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miśraka is darkish-white. > \ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.3) \ trapu trapusamārūpaṃ vaṅgaṃ ca kuṭilaṃ himam / kurūpyaṃ viccaṭaṃ raṅgaṃ pūtigandhaṃ rasāhvayam // > \ > Trapu, trapusamārūpa, vaṅga, kuṭila, hima, / kurūpya, viccaṭa, raṅga, pūtigandha, and named rasa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.4) \ svaccham uṣṇāsahaṃ śītaṃ sūkṣmapatrakaraṃ laghu / ruṅnāśe rūpyakaraṇe tadvaṅgaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate // > \ > Clear, intolerant of heat, cool, yielding thin sheets, light; / in destroying illness and making silver, that tin is declared superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.5) \ drāvayitvā niśāyukte kṣiptaṃ nirguṇḍikārasaiḥ / viśudhyati trivāreṇa khuravaṅgaṃ na saṃśayaḥ // > \ > Having melted it, thrown into juice of nirguṇḍī together with turmeric, / khura tin is purified in three times, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.6) amlatakravinipiṣṭavarṣābhūvṛṣasindhubhiḥ / kaṭvalābugataṃ vaṅgaṃ dvitayaṃ pariśudhyati // > With punarnavā, vāsaka, and rock salt ground in sour buttermilk, / tin placed inside a bitter bottle gourd—both \[types\] are completely purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.7) satālenārkadugdhena liptvā vaṅgadalānyatha / bodhiciñcātvacaḥ kṣārair dadyāllaghupuṭāni ca // > Having smeared tin sheets with calotropis milk containing orpiment, / with alkali from the bark of peepal and tamarind, he should then give light-pit furnaces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.8) mardayitvā caredbhasma tadrasādiṣu kīrtitam / \ nāgavacchodhayed vaṅgaṃ tadvadaśvatthaciñcayoḥ // > Having ground it, he should make ash; that is praised in mercury \[processes\] and the rest. > \ > He should purify tin like lead; likewise with ash of peepal and tamarind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.9) tadbhasma haritālaṃ ca tulyamamlena mardayet / palāśotthadravair vātha lolayitvāndhrayetpuṭe // > he should grind that ash and orpiment in equal parts with sour \[gruel\], / or having stirred it with liquids derived from palāśa, he should blind it in a pit furnace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.10) uddhṛtya daśamāṃśena tālena saha mardayet / \ pūrvadrāvaiḥ sahāloḍya ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet // > Having extracted it, he should grind it with a tenth part of orpiment. > \ > Having mixed it with the previous liquids, sealed, he should cook it in an elephant-pit furnace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.11) ekaviṃśatpuṭairvaṅgo mṛto bhavati rogahā / śirīṣarajanīcūrṇaiḥ kumāryā yutagolakam // > With twenty-one pit furnaces, tin becomes dead and removes disease. / A ball \[of tin\] combined with aloe and powders of siris and turmeric, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.12) sūtaliptaṃ vaṅgapatraṃ golakaṃ samamarditam / ruddhvā laghupuṭaiḥ pakvaṃ mṛtaṃ syātpūrvasaṃkhyayā // > a tin sheet smeared with mercury, ground equally into a ball, / sealed and cooked in light-pit furnaces, becomes dead by the previous number. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.13) akṣabhallātakītoyaiḥ piṣṭvā patrāṇi lepayet / tatastilakharīmadhye kṣiptvā ruddhvā puṭaiḥ pacet // > Having ground \[the drugs\] with decoction of bibhītaka and bhallātaka, he should coat the sheets; / then, having thrown it into sesame oil cake and sealed, he should cook it in pit furnaces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.14) catvāriṃśadgajapuṭair vaṅgakaṃ bhasma jāyate / \ vaṅgaṃ tīkṣṇoṣṇakaṭukamīṣadvātaprakopanam // > With forty elephant-pit furnaces, tin becomes ash. > \ > Tin is sharp, hot, pungent, and slightly provokes vāta; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.15) medaḥśleṣmāmayaghnaṃ ca krimighnaṃ mehanāśanam / himaṃ kaṣāyalavaṇaṃ pāṇḍudāhaharaṃ saram // > it destroys diseases of fat and phlegm, kills worms, destroys urinary disorders, / is cool, astringent, salty, removes jaundice and burning sensation, and is laxative. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.16) lekhanaṃ pittalaṃ kiṃcit trapu sīsaṃ ca tadguṇam / \ sīsakaṃ tu jaḍaṃ śītaṃ yavaneṣṭaṃ bhujaṅgamam // > It is scarifying and slightly increases pitta humor; tin (trapu) and lead (sīsa) share these properties. > \ > Lead is inert and cold; \[its synonyms are\] yavaneṣṭa, bhujaṅgama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.17) yogīṣṭaṃ nāgam uragaṃ kuvaṅgaṃ paripiṣṭakam / mṛdu kṛṣṇāyasaṃ pakṣmatāraśuddhikaraṃ smṛtam // > yogīṣṭa, nāga, uraga, kuvaṅga, and paripiṣṭaka. > It is soft and dark metal, considered an agent for purifying eyelashes and silver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.18) sirāvṛttaṃ ca vaṅgaṃ syāccīnapiṣṭaṃ ca ṣoḍaśa / sīsaṃ tu vaṅgasāmyaṃ syādrasavīryavipākataḥ // > It is \[also called\] sirāvṛtta, vaṅga, and cīnapiṣṭa—these are sixteen \[synonyms\]. > Lead, however, is equal to tin in taste, potency, and post-digestive effect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.19) \ pākahīnau nāgavaṅgau kuṣṭhagulmarujākarau / mehapāṇḍujvaraśleṣmavātapittapradau smṛtau // > \ > Lead and tin that are deficient in calcination cause leprosy and abdominal tumors; > they are known to produce urinary disease, anemia, fever, phlegm humor, vāta humor, and pitta humor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.20) drutadrāvaṃ mahābhāraṃ chede kṛṣṇaṃ samujjvalam / pūtigandhaṃ bahiḥ kṛṣṇaṃ śuddhaṃ sīsamato'nyathā // > Lead that melts quickly, is very heavy, black and brilliant when cut, > foul-smelling, and black on the outside, is pure; otherwise it is impure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.21) nirguṇḍīmūlacūrṇena sārkadugdhena lepayet / nāgapatraṃ tataḥ śuṣkaṃ drāvayitvā niṣecayet // > One should smear a lead sheet with powder of nirguṇḍī root together with the latex of arka. > Then, when it is dry, one should melt it and quench it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.22) liptvā drāvyaṃ punaḥ secyaṃ saptavāraṃ viśuddhaye / niśātumburubījāni kokilākṣīkuberakam // > It should be smeared, melted, and quenched again seven times for purification. > Turmeric, seeds of tumburu, kokilākṣī, kuberaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.23) gaurīphalaṃ mallikā ca mokṣo brahmā mayūrakam / yathālābhaṃ tu bhasmaiṣāṃ vajrīkṣīreṇa bhāvayet // > gaurīphala, mallikā, mokṣa, brahmā, and mayūraka— > one should triturate the ash of these, as available, with the latex of vajrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.24) tanmadhye drāvitaṃ nāgaṃ śuddhaṃ secyaṃ tu saptadhā / mahiṣasyāsthicūrṇena supākaṃ mūtrasecanāt // > Pure lead melted within that should be quenched seven times. > With the bone powder of a buffalo, it attains good calcination by quenching in urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.25) vaṅgaṃ śuddhaṃ bhavettadvannāgo nāgāsthimūtrataḥ / \ aśvatthaciñcātvagbhasma nāgasya caturaṃśataḥ // > Tin becomes pure in that manner, and lead \[is purified\] by lead-bone \[ash\] and urine. > \ > \[Taking\] ash from the bark of aśvattha and ciñcā equal to one-fourth part of the lead, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.26) kṣiptvā cullyāṃ pacedagnau cālayellohacaṭṭunā / yāvadbhasma tamuddhṛtya bhasmatulyāṃ manaḥśilām // > one should throw it \[with the lead\] onto a hearth, cook it over fire, and stir it with an iron ladle. > When it turns to ash, one extracts it, \[adds\] realgar equal to the ash, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.27) jambīrair āranālair vā piṣṭvā ruddhvā puṭe pacet / svāṅgaśītaṃ punaḥ piṣṭvā viṃśatyaṃśe śilāmlake // > and having ground it with jambīra lime \[juice\] or fermented sour gruel, confines it and calcinates it in a puṭa. > When cold of its own