of the vessel with a shallow earthen dish; one should apply fire-treatment all around. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.138) chidrebhyaḥ patitaṃ tailaṃ tattadyogeṣu yojayet / idaṃ pātālayantraṃ hi sarvatailaṃ nipātayet // > One should employ the oil that has fallen through the holes in the respective formulations. > This indeed is the pātālayantra; it extracts all oils. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.139) kāṣṭhatvagbījamāṃsāsthivaṃśatalaṃ samāharet / \<46. dhūpayantram\> sthālyāṃ laddiṃ kharādīnāṃ kṣiptvāsye kāṃsyapātrakam // > One should collect wood, bark, seeds, flesh, bones, and bamboo shoots. > \<46. Dhūpayantra\> > Having thrown the dung of donkeys and other animals into a pot, and on its mouth a bronze vessel > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.140) sajalaṃ vinyaseddevi vahniṃ prajvālayedadhaḥ / kāntapātrasthitaṃ tailaṃ sarvavraṇaviropaṇam // > filled with water, O goddess, one should ignite fire underneath. > The oil resting in the vessel of magnetic iron heals all ulcers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.141) dhūpayantramidaṃ devi nandinā parikīrtitam / \<47. adhaḥpātanayantram\> vṛttālābusamasthūlaṃ dīrghanālaṃ sarandhrakam // > This dhūpayantra, O goddess, has been proclaimed by Nandin. > \<47. Adhaḥpātanayantra\> > Having a long tube with holes, as thick as a round bottle gourd, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.142) tasminkṣipettailapātyadravyaṃ bījādikaṃ priye / tanmukhe nikṣipetkeśānvinyasettadadhomukham // > one should place the substances from which oil is to be extracted, such as seeds, into it, O beloved; > at its mouth one should place hair, and place it facing downward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.143) sacchidre ca ghaṭe nālaṃ bhāṇḍacchidre niveśayet / ghaṭamadhye puṭaṃ dadyānnālādho ghaṭikāṃ nyaset // > And in a jar having a hole, one should insert the tube into the hole of the pot; > one should apply fire-treatment inside the jar, and place a small jar below the tube. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.144) adhaḥpātanayantraṃ hi śreṣṭhaṃ syāttailapātane / \<48. anyat adhaḥpātanayantram\> viśālakāṃsyapātrāntarnyaseduttambhanaṃ samam // > The adhaḥpātanayantra is indeed the best in extracting oil. > \<48. Another adhaḥpātanayantra\> > Inside a broad bronze vessel one should place an even support. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.145) tadūrdhve mṛṇmayaṃ pātraṃ sudṛḍhaṃ caturaṅgulam / vinyasedaparaṃ pātraṃ saṃtaptaṃ pūrvapātrake // > Above it, a very strong earthen vessel of four finger-breadths > one should place; another vessel, heated, \[one should place\] on the first vessel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.146) vinyasya tasmin śrīkhaṇḍakṛṣṇāgarumadhuplutam / evaṃ dvitīyaṃ pātraṃ tu tṛtīyamapi tadvidham // > Having placed \[it\], inside it \[substances\] immersed in sandalwood, black agarwood, and honey \[are put\]; > likewise a second vessel, and also a third one of that kind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.147) uparyupari vinyasya tadūrdhvaṃ mṛtkaṭāhakam / nyubjaṃ nyasetkāṃsyapātre kaṭāhaṃ mārjayejjalaiḥ // > having arranged one above the other, above that an earthen cauldron > one should place inverted in the bronze vessel; one should wipe the cauldron with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.148) adhaḥpātanayantraṃ hi gandhatailaṃ nipātayet / \ mūṣā hi krauñcikā proktā kumudī karahāṭikā // > The adhaḥpātanayantra indeed extracts scented oil. > \ > A crucible is called krauñcikā, kumudī, karahāṭikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.149) pācanī vahnimitrā ca rasavādibhiriṣyate / muṣṇāti doṣānmūṣeyaṃ sā mūṣeti nigadyate // > pācanī, and 'friend of fire'; it is desired by alchemists. > Because it steals defects, this is called mūṣā (crucible). