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of the two, the nepāla is best. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.3) nepālād anyakhanyutthaṃ mlecchamityabhidhīyate / susnigdhaṃ mṛdulaṃ śoṇaṃ ghanaghātakṣayaṃ guru // > That arising from mines other than Nepāla is called mleccha. / Very unctuous, soft, red, enduring heavy hammer blows, heavy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.4) nirvikāraṃ guru śreṣṭhaṃ tāmraṃ nepālamucyate / sitakṛṣṇāruṇacchāyaṃ vāmabhedi kaṭhorakam // > immutable, heavy, and superior: such copper is called nepāla. / Having a white, black, or reddish luster, cracking easily, hard, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.5) kṣālitaṃ ca punaḥ kṛṣṇam etanmlecchakatāmrakam / pāṇḍuraṃ kṛṣṇaśoṇaṃ ca laghu sphuṭanasaṃyutam // > and turning black again when washed: this is mlecchaka copper. / Pale, blackish-red, light, accompanied by cracking, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.6) rūkṣāṅgaṃ sadalaṃ tāmraṃ neṣyate rasakarmaṇi / utkledamohabhramadāhabhedāḥ tāmrasya doṣāḥ khalu durdharāste / viśodhanāt tadvigatasvadoṣaṃ sudhāsamaṃ syādrasavīryapāke // > rough-surfaced, and flaky copper is not desired in alchemical work. / Nausea, delusion, dizziness, burning sensation, and diarrhea are indeed the severe defects of copper; / through purification, when its defects are removed, it becomes equal to ambrosia in the cooking of mercurial potency. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.7) vāntimūrcchābhramonmādanānārukkuṣṭhaśūlakṛt // > It causes vomiting, fainting, dizziness, madness, various diseases, skin diseases, and colic; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.8) āyuḥkāntibalabhraṃśakaraṃ dhātupradūṣaṇam / nu śuddhaṃ na mṛtaṃ tāmraṃ tena saṃśodhya mārayet // > it causes loss of lifespan, luster, and strength, and corrupts the bodily tissues— / \[that is,\] copper that is neither purified nor killed; therefore, having purified it, one must kill it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.9) \ tāmraṃ kṣārāmlasaṃyuktaṃ drāvitaṃ taptagairikam / nikṣiptaṃ mahiṣītakrachagaṇe saptavārakam // > \ > Copper combined with alkali and sour liquids, melted, heated with red ochre, / and quenched in buffalo buttermilk and goat dung seven times > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.10) pañcadoṣavinirmuktaṃ saptavāreṇa jāyate / tāmranirdalapattrāṇi liptvā nimbavasindhunā // > becomes freed from the five defects after seven repetitions. / Smearing thin sheets of copper with lemon and rock salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.11) dhmātvā sauvīrake kṣepādviśudhyatyaṣṭavārataḥ / nimbvambupaṭuliptāni tāpitānyaṣṭavārakam // > blowing upon them, and quenching them in sauvīraka vinegar eight times, it is purified. / Smeared with lemon juice and salt, and heated eight times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.12) viśudhyantyarkapatrāṇi nirguṇḍīrasamardanāt / kumārīpatramadhye tu śulvapatraṃ niveśitam // > sheets of copper are purified by grinding with nirguṇḍī juice. / Placed in the middle of an aloe vera leaf, a copper sheet > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.13) puṭitaṃ doṣanirmuktaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ ca prajāyate / itthaṃ viśodhitaṃ tāmraṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam // > incinerated becomes free of defects and whitish. / Copper purified in this manner, devoid of all defects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.14) bhavedrasāyanakaraṃ dehalohakaraṃ param / imāṃ śuddhiṃ vijānīyācchivo vā nandikeśvaraḥ // > becomes a provider of rejuvenation therapy, supreme in transmuting the body and base metals. / This purification Śiva or Nandikeśvara knows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.15) balinā nihataṃ tāmraṃ saptavāraṃ samutthitam / sarvadoṣavinirmuktaṃ bhavedamṛtasannibham // > Copper destroyed by sulfur and revived seven times / becomes freed from all defects and comparable to ambrosia. