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prādurbhavanti ratnāni tathaiva viguṇāni ca // > In them arise gems that dispel defects caused by evil spirits, poisons, serpents, and diseases, > and likewise defective ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.3) praduṣṭenopajātāni jantunopahatāni ca / doṣaistānyupacīyante hīyante guṇasaṃpadā // > Arising from what is corrupted and injured by living organisms, > they accumulate defects and are depleted of the excellence of virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.4) \ māṇikyaṃ śoṇaratnaṃ ca ratnarāṭ raviratnakam / śṛṅgāri raṅgamāṇikyaṃ taralo ratnanāyakaḥ // > Māṇikya, śoṇaratna, ratnarāj, raviratnaka, > śṛṅgārin, raṅgamāṇikya, tarala, ratnanāyaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.5) rāgadṛk padmarāgaśca ratnaṃ śoṇopalastathā / saugandhikaṃ lohitakaṃ kuruvindaṃ śarendukam // > rāgadṛś, padmarāga, ratna, śoṇopala, > saugandhika, lohitaka, kuruvinda, and śarenduka \[are its names\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.6) \ māṇikyaṃ padmarāgākhyaṃ dvitīyaṃ nīlagandhi ca / \ kuśeśayadalacchāyaṃ svacchaṃ snigdhaṃ guru sphuṭam // > Ruby is called padmarāga, and the second is nīlagandhi. > Having the hue of a lotus petal, clear, glossy, heavy, distinct, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.7) vṛttāyataṃ samaṃ gātraṃ māṇikyaṃ śreṣṭham ucyate / parīkṣāpariśuddhānāṃ ratnānāṃ pṛthivībhṛtā // > with a round, elongated, and symmetrical body, that ruby is pronounced the best. > Gems completely purified through examination should always be worn by a king > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.8) dhāraṇaṃ sarvadā kāryaṃ śreyaḥśrīkīrtikāṅkṣiṇā / tatastu śāstratasteṣāṃ parīkṣādikamucyate // > who desires welfare, prosperity, and fame. > Therefore, their examination and so forth is stated according to the treatises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.9) \ yat siṃhalaṃ kālapuram andhraṃ tumburusaṃsthitam / kṣetraṃ caturvidhaṃ tasya māṇikyasya samudbhave // > That which is located in Siṃhala, Kālapura, Andhra, and Tumburu— > fourfold is its source-region in the origin of ruby. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.10) siṃhale tu bhavedraktaṃ padmarāgam anuttamam / pītaṃ kālapurodbhūtaṃ kuruvindamiti smṛtam // > In Siṃhala it is red, the unexcelled padmarāga. > Arising in Kālapura, it is yellow, traditionally known as kuruvinda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.11) aśokapallavacchāyam andhraṃ saugandhikaṃ priye / tumburau chāyamānīlaṃ nīlagandhi ca kīrtitam // > In Andhra it has the hue of an aśoka sprout, \[called\] saugandhika, my dear. > In Tumburu its hue is slightly blue, and it is called nīlagandhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.12) madhyame madhyamaṃ jñeyaṃ māṇikyaṃ kṣetrabhedataḥ / māṇikyasya guṇāḥ proktāścatvāro munipuṅgavaiḥ // > Ruby should be known as middling in an intermediate \[place\], according to differences of region. > Four qualities of ruby have been proclaimed by the eminent sages: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.13) snigdhacchāyā gurutvaṃ ca nairmalyam atiraktatā / \ māṇikyaṃ dīpanaṃ vṛṣyaṃ kaphavātakṣayārtihṛt // > glossy luster, heaviness, clarity, and intense redness. > Ruby is appetizing, aphrodisiac, and dispels afflictions of kapha, vāta, and wasting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.14) bhūtavetālapāpaghnaṃ karmajavyādhināśanam / māṇikyaṃ ca mahāpuṇyaṃ mahābhāgyakaraṃ param // > It destroys spirits, vetālas, and sins, and eliminates diseases born of karma. > Ruby is exceedingly meritorious and brings supreme good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.15) sarvabhūtagrahonmādaviṣaghnaṃ doṣajitparam / \ muktā saumyā mauktikaṃ śauktikeyaṃ tāraṃ tārā śauktikaṃ tārakā ca / ambhaḥsāraṃ śītalaṃ nīrajaṃ ca nakṣatraṃ syād induratnaṃ valakṣam // > It dispels all bhūtas, grahas, madness, and poison, and maximally overcomes