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dvividhaṃ pittalaṃ bhavet / \ saṃtaptā kāñjike kṣiptā tāmrābhā rītikā matā // > \ > Brass is of two kinds: rītikā and kākatuṇḍī. > \ > When heated and thrown into sour gruel, that which has a copper luster is considered rītikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.3) evaṃ yā jāyate kṛṣṇā kākatuṇḍīti sā matā / \ gurvī mṛdvī ca pītākapotābhā sārāṅgī tāḍanakṣamā // > That which turns black in this manner is considered kākatuṇḍī. > \ > Heavy, soft, yellow with a pigeon-gray sheen, dense, capable of withstanding hammering, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.4) susnigdhā masṛṇāṅgī ca rītiretādṛśī śubhā / śuddhā snigdhā mṛduḥ śītā suraṅgā sūtrapattriṇī // > very unctuous, and smooth-bodied—such brass is auspicious. > Pure, unctuous, soft, cool, well-colored, ductile into wire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.5) hemopamā śubhāśvatthā jātyā rītiḥ prakīrtitā / \ pāṇḍuḥ pītā kharā rūkṣā barbarā ghaṭṭanākṣamā // > gold-like, auspicious, and firm like aśvattha is declared the finest brass by class. > \ > Pale, yellowish, harsh, rough, brittle, unable to withstand beating, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.6) pūtigandhā tathā laghvī rītirneṣṭā rasādiṣu / \ rītistiktarasā rūkṣā jantughnī sāsrapittanut // > foul-smelling, and light—such brass is not desired in mercury and related operations. > \ > Brass has a bitter taste, is dry, kills parasites, and cures bleeding disorders; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.7) kṛṣṇā kuṣṭhaharā yogāduṣṇavīryā ca śītalā / \ kākatuṇḍī kṛtasnehā rājarītiguṇānugā // > the black variety cures leprosy through combination; it has a hot potency yet is cooling. > \ > Kākatuṇḍī that has been oleated follows the properties of rājarīti; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.8) rājarītistu nirdiṣṭā rītikāsadṛśī guṇaiḥ / \ rītikāyugalaṃ rūkṣaṃ satiktaṃ lavaṇaṃ saram // > rājarīti is said to be equal in properties to rītikā. > \ > The pair of brass varieties is dry, bitter, salty, and laxative. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.9) śobhanaṃ pāṇḍuvātaghnaṃ balavīryāyurvardhanam / rītikā kaṭutiktoṣṇā plīhānāhanibarhaṇī // > It is beautifying, cures anemia and vāta humor, and increases strength, vigor, and lifespan. > Rītikā is pungent, bitter, and hot, and destroys splenic disease and abdominal swelling; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.10) rūkṣā kaphāsrapittaṃ ca hanyātsvādu prayojitā / \ rājarītiḥ kākatuṇḍī rājaputrī maheśvarī // > it is dry, and when administered with sweet things it cures kapha humor and bleeding disorders. > \ > Rājarīti, kākatuṇḍī, rājaputrī, maheśvarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.11) brāhmaṇī brahmarītiśca kapilā piṅgalāpi ca / \ kāṃsyaṃ saurāṣṭrikaṃ ghoṣaṃ kaṃsīyaṃ vahnilohakam // > brāhmaṇī, brahmarīti, kapilā, and piṅgalā. > \ > Kāṃsya, saurāṣṭrika, ghoṣa, kaṃsīya, vahnilohaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.12) dīptalohaṃ ghoṣayuṣyaṃ dīptakaṃ ca navāhvayam / \ aṣṭabhāgena tāmreṇa dvibhāgakuṭilena ca // > dīptaloha, ghoṣayuṣya, and dīptaka are its nine names. > \ > With eight parts of copper and two parts of tin (kuṭila), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.13) vidrutena bhavetkāṃsyaṃ tatsaurāṣṭrabhavaṃ śubham / \ tīkṣṇaśabdaṃ mṛdu snigdham īṣacchyāmalaśubhrakam // > melted together, bronze is produced; that which comes from Saurāṣṭra is auspicious. > \ > Sharp-sounding, soft, unctuous, slightly greyish-white, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.14) nirmalaṃ dāharaktaṃ ca ṣoḍhā kāṃsyaṃ praśasyate / śvetadīptaṃ mṛdujyoti śabdāḍhyaṃ snigdhanirmalam // > spotless, and red on heating—bronze of six qualities is praised. > Bright white, of soft luster, rich in sound, unctuous, spotless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.15) ghanāgnisahasūtrāṅgaṃ kāṃsyamuttamamīritam / \ tatpītaṃ dahane tāmraṃ ghanaṃ rūkṣaṃ ghanāsaham // > able to withstand intense fire and hammering, ductile—such bronze is declared the best. > \ > That which is yellow, copper-colored on heating, coarse, rough, unable to withstand hammering, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.16) mandanādaṃ gatajyoti saptadhā kāṃsyam utsṛjet / \ ghṛtamekaṃ vinā cānyatsarvaṃ kāṃsyagataṃ nṛṇām // > dull in sound, and lusterless—one should reject bronze of these seven kinds. > \ > Except for ghee alone, anything else placed in bronze > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.17) bhuktamārogyasukhadaṃ hitaṃ sātmyakaraṃ tathā / kāṃsyaṃ tu laghutiktoṣṇaṃ lekhanaṃ dṛkprasādanam // > and eaten brings health and happiness to people, and is wholesome and agreeable. > Bronze is light, bitter, hot, scarifying, and clarifies the vision; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.18) kṛmikoṣṭhaharaṃ vātapittaghnaṃ bhojane hitam / \ vartalohaṃ vartatīkṣṇaṃ vartakaṃ lohasaṃkaraḥ // > it removes worms and clears the bowels, relieves vāta humor and pitta humor, and is wholesome for eating. > \ > Vartaloha, vartatīkṣṇa, vartaka, lohasaṃkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.19) nīlikā nīlalohaṃ ca lohakaṃ vaṭṭalohakam / kāṃsyārkarītilohāhijātaṃ tadvartalohakam // > nīlikā, nīlaloha, lohaka, and vaṭṭalohaka— > produced from bronze, copper, brass, iron, and lead, that is vartaloha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.20) tadeva pañcalohākhyaṃ lohavidbhirudāhṛtam / tadbhāṇḍasādhitaṃ sarvamanyavyañjanapūrvakam // > That very \[metal\] is called fivefold bronze by the metallurgists. / Everything prepared in a vessel of it, beginning with various condiments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.21) amlena varjitaṃ cātidīpanaṃ pācanaṃ śubham / \ drutamaśvajale kṣiptaṃ vartalohaṃ viśudhyati // > and devoid of sour taste, is extremely appetite-stimulating, digestive, and auspicious. / \ / Molten and thrown into horse-urine, vartaloha is purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.22) mriyate gandhatālābhyāṃ puṭitaṃ vartalohakam / teṣu teṣu vibhāgeṣu yojanīyaṃ yathāvidhi // > Subjected to puṭa calcination with sulfur and orpiment, vartaloha is incinerated. / It should be employed according to rule in its respective proportions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.23) vartalohaṃ kaṭūṣṇaṃ ca tiktaṃ ca śiśiraṃ tathā / kaphajitpittaśamanaṃ madhuraṃ dāhamehanut // > Vartaloha is pungent, hot, bitter, and also cooling; / it subdues kapha, pacifies pitta, is sweet, and removes burning sensation and urinary disorders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.24) rūkṣaṃ rucyaṃ kṛmighnaṃ ca netryaṃ malaviśodhanam / \ trikṣāraṃ pañcalavaṇaṃ saptadhāmlena bhāvayet // > It is dry, appetizing, vermifuge, beneficial for the eyes, and cleanses impurities. / \ / One should levigate the three alkalis and the five salts seven times with sour liquid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.25) kāṃsyāraghoṣapatrāṇi tena kalkena lepayet / ruddhvā puṭedgajapuṭe śuddhimāyāti nānyathā // > One should smear leaves of bell-metal, brass, and bronze with that paste; / having enclosed them, one should calcinate in an elephant-pit: they attain purification, not otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.26) tāmravanmāraṇaṃ teṣāṃ kṛtvā sarvatra yojayet / mṛtāni lohānyamṛtībhavanti nighnanti yuktāni mahāmayāṃśca / abhyāsayogāddṛḍhadehasiddhiṃ kurvanti rugjanmajarāvināśam // > Having performed their incineration like copper, one should employ them everywhere. / Incinerated metals become nectar; properly administered, they destroy great diseases. / Through habituation, they bring about the perfection of a firm body, and the destruction of disease, birth, and senescence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.27) nāgena svarṇaṃ rajataṃ ca tāpyaiḥ gandhena tāmraṃ śilayā ca nāgam / tālena vaṅgaṃ trividhaṃ tu lohaṃ nārīpayo ghnanti ca hiṅgulena // > They incinerate gold with lead, silver with chalcopyrite, / copper with sulfur, lead with realgar, / tin with orpiment, the three kinds of iron with cinnabar in woman’s milk; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.28) tathābhrasatvaṃ balinopalohaṃ vajreṇa sūtaṃ vinihanti sadyaḥ // > likewise, the essence of mica with sulfur, secondary metals \[with calamine\], and quicksilver is immediately killed by diamond. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.29) \ vajrābhrakasya satsatvaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu bhairavi / caturdhābhrakasatvaṃ syātkaṭhinaṃ mṛdulaṃ drutiḥ // > \ / I shall describe the genuine essence of diamond mica; listen, O Bhairavī: / The essence of mica is twofold: hard, soft, liquefied, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.30) bījaṃ ca guṇavajjñeyaṃ tatkramād uttarottaram / \ dhānyābhrakaṃ ravikṣīre gharme sthāpyaṃ dināvadhi // > and seed; they should be known as progressively superior in quality. / \ / Dhānyābhraka placed in calotropis latex is to be kept in the sun for the period of a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.31) tacchlakṣṇaṃ peṣayetpaṭṭe śarāve taṃ nirodhayet / samyak pacedgajapuṭe ravikṣīre pacetpunaḥ // > One should grind it smooth on a stone slab, seal it in a pair of earthen shallow dishes, / and bake it well in an elephant-pit; one should cook it again in calotropis latex. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.32) mardanaṃ puṭapākaṃ ca kuryādevaṃ tu saptadhā / tathā jambīranīre ca niculasya rase tathā // > One should perform grinding and puṭa-baking thus seven times; / likewise in lemon juice and in the juice of nicula. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.33) etat siddhaghanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ niścandraṃ sattvapātane / ghanamārakasārair vā vyastair vātha samastakaiḥ // > This is processed mica, excellent and free of luster for the extraction of essence. / Or else, with the essences of mica-killers, whether taken separately or all together, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.34) piṣṭvā dhānyābhrakaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet / lākṣāgugguludagdhorṇāsarjasarjarasaṃ paṭu // > having ground dhānyābhraka smooth, sealing it, one should bake it in an elephant-pit. / Lac, guggulu, burnt wool, shorea resin, paṭu salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.35) śaśāsthi kṣudramatsyāśca haridrā mitrapañcakam / pañcamāhiṣakaṃ cāpi bhallātaṃ ca samaṃ samam // > hare-bones, small fish, turmeric, the group of five flux-friends, / the five buffalo products, and marking-nut, in equal parts each; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.36) sarvatulyaṃ siddhaghanaṃ niścandraṃ peṣayeddinam / tatsarvaṃ tena vaṭakāḥ kāryāste karṣamātrakāḥ // > one should grind for a day \[a quantity of\] processed, luster-free mica equal to the total of these. / With that entire mass, pills should be made, measuring a karṣa each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.37) koṣṭhīyantre dhamedgāḍhamaṅgāraiḥ khadirodbhavaiḥ / triyāmadhamanād eva sattvaṃ patati nirmalam // > One should blow fiercely in a hearth furnace with charcoal derived from khadira wood; / from three watches of blowing alone, the spotless essence falls down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.38) kaṭhinaṃ sūkṣmaravakaṃ kācaṭaṅkaṇavarjitam / trivāramevaṃ kurvīta tatkiṭṭaiḥ sattvapātane // > It is hard, finely granulated, and free from glass and borax. / One should do this three times with its slags to extract the essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.39) \ punaranyaṃ pravakṣyāmi mṛdusattvaṃ sureśvari / gugguluṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ guñjāṃ sarjasarjarasaṃ guḍam // > \ / Again, I shall proclaim another, the soft essence, O Sureśvarī: / Guggulu, borax, guñjā, shorea resin, jaggery, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.40) kṣudramīnaṃ yavakṣāraṃ kācapiṇyākasūraṇam / bhūlatā triphalā vahniḥ kṣīrakandaṃ punarnavam // > small fish, barley-alkali, glass, oil-cake, elephant-foot yam, / earthworm, triphalā, leadwort, kṣīrakanda, punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.41) dhuttūraṃ lāṅgalī pārā balā gandhakasevakam / gokṣīraṃ pañcalavaṇaṃ sarvaṃ ca dviguṇaṃ madhu // > thorn-apple, lāṅgalī, mercury, balā, sulfur, / cow's milk, five salts, and twice the amount of honey for all, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.42) ṣaḍbindu kṣudraśaṃbūkamasthīni śaśakasya ca / pārāvatamalaṃ tryūṣamindragopaṃ saśigrukam // > six drops \[of oil\], small snails, bones of a hare, / pigeon droppings, the three pungents, cochineal insects, with drumstick leaves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.43) godhūmasarṣapaṃ tāpyaṃ chāgakṣīreṇa mardayet / evaṃ vyastaṃ samastaṃ vā yāmamātreṇa marditam // > wheat, mustard, and chalcopyrite: one should grind \[them\] with goat's milk. / Ground thus, whether separately or all together, for only a single watch, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.44) asya piṇḍasya bhāgaikaṃ dvibhāgaṃ siddham abhrakam / pañcamāhiṣabhāgaikaṃ sarvamekatra loḍayet // > one part of this lump, two parts of processed mica, / and one part of the five buffalo products: one should stir everything together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.45) karṣābhā vaṭikāḥ kāryāḥ kiṃcicchāyāviśoṣitāḥ / khadirāṅgārasaṃtapte koṣṭhīyantre kṣipetkṣipet // > Pills resembling a karṣa in size