accord, having ground it again with a twentieth part of realgar and sour liquid, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.28) evaṃ ṣaṣṭipuṭaiḥ paktvā nāgaḥ syāttu nirutthitaḥ / \ athavā nāgapatrāṇi cūrṇaliptāni kharpare // > and calcinating it in this manner with sixty puṭas, the lead becomes non-revivable. > \ > Alternatively, lead sheets smeared with powder \[are placed\] in an earthen pan; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.29) alpāgnau pācayedyāmaṃ bhasma taccitrakadravaiḥ / bharjayellohapātre tatpārthadaṇḍena cālayan // > one should cook them over a mild fire for one yāma. One should roast that ash with juices of citraka > in an iron vessel, stirring it with an arjuna-wood stick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.30) yāmaṣoḍaśaparyantaṃ dravaṃ deyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ / daṇḍena mardayedgāḍhamuddhṛtaṃ citrakadavaiḥ // > Juice is to be added repeatedly for up to sixteen yāmas. > Having taken it out, one should vigorously crush it with a stick with citraka juices; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.31) lolayitvā nirudhyātha ṣaṭpuṭair mriyate laghu / \ ciñcākṣamikṣubhallātavāśāvajralatābhavaiḥ // > having rolled it into a ball and sealed it, it dies quickly with six puṭas. > \ > With the ashes produced from ciñcā, akṣa, sugarcane, bhallātaka, vāsā, and vajralatā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.32) apāmārgārjunāśvatthasamudbhūtaiśca bhasmabhiḥ / dṛḍhaṃ pālāśadaṇḍena lohapātre tu bharjayet // > as well as the ashes produced from apāmārga, arjuna, and aśvattha, > one should roast it firmly in an iron vessel with a palāśa stick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.33) saptabhirdivasaireva mriyate nātra saṃśaya / \ piṣṭvāgastyaṃ ca bhūnāgaṃ liptvā bhāṇḍaṃ viśodhayet // > In just seven days it dies; of this there is no doubt. > \ > Having ground agastya and earthworms, one should smear and cleanse a pot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.34) tadbhāṇḍe drāvayennāgaṃ drute nāge vinikṣipet / vāśāciñcaṭayoḥ kṣāraṃ vāśākāṣṭhena ghaṭṭayet // > One should melt the lead in that pot; once the lead has melted, one should throw in > the alkali of vāsā and ciñcaṭā and stir with a stick of vāsā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.35) yāmaikaṃ pācayeccullyāṃ samuddhṛtya vimiśrayet / saṃcūrṇya ca śilātāpye vāśakakṣārasaṃyutam // > One should cook it on a hearth for one yāma, take it out, and mix it; > and having pulverized it with realgar and copper pyrites along with the alkali of vāsaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.36) catustulyaṃ pūrvanāgaṃ viṃśatyekapuṭaiḥ pacet / dvipuṭaṃ ciñcikakṣārair deyaṃ vāśārasānvitaiḥ // > \[in an amount\] equal to one-fourth of the aforesaid lead, one should calcinate it with twenty-one puṭas. > Two puṭas should be given with alkalis of ciñcikā combined with vāsā juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.37) nāgaḥ sindūravarṇābho mriyate sarvakāryakṛt / atyuṣṇaṃ sīsakaṃ snigdhaṃ tiktaṃ vātakaphāpaham // > The lead dies, possessing the luster of vermilion, accomplishing all purposes. > Lead is extremely hot, unctuous, bitter, and dispels vāta humor and kapha humor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6.38) pramehatoyadoṣaghnaṃ dīpanaṃ cāmavātanut // > It destroys urinary disease and defects of bodily water, stimulates digestion, and cures āmavāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.132) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rājanighaṇṭu (Nighaṇṭurāja, Abhidhānacūḍāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.namaguna.rajanighantu.13.25) — Narahari Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Basavarājīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.daksina.basavarajiya.p3313) — Nīlakaṇṭhakoṭṭūru Basavarāja 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.6) · Pramāṇa