defects. > Muktā, saumyā, mauktika, śauktikeya, tāra, tārā, śauktika, tārakā, > ambhaḥsāra, śītala, nīraja, nakṣatra, induratna, valakṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.16) muktāphalaṃ binduphalaṃ ca muktā śaukteyakaṃ śuktimaṇiḥ śaśipriyam / svacchaṃ himaṃ haimavataṃ ca śubhraṃ sudhāṃśuratnaṃ ca bhasaṃkhyakāhvam // > muktāphala, binduphala, muktā, śaukteyaka, śuktimaṇi, śaśipriya, > svaccha, hima, haimavata, śubhra, sudhāṃśuratna, and the name bhasaṃkhyaka \[are synonyms of pearl\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.17) \ mātaṅgoragamīnapotriśirasastvaksāraśaṅkhāmbubhṛcchuktīnām udarācca mauktikamaṇiḥ spaṣṭaṃ bhavedaṣṭadhā / chāyāḥ pāṭalanīlapītadhavalāstatrāpi sāmānyataḥ saptānāṃ bahuśo na labdhir itaracchaukteyakaṃ tūlvaṇam // > The pearl gem clearly arises from eight places: the belly of elephants, serpents, fish, boars, the heads \[of clouds\], bamboo, conch shells, and oyster shells. > Its lusters are pale-red, blue, yellow, and white; even there, generally, > seven of them are not commonly obtained, but the oyster-born one is abundant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.18) \ nakṣatrābhaṃ śuddhamatyantamuktaṃ snigdhaṃ sthūlaṃ nirmalaṃ nirvraṇaṃ ca / yastaṃ dhatte gauravaṃ yattulāyāṃ tannirmaulyaṃ mauktikaṃ saukhyadāyi // > Resembling a star, utterly pure, detached, glossy, large, spotless, free of blemishes, > and maintaining weight on the scales—that priceless pearl bestows happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.19) \ mauktikaṃ ca madhuraṃ suśītalaṃ dṛṣṭirogaśamanaṃ viṣāpaham / rājayakṣaparikopanāśanaṃ kṣīṇavīryabalapuṣṭivardhakam // > Pearl is sweet, very cooling, pacifies eye diseases, and removes poison; > it destroys the aggravation of pulmonary consumption and increases depleted semen, strength, and nourishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.20) mauktikaṃ śiśiraṃ snigdhaṃ viśadaṃ kāntivardhanam // > Pearl is cooling, unctuous, clear, and enhances luster. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.21) dāhatṛḍbhramamūrcchāsṛkpittajvaraviṣāpaham / cakṣuṣyaṃ pavanāsrapittaviṣajit sarvendriyāhlādanaṃ tṛḍdāhajvaraśokamohaśamanaṃ śītaṃ śramaghnaṃ hitam / dhanyaṃ maṅgalamāyuṣaḥ sthitikaraṃ saubhāgyakāntipradaṃ muktā hāravibhūṣaṇaṃ tad akhilaṃ mūlaṃ śaśī prīyate // > It dispels burning sensations, thirst, vertigo, fainting, bleeding disorders, fever, and poisons. > Beneficial to the eyes, conquering wind, blood, bile, and poisons, gladdening all the sense faculties, pacifying thirst, burning, fever, grief, and delusion, cold, destroying fatigue, wholesome, > auspicious, benevolent, prolonging life, granting fortune and luster, pearl worn as a necklace is the source of all that; the moon is pleased \[by it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.22) \ pravālo'ṅgārakamaṇirvidrumo 'mbhodhipallavaḥ // > Pravāla, aṅgārakamaṇi, vidruma, ambhodhipallava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.23) bhaumaratnaṃ ca raktāṅgo raktāṅkuralatāmaṇiḥ / \ setau sāgaramadhye yā jāyate vallarī śubhā // > bhaumaratna, raktāṅga, raktāṅkura, and latāmaṇi \[are synonyms of coral\]. > The auspicious creeper that grows at the Cause-way in the midst of the ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.24) vidrumākhyā suraktā sā durlabhā dīptarūpiṇī / \ pāṣāṇatvaṃ bhajatyeṣā pākataḥ kaṭhinā satī // > named vidruma, is bright red, rare, and radiant in appearance. > Becoming hard by maturation, it attains stoniness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.25) pravālanāma tadraktaṃ varṇasaubhāgyakāntidam / siddhaṃ svacchaṃ snigdharūpaṃ vṛttaṃ kāntaṃ samaṃ guru // > That red \[stone\] is called pravāla; it grants color, good fortune, and luster. > Complete, clear, glossy in appearance, round, radiant, uniform, heavy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.26) raṅgagātraṃ dṛḍhaṃ piṇḍaṃ pravālaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate / pakvabiṃbaphalābhāsaṃ japākusumasaṃnibham // > with a colored body, solid, and dense—such coral is pronounced the best. > Resembling a