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.150) upādānaṃ bhavettasyā mṛttikā lohameva ca / mūṣāmukhaviniṣkrāntā varam ekāpi kākinī // > Its material should be clay as well as metal. > Even a single cowrie-shell emerged from the mouth of a crucible is better \[for the proud\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.151) durjanapraṇipātena dhiglakṣamapi māninām / \ mūṣāpidhānayorbandhe randhrāṇaṃ suvilepayet // > than a hundred thousand attained through bowing to a wicked person—fie on that! > \ > At the juncture of the crucible and the lid, one should smear well a sealing paste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.152) andhraṇaṃ randhanaṃ caiva saṃśliṣṭaṃ sandhibandhanam / \ mṛttikā pāṇḍurasthūlaśoṇapāṇḍuramūṣarā // > The sealing paste and the stopper make the joint tightly bound. > \ > Clay that is pale-white, heavy, reddish-white, or barren-saline, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.153) cirādhmānasahā sā hi mūṣārthamatiśasyate / tadabhāve ca vālmīkī kaulālī vā samīryate // > which withstands prolonged blast-heating, is celebrated as the best for crucibles. > In its absence, anthill clay or potter's clay is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.154) yā mṛttikā dagdhatuṣaiḥ śaṇena śikhitrakairvā hayaladdinā ca / lohena daṇḍena ca kuṭṭitā sā sādhāraṇā syātkhalu mūṣikārtham // > That clay which is pounded with burnt chaff, hemp, peacock feathers, or horse dung, > and with an iron rod, is indeed ordinary clay for crucibles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.155) śvetāśmānastuṣā dagdhāḥ śikhitrāḥ śaṇakarpaṭam / laddikiṭṭaṃ yathāyogaṃ saṃyojyā mūṣikāmṛdi // > White stones, burnt husks, peacock feathers, hemp cloth, > dung, and slag are to be joined appropriately into the crucible clay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.156) \ mṛdastribhāgaṃ śaṇaladdibhāgau nāgaśca nirdagdhatuṣopalādeḥ / kiṭṭārdhabhāgaṃ parikhaṇḍya vajramūṣāṃ vidadhyātkhalu sattvapāte // > \ > Three parts of clay, two parts of hemp and dung, lead, burnt husks, stones, and the like, > and half a part of slag, broken into pieces, one should make a vajramūṣā for the extraction of essences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.157) \ dagdhāṅgāratuṣopetamṛtsnā valmīkasambhavā / tattadbiḍasamāyuktā tattadbiḍavilepitā // > \ > Clay derived from an anthill, endowed with burnt charcoal and husks, > combined with the appropriate biḍa, and smeared with the appropriate biḍa— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.158) tayā yā vihitā mūṣā yogamūṣeti kathyate / anayā sādhitaḥ sūto jāyate guṇavattaraḥ // > the crucible made of that is called yogamūṣā. > Quicksilver prepared with this becomes more endowed with virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.159) \ gārabhūnāgadhautābhyāṃ śaṇairdagdhatuṣairapi / samaiḥ samā ca mūṣāmṛnmahiṣīdugdhasaṃyutā // > \ > With plaster and earthworms washed, with hemp and burnt husks, > in equal parts, equal to crucible clay, mixed with female buffalo milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.160) krauñcikā vakṣyamāṇā hi bahudhā parikīrtitā / tayā viracitā mūṣā vajradrāvaṇake hitā // > the crucible to be described has been proclaimed of many kinds. > The crucible fashioned with that is beneficial for liquefying diamonds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.161) yāmayugmaparidhmānānnāsau dravati vahninā / \ dagdhaṣaḍguṇagārāḍhyā kiṭṭāṅgāraśaṇānvitā // > From two watches of blast-heating, it does not melt from fire. > \ > Rich in six times as much burnt plaster, combined with slag, charcoal, and hemp, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.162) kṛṣṇamṛdbhiḥ kṛtā mūṣā gāramūṣetyudāhṛtā / \ vastrāṅgāratuṣās tulyās taccaturguṇamṛttikā // > a crucible made with black clays is declared a gāramūṣā. > \ > Cloth, charcoal, and husks in equal measures, and four times as much clay, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.163) gārāśca mṛttikā tulyā sarvairetairvinirmitā / vajramūṣeti nirdiṣṭā yāmamagniṃ saheta sā // > and plaster equal to the clay—made with all these, > it is designated a vajramūṣā; it can endure fire for a three-hour watch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.164) \ raktavargarajoyuktā raktavargāmbusādhitā / varamūṣeti nirdiṣṭā svarṇamūṣetyudāhṛtā // > \ > Endowed with the powder of the red group, and processed with water of the red group, > it is designated the varamūṣā and called the svarṇamūṣā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.165) \ mṛṇmayā sādhitā mūṣā kṣitikhecaralepitā / varṇamūṣeti sā proktā varṇotkarṣe niyujyate // > \ > A crucible made of clay, smeared with earth and mica, > is called a coloring crucible; it is employed for improving the color \[of metals\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.166) \ evaṃ hi śvetavargeṇa rūpyamūṣā samīritā / \ tattadbiḍamṛdodbhūtā tattadbiḍavilepitā // > \ > Likewise, prepared with the white group \[of substances\], a silver crucible is described. > \ > Produced from clay mixed with the respective biḍa, smeared with the respective biḍa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.167) dehalohārthayogārthaṃ biḍamūṣetyudāhṛtā / sahate'gniṃ caturyāmaṃ draveṇa vyathitā satī // > for the purpose of compounding for the body and base metals, it is called a biḍa crucible. > Afflicted by liquid, it withstands fire for four yāmas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.168) \ dravībhāvam upeyośca mūṣāyāṃ dhmānayogataḥ / kṣaṇamuddharaṇaṃ yat tanmūṣāpyāyanam ucyate // > \ > When two substances have reached liquefaction in a crucible through the application of blowing, > their momentary lifting out is called crucible revitalization. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.169) \ vṛntākākāramūṣāyāṃ nālaṃ dvādaśakāṅgulam / dhuttūrapuṣpavaccordhvaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ śliṣṭasandhikam // > \ > On an eggplant-shaped crucible, there should be a tube twelve finger-breadths long, > upward like a dhutūra flower, very firm, with sealed joints, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.170) aṣṭāṅgulaṃ ca sacchidraṃ sā syād vṛntākamūṣikā / anayā kharparādīnāṃ mṛdūnāṃ sattvamāharet // > eight finger-breadths \[high\] and provided with an opening; that is the eggplant crucible. > With this, one should extract the essence of soft minerals such as calamine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.171) \ mūṣā yā gostanākārā śikhāyuktapidhānakā / sattvānāṃ drāvaṇe śuddhau mūṣā sā gostanī bhavet // > \ > The crucible that is shaped like a cow's udder, with a lid possessing a handle, > for melting and purifying essences, that is the cow-udder crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.172) \ nirdiṣṭā mallamūṣā yā malladvitayasampuṭāt / parpaṭyādirasādīnāṃ svedanāya prakīrtitā // > \ > The crucible described as made from a pair of shallow bowls sealed together > is proclaimed for steaming mercurial preparations such as parpaṭī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.173) \ kulālabhāṇḍarūpā yā dṛḍhā ca paripācitā / pakvamūṣeti sā proktā poṭṭalyādivipācane // > \ > That which has the form of a potter's vessel, is firm, and thoroughly baked, > is called a baked crucible; it is used in cooking poṭṭalī and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.174) \ nirvaktrā golakākārā puṭanadravyagarbhiṇī / golamūṣeti sā proktā gatvaradravyarodhinī // > \ > Mouthless, shaped like a ball, containing the substances to be calcinated, > it is called a ball crucible, confining volatile substances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.175) \ tale yā kūrparākārā kramādupari vistṛtā / sthūlavṛntākavatsthūlā mañjumūṣeti saṃsmṛtā // > \ > Shaped like an elbow at the bottom, gradually widening at the top, > as thick as a large eggplant, it is remembered as the pleasing crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.176) sā cāyo'bhrakasatvādeḥ puṭāya drāvaṇāya ca / \ mañjūṣākāramūṣā yā nimnatāyāmavistarā // > It is used for calcinating and melting iron, mica essence, and the like. > \ > A crucible shaped like a chest, whose depth, length, and width > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.177) ṣaḍaṅgulapramāṇena mūṣā mañjūṣāsaṃjñakā / bhūmau nikhanya tāṃ mūṣāṃ dadyātpuṭamathopari // > have a measure of six finger-breadths, is named the chest crucible. > Burying that crucible in the ground, one should then apply calcination on top. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.178) \ mūṣā yā cipiṭā mūle vartulāṣṭāṅgulocchrayā / mūṣā sā musalākhyā ca cakribaddharase tathā // > \ > The crucible that is flat at the base, round, and eight finger-breadths high, > is named the pestle crucible; it is used likewise for mercury bound as a disk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.179) \ dagdhāṅgārasya ṣaḍbhāgā gairikaṃ kṛṣṇamṛttikā / gāram aṅgārakiṭṭaṃ ca vajramūṣā prakīrtitā // > \ > Six parts of burnt charcoal, red ochre, black clay, > mortar, and charcoal dross: \[this is\] proclaimed as a vajra crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.180) gārā dagdhāstuṣā dagdhā valmīkamṛttikā / śaṇatvak ca samāyuktā mūṣā vajropamā matā // > Mortar, burnt husk, burnt anthill clay, > and hemp bark combined: such a crucible is regarded as adamantine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.181) \ prakāśā cāndhramūṣā ca mūṣā ca dvividhā smṛtā / prakāśamūṣā vijñeyā śarāvākārasaṃyutā // > \ > The crucible is remembered as twofold: the open and the blind crucible. > The