[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Tantric alchemical scriptures and works of the Rasasiddhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha) › [Anandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda) › 2.8.178 # Anandakanda 2.8.178 Ānandakanda 2.8.178 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.178) śyāmalaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇaśca karburaścāṣṭadhā hi sa / vajrābhāve tu vaikrāntaṃ rasavīryādike samam // > dark, black-colored, and variegated—it is of eight kinds indeed. > In the absence of diamond, however, vaikrānta is equal in taste, potency, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.177) - [Next: 2.8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.179) - [Up: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.8.178) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājanighaṇṭu (Nighaṇṭurāja, Abhidhānacūḍāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.namaguna.rajanighantu.13.207) — Narahari Paṇḍita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.178) · Pramāṇa