Anandakanda 2.2.46

2.2.46

<svarṇasya guṇāḥ>
suvarṇaṃ bṛṃhaṇaṃ snigdhaṃ madhuraṃ rasapākayoḥ /
viṣadoṣaharaṃ śītaṃ sakaṣāyaṃ satiktakam //

<Properties of gold> / Gold is nourishing, unctuous, sweet in taste and post-digestive effect, / destructive of poison defects, cooling, slightly astringent, and slightly bitter;