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# Anandakanda 2.1.72

Ānandakanda 2.1.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.72)

bhūdhare chidramūṣāntardhmātaṃ sattvaṃ vimuñcati /  
\<tālakasya guṇāḥ\>  
tālakaṃ śodhitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kuṣṭhamṛtyujarāpaham //

> Blown inside a perforated crucible in a pit hearth, it releases its essence.  
> \[Properties of orpiment:\]  
> Purified orpiment is supreme; it cures cutaneous disease, death, and senescence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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