ripe bimba fruit, similar to a hibiscus flower, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.27) śukatuṇḍasamacchāyaṃ pravālam atiśobhanam / \ śāradābhaṃ dalaṃ sūkṣmaṃ vakraṃ rūkṣaṃ sakoṭaram // > and possessing the hue of a parrot's beak, that coral is exceedingly beautiful. > Resembling an autumn cloud, fragmented, thin, crooked, rough, hollow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.28) viddhaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ laghutamaṃ pravālaṃ doṣakṛd bhavet / gauraraṅgaṃ jalākrāntaṃ pravālamaśubhaṃ tyajet // > perforated, black, and extremely light—such coral produces defects. > One should abandon inauspicious coral that is white in color or pervaded by water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.29) \ pravālaṃ komalaṃ snigdhaṃ surāgaṃ vidrumaṃ hitam / dhanadhānyakaraṃ medhyaṃ viṣāhibhayanāśanam // > Soft, glossy, deep red vidruma coral is beneficial; > it brings wealth and grain, enhances intellect, and destroys fear of poisons and serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.30) \ pravālo madhurāmlaśca kaphapittādidoṣanut / vīryakāntikaraḥ strīṇāṃ dhṛto maṅgaladāyakaḥ // > Coral is sweet and sour, eliminates defects such as kapha and pitta, > produces semen and radiance, and when worn by women brings auspiciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.31) \ marakataṃ rauhiṇeyaṃ gārutmantaṃ harinmaṇiḥ / sauparṇaṃ garuḍodgīrṇaṃ budharatnāśmagarbhaje // > Marakata, rauhiṇeya, gārutmanta, harinmaṇi, > sauparṇa, garuḍodgīrṇa, budharatna, aśmagarbhaja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.32) garalārir vāyavīryaṃ gāruḍaṃ rudrasaṃmitam / turuṣkaviṣayāṃbhodhau samīrārohaṇācale // > garalāri, vāyavīrya, gāruḍa, and rudrasaṃmita \[are synonyms of emerald\]. > In the sea of the Turkish realm, on Mount Samīrārohaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.33) tacchāyāśyāmalo deśaḥ so 'bhūnmarakatākaraḥ / tadviśeṣānmarakataṃ jātaṃ doṣaguṇānvitam // > that region, dark with its shade, became a mine of emeralds. > From its peculiarities, emerald is produced endowed with defects and virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.34) doṣāḥ saptavidhāstasya guṇāḥ pañcavidhāḥ smṛtāḥ / bhavedaṣṭavidhā chāyā maṇermarakatasya ca // > Its defects are remembered as sevenfold, its virtues as fivefold, > and eightfold is the hue of the emerald gem. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.35) asnigdhaṃ rūkṣamityuktaṃ visphoṭaṃ piṭakaṃ tathā / jaṭharaṃ kāntihīnaṃ ca vicchāyaṃ malinaṃ tathā // > Lacking gloss, dry as it is called, with blisters, pimples, > swollen, lusterless, pale, and dirty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.36) saśarkaraṃ sapāṣāṇaṃ karkaśaṃ sūtrasaṃyutam / kalmāṣavarṇaṃ śabalaṃ samastabhayadāyakam // > gritty, stony, coarse, streaked with filaments, > variegated in color, and mottled—\[such an emerald\] causes all kinds of dread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.37) nirmalaṃ kathitaṃ svacchaṃ guru syād gurudāyutam / snigdhaṃ rūkṣaṃ vinirmuktam arajaskam areṇukam // > It is declared to be spotless, clear, heavy—endowed with weight— / oily, free from roughness, devoid of dust, and free of grit; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.38) surāgaṃ rāgabahulamiti pañca guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ / etairyuktaṃ marakataṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ param // > having rich color and abundant luster: these are remembered as its five qualities. / Endowed with these, emerald removes all evil, supremely so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.39) marakataṃ viṣaghnaṃ ca śītalaṃ madhuraṃ rase / āmapittaharaṃ rucyaṃ puṣṭidaṃ bhūtanāśanam // > Emerald is counter-poisonous, cooling, sweet in taste, / cures pitta humor combined with āma, stimulates appetite, promotes nourishment, and destroys spirits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.40) snigdhaṃ marakataṃ svacchaṃ sarvadoṣaharaṃ śubham / kāntisaubhāgyadaṃ medhyaṃ bhūtagrahaviṣāpaham // > Oily and clear, emerald removes all defects and is auspicious; / it grants beauty and good fortune, improves memory, and expels spirits, demonic grasps, and poison. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.41) \ pītastu puṣparāgaḥ pītasphuṭikaṃ ca pītaratnaṃ ca / pītāśmā gururatnaṃ pītamaṇiḥ puṣyarāgaśca // > Yellow \[sapphire\] is puṣparāga, and also yellow quartz, yellow gem, / yellow stone, Jupiter's gem, yellow jewel, and puṣyarāga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.42) \ īṣat pītaṃ pavicchāyaṃ svacchaṃ kāntyā manoharam / puṣyarāga iti khyātaṃ ratnaṃ ratnaparīkṣakaiḥ // > Slightly yellow, without dull shade, clear, and enchanting in its brilliance: / \[such a\] gem is known as puṣyarāga by gem-evaluators. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.43) \ hemacchāyaṃ śirovṛttaṃ jyotiraṅgāranirmalam / pītagātraṃ guru snigdhaṃ puṣyarāgaṃ praśasyate // > Golden in luster, rounded at its crest, spotless like the fire's glowing coal, / yellow-bodied, heavy, and oily: \[such a\] topaz is praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.44) \ rūkṣaṃ kṣatalaghu śvetaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ gauraṃ saśarkaram / malinaṃ bindumadratnaṃ puṣyarāgaṃ na śasyate // > Rough, flawed, light, white, black, excessively pale, gritty, / dirty, and marked with specks: \[such a\] puṣparāga gem is not commended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.45) \ puṣyarāgo'mlaśītaśca vātajiddīpanaḥ param / āyuḥ śriyaṃ ca prajñāṃ ca dhāraṇātkurute nṛṇām // > Puṣyarāga is sour and cooling, overcomes vāta humor, and supremely kindles \[the digestive fire\]; / through its wearing, it brings longevity, prosperity, and wisdom to mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.46) puṣyarāgaṃ śubhaṃ medhyaṃ vastusaubhāgyakīrtidam / vākpaṭutvakaraṃ hṛdyaṃ viṣaghnaṃ doṣajitparam // > Puṣyarāga is auspicious, promotes intellect, grants wealth, good fortune, and renown; / it produces eloquence of speech, is beneficial to the heart, removes poison, and supremely conquers defects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.47) \ vajramindrāyudhaṃ vīraṃ bhiduraṃ kuliśaṃ paviḥ / abhedyam asiraṃ ratnaṃ dṛḍhaṃ bhārgavakaṃ smṛtam // > Vajra is called indrāyudha, vīra, bhidura, kuliśa, pavi, / abhedya, asira, ratna, dṛḍha, and bhārgavaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.48) \ svacchaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ snigdhaṃ sundaraṃ laghu lekhanam / ṣaḍāraṃ tīkṣṇadhāraṃ ca susaumyāraṃ śriyaṃ diśet // > Clear, radiant like lightning, oily, beautiful, light, scratch-resistant, / six-pointed, sharp-edged, and with perfectly proportioned facets, it bestows prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.49) \ pauṇḍramataṅgahimācalasaurāṣṭrasupārakosalakaliṅgāḥ / peṇṇānadītaṭaś cetyaṣṭau vajrākarā vinirdiṣṭāḥ // > Pauṇḍra, Mataṅga, the Himālayas, Saurāṣṭra, Supāra, Kosala, Kaliṅga, / and the banks of the Peṇṇā river: these are taught as the eight diamond mines. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.50) śyāmaṃ prapauṇḍraprabhavaṃ kiṃcit pītaṃ mataṅgagirijātam / himavatsurāṣṭrasaṃbhavam ātāmraṃ kṛṣṇakānti saupāram // > Darkish is that originating from Prapauṇḍra; slightly yellow is born from Mount Mataṅga; / coppery comes from the Himālayas and Saurāṣṭra; black in luster is from Saupāra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.51) phullaśirīṣacchāyaṃ kosalajaṃ kanakakānti kāliṅgam / peṇṇānadītaṭodbhavam āhur vajraṃ sudhāṃśunibham // > possessing the hue of a blooming siris blossom is born in Kosala; golden in luster is from Kaliṅga; / they say that diamond born on the banks of the Peṇṇā river resembles the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.52) kaliṅgakosalau deśau mataṅgādrihimālayau / saurāṣṭrapauṇḍrakauverākarasūpārakau tathā // > The regions of Kaliṅga and Kosala, Mount Mataṅga and the Himālayas, / Saurāṣṭra, Pauṇḍraka, Kauvera, and Sūpāraka— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.53) kṛtādiṣu