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# Anandakanda 2.5.6

Ānandakanda 2.5.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.5.6)

\<iron:: subtypes\>  
kāntāyastīkṣṇamuṇḍākhyaṃ lohamevamapi tridhā /  
rasāyanebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vidyācchataguṇādhikam //

> \<Iron: subtypes\> / Iron is thus three-fold: known as magnetic iron, wrought iron, and cast iron. / One should know it to be a hundred times superior to all rejuvenating agents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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