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.16) snuhyarkakṣīralavaṇakāñjikais tāmrapatrakam / liptvā pratāpya nirguṇḍīrasaiḥ siñcyāt punaḥ punaḥ // > With the milky latex of snuhī and arka, salt, and fermented rice-water, a copper sheet / is smeared, strongly heated, and repeatedly sprinkled with nirguṇḍī juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.17) vārān dvādaśataḥ śuddhaṃ lepāttāpācca secanāt / khaṭikāṃ lavaṇaṃ takrairāranālaiśca peṣayet // > It is purified after twelve times through smearing, heating, and sprinkling. / One should grind chalk and salt with buttermilk and fermented sour gruel; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.18) tena liptaṃ tāmrapatraṃ taptaṃ taptaṃ niṣecayet / ṣaḍvāram amlatakrāntar nirguṇḍyāśca viśuddhaye // > a copper sheet smeared with this and heated repeatedly one should quench / six times into sour buttermilk and nirguṇḍī for purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.19) taptāni tāmrapatrāṇi secayettiktakārasaiḥ / liptvāmlatakralavaṇakāñjikena punaḥ punaḥ // > Heated copper sheets one should quench in juice of bitter plants, / having smeared it again and again with sour buttermilk, salt, and fermented rice-water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.20) taptaṃ taptaṃ tridhā siñcyācchuddhimāyāti niścayam / gomūtreṇa pacedyāmaṃ tāmrapātraṃ dṛḍhāgninā // > Heated repeatedly, one should quench it three times; it certainly attains purification. / One should cook a copper vessel with cow's urine for one watch over a strong fire; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.21) śudhyate nātra sandeho māraṇaṃ cāpyathocyate / \ gandhena tāmratulyena hyamlapiṣṭena lepayet // > it is purified, there is no doubt of this. And now its killing is described. > \ > With sulfur equal to the copper, ground indeed with sour liquid, one should smear > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.22) kaṇṭavedhīkṛtaṃ patramandhayitvā puṭe pacet / uddhṛtya cūrṇayettasminpādāṃśaṃ gandhakaṃ kṣipet // > the sheet pierced with holes, seal it, and cook it in an incineration pit. / Taking it out, one should powder it and add one quarter part of sulfur to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.23) jambīrair āranālair vā mṛgadūrvāthavā dravaiḥ / piṣṭvā piṣṭvā pacedruddhaṃ sagandhaṃ ca catuṣpuṭaiḥ // > With lemon or sour gruel, or juices of mṛgadūrvā, / grinding it again and again, sealed with sulfur, one should cook it through four incinerations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.24) mātuluṅgadravaiḥ piṣṭvā puṭamekaṃ pradāpayet / sitaśarkarayāpyekaṃ puṭaṃ deyaṃ mṛtaṃ bhavet // > Grinding with citron juice, one should give it one incineration; / one incineration should also be given with white sugar; it will become killed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.25) \ pāṣāṇabhedimatsyākṣīdravair dviguṇagandhakam / tāmrasya lepayet piṣṭiṃ ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet // > \ > With juices of pāṣāṇabhedī and matsyākṣī, one should smear a paste of copper / with double the sulfur, seal it, and cook it in an elephant-pit incineration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.26) samāṃśena punargandhaṃ dattvā drāvaiśca lolayet / evaṃ saptapuṭaiḥ pakvaṃ tāmrabhasma bhaved dhruvam // > Adding an equal part of sulfur again, one should stir it with the juices; / cooked thus through seven incinerations, it surely becomes copper calx. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.27) \ tāmrasya triguṇaṃ sūtaṃ jambīrāmlena mardayet / ādau mūṣāntare kṣiptvā dhuttūrasya tu patrakam // > \ > One should grind mercury three times the copper with sour lemon juice. / Having first placed a leaf of dhuttūra inside a crucible, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.28) tatpṛṣṭhe tāmratulyaṃ ca gandhakaṃ cūrṇitaṃ kṣipet / tatpṛṣṭhe marditaṃ tāmraṃ pūrvatulyaṃ ca gandhakam // > on top of that one should cast powdered sulfur equal to the copper; / on top of that, the ground copper, and sulfur equal to the first amount. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.29) ācchādya dhūrtapatraistu ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet / svāṅgaśītaṃ tataścūrṇaṃ mṛtaṃ bhavati niścitam // > Having covered it with datura leaves and sealed it, one should cook it in an elephant-pit incineration. / The powder, cooled of its own accord, then certainly becomes killed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.30) \ kiṃcidgandhena vāmlena kṣālayettāmrapatrakam / tāmrapādena sūtena sārdraṃ patraṃ pralepayet // > \ > One should wash a copper sheet with a little sulfur or sour liquid; / one should coat the moist sheet with one-fourth part of mercury relative to the copper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.31) tāmradviguṇagandhena cāmlapiṣṭena tatpunaḥ / liptvā hyadhordhvagaṃ deyā supiṣṭā cāmlaparṇikā // > Then, having smeared it again with double the sulfur relative to copper, ground with sour liquid, / well-ground amlaparṇikā should be placed below and above. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.32) tatpiṇḍaṃ bhāṇḍagarbhe tu ruddhvā cullyāṃ vipācayet / yāmaikaṃ tāmrapākena bhasmībhavati niścitam // > Having enclosed that mass inside an earthen vessel, one should cook it on a hearth. / By one watch of cooking the copper, it definitely turns to ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.33) \ sūtamekaṃ dvidhā gandhaṃ yāmaṃ kanyā vimardayet / dvayos tulye tāmrapatre sthālyā garbhe nirodhayet // > \ / One part quicksilver and two parts sulphur should be rubbed for one watch with aloe vera. / Between two identical copper leaves, one should enclose \[it\] inside an earthen pot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.34) samyaṅmṛllavaṇaiḥ sandhiṃ pārśve bhasma nidhāpayet / caturyāmaṃ paceccullyāṃ pātrapṛṣṭhe sagomayam // > One should properly \[seal\] the joint with clay and salt, and place ash along the sides. / One should cook it for four watches on a hearth; \[and\] on top of the vessel, with cow dung, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.35) jalaṃ punaḥ punardeyaṃ svāṅgaśītaṃ vicūrṇayet / mriyate nātra sandehaḥ sarvayogeṣu yojayet // > water should be added repeatedly. When self-cooled, one should powder it. / It dies, there is no doubt about this; one may employ it in all formulations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.36) \ jīrṇaṃ tāmraṃ samādāya tatra caitānvinikṣipet / vaṅgaṃ ghoṣaṃ gajaṃ tīkṣṇasāraṃ kāntaṃ ca ṣaṭ samān // > \ / Taking worn-out copper, one should throw these into it: / tin, bell-metal, lead, wrought iron, and loadstone—the six in equal parts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.37) pratyekaṃ tāmramānena sarvānekatra dhāmayet / vaṅkanālena tāvattadyāvadarko'vaśiṣyate // > Each in a measure equal to the copper, one should blow on them all together / with a curved blowpipe until only the copper remains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.38) tamarkaṃ ḍhālayetpūrvaṃ nirguṇḍīsalilāntare / saptavārāṃśca tanmūlacūrṇamarke pravāpayet // > One should first pour that copper into nirguṇḍī water / seven times, and sprinkle powder of its root into the copper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.39) tena tāmreṇa kurvīta vaṭikāmavraṇāṃ śubhām / dviguṇaṃ gandhakaṃ liptvā balestryaṃśaṃ ca pāradam // > With that copper one should make an unblemished, auspicious pill. / Having smeared twice as much sulphur, and mercury one-third the weight of sulphur, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.40) śuddhaṃ hiṅgulajaṃ vāpi mardayedbījapūrakaiḥ / jambīrajairvā likucanīraiḥ samyak pramardayet // > or purified \[mercury\] obtained from cinnabar, one should triturate it with citron juices, / or triturate thoroughly with juices of lime or wild lemon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.41) tridinaṃ tadviśoṣyātha bhāṇḍāntastanniveśayet / upariṣṭāttāmraghaṭīm adhovaktrāṃ nidhāya ca // > Having dried that for three days, one should then place it inside an earthen jar, / and having placed an earthen copper-pot face downward on top, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.42) dṛḍhaṃ vilepayetpaścāt kaṭorīṃ mṛṇmayīṃ kṣipet / atiprayatnāllimpet tāṃ yathā vārā na bhidyate // > one should plaster it securely afterwards, and cast an earthen bowl \[over it\]. / With great effort one should coat it so that water does not break through. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.43) adhiculli tato dattvā pūrayitvā jalairadhaḥ / prajvālayedvītihotraṃ mṛdumadhyottamakramāt // > Then placing it on a hearth and filling the lower part with water, / one should ignite a fire in a gentle, medium, and intense progression. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.44) dināni ṣaṭ samādāya svāṅgaśītaṃ tu pātrakam / nirbhidya śulvaṃ gṛhṇīta mṛtaṃ sūtena yatnataḥ // > Taking six days, when the vessel has cooled of itself, / one should break it open and carefully take the copper killed with mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.45) tataḥ khalve vicūrṇyaitad yatheṣṭaṃ viniyojayet / \ nānāvidhaṃ mṛtaṃ tāmraṃ śuddhyarthaṃ bhāgapañcakam // > Then, having powdered it in a mortar, one may employ it as desired. / \ / For the purification of varied dead copper, five parts \[of it\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.46) bhāgaikaṃ śvetakācaṃ ca bhāgaṃ śvetaṃ ca ṭaṅkaṇam / mūṣāyāṃ miśritaṃ kṣiptvā bhāgaikaṃ cābhrapatrakam // > one part white glass, and one part white borax / should be mixed and placed in a crucible, with one part mica sheet > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.47) ūrdhvaṃ dattvā nirudhyātha dhmāte grāhyaṃ suśītalam / nirdoṣaṃ tu bhavettāmraṃ sarvarogaharaṃ bhavet // > placed on top. Having sealed and then blown \[it\], it should be taken out when very cold. / The copper will indeed become flawless and will remove all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.48) athavā māritaṃ tāmram amlenaikena mardayet / tadgolaṃ sūraṇasyāntaḥ ruddhvā sarvatra lepayet // > Alternatively, one should rub killed copper with a single sour substance. / Having sealed that ball inside an elephant-foot yam, one should smear it everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.49) śuṣkaṃ gajapuṭe pacyātsarvadoṣaharaṃ bhavet / vāntiṃ bhrāntiṃ virekaṃ ca na karoti kadācana // > When dried, one should cook it in an elephant pit-kiln; it will remove all defects. / It never causes vomiting, dizziness, or purging. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.50) \ vilipya likucadrāvapiṣṭagandhāśmapaṅkataḥ / tāmrapatrāṇi saṃchādya sthālīmadhye nirudhya ca // > \ / Smearing \[the copper\] with paste of sulphur rubbed in wild lemon juice, / covering the copper sheets and enclosing them inside an earthen pot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.51) yāmamātraṃ pacetsamyak śītānyākṛṣya cūrṇayet / tadbhasma vallamātraṃ hi tāmbūlīdalaveṣṭitam // > one should cook it properly for just one watch; having extracted \[the sheets\] when cooled, one should powder them. / That calx, merely a valla in measure, wrapped in a betel leaf, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.52) bhakṣitaṃ vāmayitvātha recayitvā dviyāmataḥ / jvaraṃ vināśayennḥṇāṃ śūlādhmānasamanvitam // > when consumed, having induced vomiting and then purging within two watches, / will eliminate fever accompanied by colic and tympanites in people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.53) viṣaṃ garaṃ ca vegena vāmayatyeva niścitam / pathyamatra pradātavyaṃ gavyaṃ takraṃ ca bhaktakam // > It definitely expels poison and artificial poison swiftly through emesis. / Suitable food to be given here is cow's buttermilk and boiled rice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.54) atireke'tivāntau ca samohe cātimātrake / tattadaucityayogena kuryācchītāṃ pratikriyām // > In the case of excessive purging, excessive vomiting, and excessive stupor, / one should administer cooling counter-measures in accordance with propriety. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.55) ativāntau bhajed bhraṣṭam ikṣudaṇḍaṃ suśītalam / yadvā bilvabhavaṃ kvāthaṃ sitayā saha pācayet // > In excessive vomiting, one should consume very cold, roasted sugarcane stalk, / or one should cook a decoction made of bael with white sugar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.56) barbūratvagrasaḥ peyo vireke takrasaṃyutaḥ / \ śulbatulyena sūtena balinā tatsamena ca // > Juice of acacia bark mixed with buttermilk should be drunk in purging. / \ / With quicksilver equal to the copper, and sulphur equal to that, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.57) tadardhāṃśena tālena śilayā ca tadardhayā / vidhāya kajjalīṃ ślakṣṇāṃ bhinnakajjalasannibhām // > with orpiment half its part, and with realgar half of that, / having made a smooth collyrium-paste resembling broken antimony, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.58) yantrādhyāyavinirdiṣṭagarbhayantrodarāntare / kajjalīṃ tāmrapatrāṇi paryāyeṇa vinikṣipet // > inside the Garbha apparatus described in the chapter on apparatuses, / one should place the collyrium-paste and copper leaves alternately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.59) prapacedyāmaparyantaṃ svāṅgaśītaṃ vicūrṇayet / tattadrogaharānupānasahitaṃ tāmraṃ dvivallonmitaṃ sallīḍhaṃ pariṇāmaśūlamudaraṃ śūlaṃ ca pāṇḍujvaram / gulmaplīhayakṛtkṣayāgnisadanaṃ mehaṃ ca mūlāmayaṃ duṣṭāṃ ca grahaṇīṃ hareddhruvamidaṃ sarvāmayadhvaṃsanam // > One should cook it for up to a watch; when self-cooled, one should powder it. / Properly licked in a two-valla dose with an vehicle that removes the respective ailment, this copper truly cures duodenal ulcer, abdominal disease, colic, jaundice, and fever, / abdominal lumps, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, consumption, sluggish digestion, urinary diseases, hemorrhoids, and chronic sprue; it is the destroyer of all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.60) tāmraṃ tiktakaṣāyakaṃ ca madhuraṃ pāke'tha vīryoṣṇakaṃ koṣṇaṃ pittakaphāpahaṃ jaṭhararukkuṣṭhāmajūrtyantakṛt / ūrdhvādhaḥpariśodhanaṃ ca viṣahṛtsthaulyāpahaṃ kṣutkaraṃ durnāmakṣayapāṇḍurogaśamanaṃ netryaṃ paraṃ lekhanam // > Copper is bitter and astringent, sweet in post-digestive effect, and hot in potency; slightly warm, it dispels pitta and kapha, and puts an end to abdominal pain, skin disease, uncooked digestive toxins, and fever. / It purges upward and downward, removes poison, dispels obesity, stimulates appetite, pacifies hemorrhoids, consumption, and anemia, is good for the eyes, and is a supreme scraping agent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (10) - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.40) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rasaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnakara.1.8.47) — Nityanātha Siddha, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.cikitsa.rasamanjari.5.28) — Śālinātha, Sanskrit - [Rasendracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracintamani.6.10) — Ḍhuṇḍhukanātha, Sanskrit - [Rājanighaṇṭu (Nighaṇṭurāja, Abhidhānacūḍāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.namaguna.rajanighantu.13.18) — Narahari Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Kāmaratna (Nityanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.kamya.kamaratna.12.703) — Nityanātha, Sanskrit - [Āyurvedaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.cikitsa.ayurvedaprakasa.28.113) — Mādhava Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadyogataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.brhadyogatarangini.61.43) — Trimalla, Sanskrit - [Yogataraṅgiṇī (Trimalla)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.yogatarangini-trimalla-bhatta.61.43) — Trimalla, Sanskrit - [Basavarājīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.daksina.basavarajiya.p3262) — Nīlakaṇṭhakoṭṭūru Basavarāja 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4) · Pramāṇa