yugeṣvetau vajrāṇāmākarau smṛtau / ākareṣveva vajrāṇāṃ khaniḥ srotaḥ prakīrṇakam // > in the ages beginning with Kṛta, these are remembered as the sources of diamonds. / Regarding diamond sources themselves, a pit-mine, a riverbed, and surface-deposit: \[these three\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.54) samutpattisthalaṃ tredhā nirdiṣṭaṃ suranāyike / koṭyaḥ pārśvāni dhārāśca ṣaḍaṣṭau dvādaśaiva ca // > are designated, O Queen of the Gods, as the threefold place of origin. / The points, sides, and edges are six, eight, and twelve; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.55) ityacchatīkṣṇadhārāgrā vajrasyāhuratho guṇān / \ malo binduśca rekhā ca trāsaḥ kākapadaṃ tathā // > thus possessing clear and sharp edges and points, they state the merits of diamond. / Dirt, a dot, a hairline crack, internal strain, and a crow's foot: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.56) ete doṣāḥ samākhyātāḥ pañca vajreṣu saṃsthitāḥ / kuryādaśodhitaṃ vajraṃ kuṣṭhadāhāṅgagauravam // > these are declared to be the five defects residing in diamonds. / Unpurified diamond will cause leprosy, burning sensations, heaviness of the limbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.57) hṛtpārśvapīḍāṃ pāṇḍuṃ ca tatastacchuddhirucyate / \ gṛhītvātha śubhraṃ vajraṃ vyāghrīkandodare kṣipet // > pain in the chest and flanks, and jaundice; therefore its purification is stated: / taking a white diamond, one should place it inside a tuber of vyāghrīkanda; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.58) mahiṣīśakṛdālipya karīṣāgnau vipācayet / ahorātrātsamuddhṛtya hayamūtreṇa secayet // > smearing it with female buffalo dung, one should cook it over a fire of dried cow dung; / taking it out after a day and night, one should sprinkle it with horse urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.59) evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ pakvaṃ saptarātrādviśudhyati / meghanādāśamīśyāmāśṛṅgīmadanakodbhavaiḥ // > Cooked thus again and again, it is purified after seven nights. / With meghanādā, śamī, śyāmā, śṛṅgī, and madanaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.60) kulutthavetasāgastyasindhuvārākhukarṇikāḥ / eteṣāṃ hayamūtreṇa kaṣāyaṃ sādhitaṃ punaḥ // > horse gram, vetasa, agastya, sindhuvāra, and ākhukarṇikā: / a decoction prepared again of these with horse urine; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.61) jambīre kuliśaṃ kṣiptvā hayamūtraistryahaṃ pacet / ḍolāyantravidhānena tataḥ śuddhimavāpnuyāt // > placing the diamond in a jambīra \[lime\] with horse urine, one should cook it for three days / by means of the swing-apparatus method; thereupon it attains purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.62) kulutthakodravakvāthairḍolāyantre vipācayet / vyāghrīkandagataṃ vajraṃ saptāhācchuddhimāpnuyāt // > One should cook it in a swing-apparatus with decoctions of horse gram and kodrava; / the diamond placed inside a vyāghrīkanda tuber attains purification after a week. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.63) kulatthakodravakvāthaṃ hayamūtraṃ snuhīpayaḥ / kṣiptvā bhāṇḍe pacettasmin vyāghrīkandagataṃ pavim // > Placing a decoction of horse gram and kodrava, horse urine, and milky juice of snuhī / into a vessel, one should cook in it the diamond lodged inside a vyāghrīkanda tuber > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.64) ḍolāyantre divārātraṃ samuddhṛtya punaḥ kṣipet / vajrakande mṛdā kandaṃ liptvā gajapuṭe pacet // > in a swing-apparatus for a day and night; extracting it, one should deposit it again / inside a vajrakanda; coating the tuber with clay, one should cook it in an elephant-pit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.65) tatpakvaṃ pācanadrāvaiḥ secitaṃ śuddhimāpnuyāt / vyāghrīkandagataṃ vajraṃ mṛdā liptaṃ puṭe pacet // > That, cooked and sprinkled with digestive liquids, attains purification. / The diamond lodged inside a vyāghrīkanda tuber, coated with clay, one should cook in an