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# Anandakanda 2.7.3

Ānandakanda 2.7.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.3)

evaṃ yā jāyate kṛṣṇā kākatuṇḍīti sā matā /  
\<brass:: parīkṣā:: good quality\>  
gurvī mṛdvī ca pītākapotābhā sārāṅgī tāḍanakṣamā //

> That which turns black in this manner is considered kākatuṇḍī.  
> \<Brass: Testing: Good Quality\>  
> Heavy, soft, yellow with a pigeon-gray sheen, dense, capable of withstanding hammering,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.7.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.162) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit
- [Āyurvedasaukhya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.ayurvedasaukhya.2.242) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1565, Sanskrit

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