open crucible should be known as possessing the shape of a saucer; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.182) dravyanirvahaṇe sā ca vārtikaistu praśasyate / andhramūṣā ca kartavyā gostanākārasannibhā // > and it is praised by alchemists for the carrying through of substances. > The blind crucible should be made resembling the shape of a cow's udder, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.183) pidhānena samāyuktā kiṃcid unnatamastakā / patralepe tathā raṅge dvandvamelāpake hitam // > fitted with a lid, with its top slightly raised. > It is beneficial in coating leaves, in coloring, and in combining pairs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.184) saiva chidrānvitā nandagambhīrā sāraṇocitā / \ tilabhasma dviraṃśaṃ tu iṣṭakāṃśasamanvitam // > That very crucible, provided with a hole and nine finger-breadths deep, is suitable for transmission. > \ > Two parts of sesame ash, combined with one part of brick: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.185) bhasmamūṣeti vijñeyā tārasaṃśodhane hitā / \ tuṣaṃ vastraṃ samaṃ dagdhaṃ mṛttikā caturaṃśikā // > this should be known as the ash crucible, beneficial for purifying silver. > \ > Husk and cloth burnt in equal parts, four parts of clay, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.186) kūpīpāṣāṇasaṃyuktā vajramūṣā prakīrtitā / \ kṛṣṇā raktā ca pītā ca śuklavarṇā ca mṛttikā // > combined with glass stone: \[this\] is proclaimed as a vajra crucible. > \ > Clay is black, red, yellow, > and white in color. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.187) ādyā śreṣṭhā kaniṣṭhāntyā madhyame madhyame mate / gajāśvānāṃ malaṃ dagdhvā yāvatkṛṣṇatvatāṃ gatam // > The first is best, the last is worst, and the middle two are considered middling. > Having burnt dung of elephants and horses until it turns black, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.188) vāśā vajralatā patraṃ valmīkasya mṛdā saha / peṣayedvajratoyena yāvacchuklatvatāṃ gatam // > one should grind vāśā, vajralatā leaves, together with anthill clay, > with vajra water until it turns white. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.189) mardayettena badhnīyādvaṅkanālaṃ ca koṣṭhikām / valmīkamṛttikālohakiṭṭaśvetāśmanāṃ pṛthak // > One should triturate with that; \[with this clay\] one should form the bent tube and the furnace. > Of anthill clay, iron dross, and white stone separately, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.190) ekāṃśau dvau tu dagdhasya tuṣasya strīśiroruhām / samāṃśastatsamastaṃ tu chāgīdugdhena mardayet // > there are one part each; two parts of burnt husk; and an equal part of women's hair. > One should triturate all of that together with goat's milk > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.191) yāmadvayaṃ dṛḍhaṃ tena kuryānmūṣāṃ ca sampuṭam / śoṣayitvā rasaṃ kṣiptvā tatra kaṃsaṃ nirodhayet // > firmly for two yāmas; with that one should make a crucible and a crucible seal. > Having dried it and placed mercury inside, one should confine bell metal therein. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.192) vajramūṣādikaṃ proktaṃ samyaksūtasya māraṇe / mokṣakṣārasya bhāgau dvāv iṣṭikakāṃśasaṃyutau // > The vajra crucible and others are proclaimed for properly killing quicksilver. > Two parts of mokṣa alkali combined with one part of brick: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.26.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26.193) yatkṛtau sā tu mūṣā syāduttamā tāraśodhane / raktavargeṇa saṃmiśrā raktavargapariplutā // > the crucible made of this is excellent for purifying silver. > Mixed with the red group, saturated with the red group, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 193 of 246 passages. [Read on](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.1.26.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5.5) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.9.44) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Kāmaratna (Nityanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.kamya.kamaratna.12.635) — Nityanātha, 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 - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.3.93) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit - [Rasendrasārasaṃgraha (Gopāla Kṛṣṇā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.cikitsa.rasendrasarasamgraha.67.1) — Gopāla Kṛṣṇā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.26) · Pramāṇa