should be made and slightly dried in the shade; / one should drop them successively into a hearth furnace heated with khadira charcoal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.46) ghuṭīpañcakapañcaiva vaṅkanāle dhameddṛḍham / mṛdusattvaṃ bhavecchubhraṃ rugjarāmṛtyunāśanam // > With five by five blowpipes one should blow firmly through a bent blowpipe; / a bright soft essence will appear, destroying disease, senescence, and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.47) trivāramevaṃ kurvīta tatkiṭṭaṃ sattvapātanam / anena kramayogena kāntasasyakamākṣikam // > One should perform this extraction of essence three times with its slag. / Following this procedure, lodestone, blue vitriol, chalcopyrite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.48) kaṭhinoparasāścānyaiḥ śuddhā bhūnāgamṛttikā / muñcanti drutisaṅghātaṃ gṛhṇantīmaṃ pṛthakpṛthak // > and the other hard secondary minerals, purified earthworm castings, / yield an aggregate of liquation; one extracts this separately for each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.49) \ abhrasatvaṃ samādāya samāṃśaṃ kācaṭaṅkaṇam / dattvā dattvā trivāraṃ tadvajramūṣāgataṃ dhamet // > \ / Taking the essence of mica, adding an equal part of glass and borax, / one should blow it three times placed in a diamond crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.50) amlavargaṃ snuhīpatraṃ bimbībījaṃ savalkalam / kalkayettatra saṃtaptaṃ saptavāraṃ niṣecayet // > One should make a paste of the sour group, euphorbia leaves, and ivy gourd seeds with bark; / being heated, one should quench it therein seven times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.51) mṛdu śubhraṃ bhavet tasya rugjarāmṛtyunāśanam / \ siddhābhraṃ daśabhāgaṃ syācchuddhabhāgaṃ tribhāgakam // > Its essence becomes soft, bright, destroying disease, senescence, and death. / \ / Processed mica should be ten parts, purified \[glass\] three parts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.52) ṭaṅkaṇaṃ mākṣikaṃ sūtaṃ bhāgaikaṃ ca suśodhitam / ūrṇāsarjayavakṣāraṃ bhāgaṃ bhāgaṃ vimiśrayet // > borax, chalcopyrite, and well-purified mercury one part, / and one part each of wool, shorea resin, and barley-alkali: one should mix them together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.53) mardyaṃ mūtrāmlavargābhyāṃ yathā proktaṃ dināvadhi / ajāpañcāṅgasaṃyuktaṃ pūrvavat sattvapātanam // > It is to be ground with urine and the sour group for a day, as prescribed; / combined with the five products of a goat, the essence is extracted as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.54) kṛtvādāya mṛtaṃ sākṣānnirmalaṃ mṛdu jāyate / \ bījapākaṃ pravakṣyāmi ghanasyaitatparaṃ hitam // > Having done this and extracted it, the incinerated \[substance\] emerges manifestly spotless and soft. / \ / I shall describe the bīja-cooking of mica, which is exceedingly beneficial: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.55) siddhābhrakaṃ śatapalaṃ svarṇarūpyārkakāntakam / rasatrigandhamākṣīkaṃ vimalābhūlatādrijam // > One hundred palas of processed mica; gold, silver, copper, lodestone, / mercury, the three sulfurs, chalcopyrite, iron pyrite, earthworms, bitumen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.56) nīlāñjanaṃ ca kaṅkuṣṭhaṃ kāsīsaṃ daradaṃ tathā / pratyekaṃ daśaniṣkaṃ syāttato gairikaṭaṅkaṇam // > antimony, kaṅkuṣṭha, green vitriol, and realgar, / each should be ten niṣkas; then red ochre, borax, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.57) indragopaṃ guḍaṃ guñjā madhu sarpiśca gugguluḥ / sarjakṣāro yavakṣāro matkuṇā navapañcakam // > cochineal insects, jaggery, guñjā, honey, ghee, guggulu, / natron, barley-alkali, bedbugs, forty-five \[in number\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.58) kṣudramīnaśaśāsthīni māhiṣaṃ śṛṅgamālakam / pṛthakpṛthakpañcamūlaṃ pañcamāhiṣaṃ mardayet // > small fish, hare-bones, buffalo horn, and āmalaka; / one should grind each separately with the five roots and the five buffalo products. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.59) teṣāṃ ca vaṭikā kāryā kiṃcicchāyāviśoṣitā / pūrvavat pātayet sattvaṃ rugjarādainyamṛtyuhṛt // > Pills are to be made of them, slightly dried in the shade; / as before, one should cause the essence to fall, which removes disease, senescence, misery, and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.60) bījasatvamidaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vaidye vāde rasāyane / \ nirmalīkaraṇaṃ vakṣye ghanasatvasya pārvati // > This seed essence is foremost in medicine, alchemy, and rejuvenation therapy. / \ / I shall declare the purification of the essence of mica, O Pārvatī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.61) tatsatvaṃ kaṇaśaḥ kṛtvā mitrapañcakasaṃyutam / mūṣāyāṃ tadvinikṣipya kācaṃ tadadharottaram // > Having broken that essence into particles, combining it with the five flux-friends, / placing that in a crucible with glass below and above it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.62) ruddhvā haṭhāgnau dhamayetkhadirāṅgārayogataḥ / evaṃ krameṇa dhamayetsaptadhā nirmalaṃ bhavet // > sealing it, one should blow with intense fire by means of khadira charcoal; / blowing thus successively seven times, it becomes spotless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.63) sasatvaṃ nirmalībhūtaṃ lohakhalve vicūrṇayet / mardayet triphalākvāthair yāmaṃ gharme viśoṣayet // > That essence having become spotless, one should pulverize it in an iron mortar; / one should grind it with decoction of triphalā for a watch and dry it in the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.64) pākaṃ puṭaṃ ca vidhivatkuryādevaṃ punaḥ punaḥ / catvāriṃśatpuṭaṃ kuryādevaṃ mārkavajairdravaiḥ // > One should duly carry out the cooking and incineration thus again and again; / one should perform forty incinerations in this way with the juices of bhṛṅgarāja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.65) pṛthakpañcāmṛtaiḥ pañcapuṭaṃ cekṣurasais tridhā / udayādityasaṅkāśaṃ ghanasatvaṃ susiddhidam // > five incinerations individually with the five nectars, and thrice with sugarcane juices. / Resembling the rising sun, the essence of mica grants supreme alchemical perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.66) \ cūrṇīkuryāllohakhalve nirmalīkṛtamabhrakam / niṣkāṇāṃ śatakaṃ tasmin niṣkaikaṃ gandhakaṃ kṣipet // > \ > One should pulverize the purified mica in an iron mortar. / To one hundred niṣkas of that, one should add one niṣka of sulphur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.67) peṣayeddinamekaṃ tu kumārīrasayogataḥ / yāmaṃ tattāpayed gharme tato gajapuṭe pacet // > One should grind it for one day with aloe vera juice, / dry it in the hot sun for a three-hour watch, and then cook it in an elephant pit furnace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.68) evaṃ śatapuṭaṃ kuryādgandhaṃ dadyātpunaḥ punaḥ / sindūrapāṭalacchāyam abhrasatvaṃ bhavecchive // > One should perform one hundred incinerations in this way, adding sulphur again and again. / O Śivā, the essence of mica will acquire the pale red hue of vermilion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.69) \ ghanasatvaṃ suvimalaṃ lohakhalve vicūrṇayet / śataniṣkaṃ tatastasmin niṣkārdhaṃ mākṣikaṃ kṣipet // > \ > One should pulverize the thoroughly purified essence of mica in an iron mortar. / Then, to one hundred niṣkas of it, one should add half a niṣka of pyrite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.70) arkakṣīrairdinaṃ mardya ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet / evaṃ śatapuṭaṃ kuryānmākṣīkaṃ ca puṭe puṭe // > Having ground it for a day with the latex of Calotropis procera and sealed it, one should cook it in an elephant pit furnace. / In this way one should perform one hundred incinerations, adding pyrite in each incineration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.71) etatsyāt sattvasindūraṃ rugjarāmṛtyunāśanam / \ tatsatvaṃ ravakānhitvā lohakhalve subuddhimān // > This will become vermilion-like ash of the essence, destroying disease, senescence, and death. > \ > Having removed the coarse grains of that essence, a wise person in an iron mortar > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.72) mardayellohadaṇḍena varākvāthasamanvitam / yāmamātraṃ khare gharme sthāpayellohapātragam // > should grind it with an iron pestle along with a decoction of the three myrobalans. / Placed in an iron vessel, one should keep it in the fierce sun for just a three-hour watch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.73) sthālīpākaṃ kharaṃ kṛtvā rātrau gajapuṭe pacet / evaṃ saptapuṭaṃ kuryānmārkavasvarasaistathā // > Having cooked it to a hard stage in a cooking pot, one should cook it at night in an elephant pit furnace. / One should perform seven incinerations in this way with the fresh juices of bhṛṅgarāja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.74) kumārīsvarasaistadvaccitramūlarasaistathā / nīlīpatrarasaistadvatpunarnavarasaistathā // > likewise with the fresh juice of aloe vera, likewise with the juices of plumbago root, / likewise with the juices of indigo leaves, likewise with the juices of punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.75) meghanādadravaiḥ sapta kvāthairvaṭajaṭodbhavaiḥ / evaṃ susūkṣmacūrṇaṃ tu śatāṃśaṃ gandhakaṃ kṣipet // > seven with the juices of spiny amaranth, and with decoctions made from banyan aerial roots. / Thus to the very fine powder one should add a hundredth part of sulphur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.76) mardayedāranālena gharme sthālyāṃ puṭe pacet / evaṃ daśadinaṃ kuryāt punastāpyaṃ śatāṃśataḥ // > One should grind it with sour fermented gruel, and cook it in a pot in the sun and in an incineration pit. / One should do this for ten days; then, having added a hundredth part of pyrite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.77) kṣiptvāranālaiḥ saṃmardya gharme sthālyāṃ puṭe pacet / evaṃ daśadinaṃ kuryātpunaḥ pañcāmṛtaiḥ pacet // > and ground it with sour fermented gruel, one should cook it in a pot in the sun and in an incineration pit. / One should do this for ten days; then one should cook it with the five nectars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.78) pañcapañcekṣujarasaiḥ pañcadhā puṭamācaret / sindūrābhe'bhrabhasite nikṣipecchuddhahiṅgulam // > One should perform five incinerations with the juices of sugarcane, five by five. / Into the mica ash resembling vermilion, one should introduce purified cinnabar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.79) viṃśatyaṃśaṃ ghanasyātha stanyaiḥ saṃmardya saṃpuṭe / ruddhvātha bhūdhare yantre kṣiptvā laghupuṭaṃ vidhet // > To a twentieth part of mica, having ground it with breast milk and sealed it in a pair of crucibles, / and then placed it in a subterranean apparatus, one should perform a mild incineration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.80) evaṃ viṃśatpuṭaṃ kuryād dattvā dattvātha hiṅgulam / anena kramayogena satvaṃ sindūrasannibham // > In this way one should perform twenty incinerations, repeatedly adding cinnabar. / By this gradual method, the essence comes to resemble vermilion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.81) ayaṃ sāmānyasaṃskāro viśeṣastu nigadyate / yadyadrogaharair dravyais tattadrogaharaṃ bhavet // > This is the general refinement process; now the specific one is declared: / with substances that cure particular diseases, it becomes a cure for those very diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.82) \ ghanasatvaṃ suvimalaṃ lohakhalve vicūrṇayet / muṇḍīpatrarasair mardyaṃ dinaṃ gajapuṭe pacet // > \ > One should pulverize the completely purified essence of mica in an iron mortar. / Grinding it with the juices of Sphaeranthus indicus leaves, one should cook it for a day in an elephant pit furnace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.83) evaṃ daśapuṭaṃ kāryaṃ nirguṇḍīsvarasaistathā / tathā vaṭajaṭākvāthaiḥ peṭārīmūlajai rasaiḥ // > In this way ten incinerations are to be made, likewise with the fresh juice of Vitex negundo, / likewise with decoctions of banyan aerial roots, with juices derived from the roots of Abutilon indicum, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.84) kakubhasya rasaistadvajjambūtvaksvarasaistathā / evaṃ ṣaṣṭipuṭaṃ kāryaṃ tatastasminvinikṣipet // > likewise with the juices of Terminalia arjuna, and likewise with the fresh juice of Syzygium cumini bark. / In this way sixty incinerations are to be performed; then into that one should introduce > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.85) viṃśatyaṃśena daradaṃ stanyaiḥ saṃmardayed dinam / tatastatsampuṭe ruddhvā bhūdhare tu puṭaṃ laghu // > cinnabar in a twentieth part, and grind it with breast milk for a day. / Then, sealing it in a pair of crucibles, \[one should give it\] a mild incineration in a subterranean apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.86) evaṃ viṃśatidhā kuryātsindūrābhaṃ bhaveddhruvam / \ sthālīpākastridhā prokto mṛdur madhyaḥ kharātmakaḥ // > One should perform this twenty times; it will certainly come to resemble vermilion. > \ > Cooking in a cooking pot is declared to be threefold: mild, medium, and hard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.87) paṅkotkarasamaḥ pūrvaḥ piṇḍapākastu madhyamaḥ / tṛtīyaḥ kharapākaḥ syād vālukāsadṛśaḥ priye // > The first is like an accumulation of mud, while the medium is cooked into a lump; / the third is hard cooking, which resembles sand, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.88) sthālīpāko rase yuktaḥ saṃyukto daradena vā / mṛdumadhyamapākābhyāṃ kartavyo bhūdhare tataḥ // > Cooking in a pot combined with mercury, or combined with cinnabar, / is to be carried out through the mild and medium stages; then, in a subterranean apparatus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.89) kṣiptvā laghupuṭe deyaṃ rasahiṅgulavarjitaḥ / kharapākaḥ prakartavyo vidhirgajapuṭe pacet // > placed within it, it should be subjected to a mild incineration. Devoid of mercury and cinnabar, / hard cooking should be carried out; according to the rule, one should cook it in an elephant pit furnace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.90) \ sarveṣāṃ māritānāṃ ca lohānāmabhrakasya ca / vakṣyāmi paramaṃ guhyamamṛtīkaraṇaṃ śṛṇu // > \ > And for all incinerated metals and mica, / I will declare the supreme secret: hear the immortalization. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.91) triphalotthakaṣāyasya bhāgānādāya ṣoḍaśa / goghṛtasya palānyaṣṭau mṛtābhrakapalāndaśa // > Taking sixteen parts of a decoction produced from the three myrobalans, / eight palas of cow's ghee, and ten palas of incinerated mica, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.92) ekīkṛtvā lohapātre pācayenmṛduvahninā / drave jīrṇe samādāya sarvayogeṣu yojayet // > combining them in an iron vessel, one should cook them over a gentle fire. / When the liquid is consumed, taking it out, one should employ it in all compounds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.93) anupānaṃ vinā hyabhraṃ jarāmṛtyurujāpaham / yojayedanupānairvā tattadrogaharaṃ bhavet // > Indeed, even without an vehicle, mica removes senescence, death, and disease; / or one may employ it with vehicles, and it will cure those corresponding diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.94) kaṭhinasyābhrasatvasya sindūraṃ palitaṃ valim / indriyāṇāṃ paṭutvaṃ ca patrābhrakaguṇā api // > The vermilion-like ash of hard mica essence \[cures\] gray hair and wrinkles, / \[bestows\] sharpness of the sensory faculties, and also possesses the qualities of sheet mica. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.95) mṛdusatvasya sindūraṃ sarvāmayanibarhaṇam / valīpalitadāridryamṛtyughnaṃ surasāyanam // > The vermilion-like ash of soft essence destroys all diseases; / it destroys wrinkles, gray hair, poverty, and death, and is an excellent rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.96) tridoṣaśamanaṃ saumyaṃ dīpanaṃ pācanaṃ śubham / nihanti jvarajālaṃ ca grahaṇīmatisārakam // > It pacifies the three humors, is soothing, stimulates the digestive fire, promotes digestion, and is auspicious; / and it destroys the multitude of fevers, dysentery, and diarrhea, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.97) aśmarīṃ mūtrakṛcchraṃ ca kṣayaṃ pāṇḍuhalīmakam / durnāmamehakuṣṭhāni vātajān pittajānapi // > urinary calculi, dysuria, consumption, anemia, and halīmaka jaundice, / piles, urinary disorders, skin diseases, even those born of vāta and pitta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.98) kaphajāndustarānrogān vidradhyādivraṇānapi / nānāvidhāni śūlāni puṃstrīvandhyatvabhañjanam // > intractable diseases born of kapha, and abscesses and other ulcers, / various types of acute colic, and it destroys sterility in men and women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.99) yadyadrogaharair yogais tattadroganibarhaṇam / pārade ye guṇāḥ santi bījasatve'pi te guṇāḥ // > Along with formulations that alleviate particular ailments, it eradicates those specific ailments. / Whatever qualities are present in mercury, those qualities are also in mica essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.100) \ akṣāṅgārairdhamet kiṭṭaṃ lohajaṃ tadgavāṃ jalaiḥ / secayedakṣapātrāntaḥ ṣaḍvāraṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ // > \ > One should blow iron dross with charcoal of Terminalia bellirica; with water from cows / one should quench it within a vessel of Terminalia bellirica wood six times, repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.101) maṇḍūro'yaṃ samākhyātaḥ śuddhaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ niyojayet / gomūtre triphalā kvāthyā tatkvāthe secayecchanaiḥ // > This is described as maṇḍūra; one should employ it clean and fine. / One should decoct the three myrobalans in cow's urine, and slowly quench it in that decoction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.102) \ lohakiṭṭaṃ sutaptaṃ ca yāvacchīryati tatsvayam / tacchīrṇaṃ grāhayetpeṣyaṃ maṇḍūraṃ yaṃ prayojayet // > \ > And the iron dross is heated well until it breaks down by itself; / one should take that which has broken down, grind it, and use that as maṇḍūra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.103) ye guṇā mārite muṇḍe te guṇā muṇḍakiṭṭake / tasmātsarvatra maṇḍūraṃ rogaśāntyai prayojayet // > Whatever qualities are found in incinerated iron, those qualities are in the dross of iron; / therefore everywhere one should employ maṇḍūra for the alleviation of diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.104) kiṭṭāddaśaguṇaṃ muṇḍaṃ muṇḍāttīkṣṇaṃ śatonmitam / tīkṣṇāllakṣaguṇaṃ kāntaṃ bhakṣaṇāt kurute guṇam // > Muṇḍa iron is ten times superior to slag; steel (tīkṣṇa) is measured as a hundred times \[superior\] to muṇḍa; / loadstone (kānta) produces a hundred thousand times more benefit than steel upon ingestion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.105) maṇḍūraṃ pāṇḍuśoṣārśograhaṇīkāmalāpaham / sarvaśūlapramehaghnaṃ dīpanaṃ paramaṃ hitam // > Maṇḍūra removes anemia, wasting, piles, malabsorption syndrome, and jaundice; / it destroys all acute colic and urinary disorders, stimulates the digestive fire, and is supremely beneficial. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.106) śītaṃ tiktaṃ kaṣāyāmlaṃ hṛdrogaplīhanāśanam / \ rasendraṃ śodhayeddevi palānāṃ dvisahasrakam // > Cooling, bitter, astringent, and sour, it destroys heart disease and enlargement of the spleen. > \ > O goddess, one should purify two thousand palas of the lord of mercury, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.107) sahasraṃ vā śataṃ vāpi pañcāśadvā tadardhakam / na kuryādrasakarmāṇi hīnaṃ vai pañcaviṃśateḥ // > or one thousand, or one hundred, or fifty, or half of that; / one must not perform operations with mercury on less than twenty-five \[palas\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.108) lohasya pacanaṃ triṃśatpalādūrdhvaṃ na kārayet / arvāk pañcapalāddevi ghanasatvaṃ tathā pacet // > One should not carry out the cooking of iron in excess of thirty palas; / O goddess, one should cook the essence of mica below five palas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.109) svarṇaṃ pañcapalād ūrdhvaṃ palādarvāṅna śodhayet / tathā rūpyaṃ ca tāmraṃ ca śodhayenmārayet priye // > One should not purify gold above five palas nor below one pala; / likewise silver and copper one should purify and incinerate, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.110) lohavadghanasatvaṃ ca ghanapatraṃ tathaiva ca / hīnaṃ pañcapalādūrdhvaṃ na kuryātpalaviṃśateḥ // > Like iron, the essence of mica and likewise the sheet of mica > should not be processed less than five palas nor more than twenty palas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.111) drāvaṇaṃ śodhanaṃ devi māraṇaṃ nāgavaṅgayoḥ / vajraṃ niṣkādadhaścordhvaṃ na kuryācchodhanaṃ mṛtim // > The liquefaction, purification, and incineration of lead and tin \[is thus\]. > One should not carry out purification or incineration of diamond below or above a niṣka, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.7.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.112) padmarāgādiratnāni tathā kuryātsureśvari // > One should do likewise with ruby and the other gems, O Sovereign of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (8) - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.161) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rājanighaṇṭu (Nighaṇṭurāja, Abhidhānacūḍāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.namaguna.rajanighantu.13.28) — Narahari Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.cikitsa.rasamanjari.5.68) — Śālinātha, Sanskrit - [Rasasaṅketakalikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasasanketakalika.2.51) — Cāmuṇḍa Kāyastha, Sanskrit - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.37.8) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit - [Āyurvedasaukhya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.ayurvedasaukhya.2.241) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1565, Sanskrit - [Basavarājīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.daksina.basavarajiya.p3341) — Nīlakaṇṭhakoṭṭūru Basavarāja 1500, Sanskrit - [Āyurvedaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.cikitsa.ayurvedaprakasa.29.69) — Mādhava Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7) · Pramāṇa