incinerator; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.66) ahorātrātsamuddhṛtya hayamūtreṇa secayet / vajrīkṣīreṇa vā siñcyādevaṃ śuddhaṃ tu mārayet // > taking it out after a day and night, one should sprinkle it with horse urine, / or one should sprinkle it with the milky juice of vajrī: one should thus kill that which is purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.67) \ vakṣyate viprajātyādeḥ śuddhavajrasya māraṇam / aśvatthabadarībhaṇḍīmākṣikaṃ karkaṭāsthi ca // > The killing of purified diamond of the Brahmin and other classes will be explained: / grinding together peepal, jujube, bhaṇḍī, mākṣika, and crab bone > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.68) samaṃ snukpayasā piṣṭvā mūṣāmadhye pralepayet / tanmadhye prakṣipedvajramauṣadhaistaistataḥ param // > in equal parts with the milky juice of snuhī, one should coat the inside of a crucible; / into the middle of it one should cast the diamond, and thereafter with those medicaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.69) vajramācchādya yatnena tato mūṣāṃ nirodhayet / kuñjarākhyena puṭayetpuṭena mahatā punaḥ // > having carefully covered the diamond, one should then seal the crucible; / then one should heat it with the large pit called elephant-pit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.70) viprajātīyakaṃ vajraṃ puṭenaikena sidhyati / karavīraṃ meṣaśṛṅgī daradaṃ ca hyudumbaram // > A diamond of the Brahmin class succeeds with a single pit-heating. / Oleander, meṣaśṛṅgī, cinnabar, and udumbara: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.71) arkadugdhaiḥ samaṃ piṣṭvā tatkṛte golake kṣipet / vajraṃ kṣatriyajātīyaṃ pūrvavanmārayed dhruvam // > grinding \[them\] equally with milky juice of arka, one should insert \[the diamond\] into a ball made from that; / a diamond of the Kṣatriya class should definitely be killed as described before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.72) \ sūraṇaṃ laśunaṃ śaṃkhaṃ śilāyāṃ peṣayetsamam / balāmatibalāṃ gandhaṃ kacchapāsthi ca peṣayet // > One should grind equally on a stone elephant foot yam, garlic, and conch shell; / one should also grind balā, atibalā, sulphur, and tortoise bone; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.73) uttarāvāruṇīdugdhaistatkṛte golake kṣipet / vajraṃ tu vaiśyajātīyaṃ pūrvavattanmṛtaṃ bhavet // > one should cast \[the diamond\] into a ball made from that with the milky juice of uttarāvāruṇī; / a diamond of the Vaiśya class will become killed in the same manner as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.74) \<śūdrajātīyavajramāraṇam\> sūraṇaṃ laśunaṃ śaṅkhaṃ śilāṃ saṃpeṣayetsamam / vaṭakṣīreṇa tatkḷpte golake pūrvavatpacet // > One should grind equally on a stone elephant foot yam, garlic, conch shell, and realgar; / in a ball prepared from that with milky sap of the banyan tree, one should cook as before, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.75) vajraṃ tacchūdrajātīyaṃ tena samyagbhavenmṛtam / strīpuṃvajraṃ tu pūrvoktairmriyate tattadauṣadhaiḥ // > By this means, a diamond of the Śūdra class is properly killed. / Female and male diamonds are killed by their respective previously mentioned medicines. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.76) caturjātyauṣadhaireva mṛtirvajre napuṃsake / \ sāmānyaḥ sarvavajrāṇāṃ vakṣyate māraṇakramaḥ // > The killing of a neuter diamond occurs by medicines of all four classes. / \ / The general procedure for killing all diamonds will now be explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.77) śuddhaṃ vajraṃ matkuṇānāṃ raktairliptvā dhametpunaḥ / agnivarṇaṃ kṣipenmūtre gardabhasya punaḥ punaḥ // > Smearing purified diamond with the blood of bedbugs, one should blow on it \[with a fire\] again; / when it has the color of fire, one should throw it again and again into donkey's urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.78) lepitaṃ dhmāpitaṃ tadvadevaṃ kuryāttrisaptadhā / tālakaṃ matkuṇaiḥ piṣṭvā tasmingole kṣipettu tam // > Smeared and blown in this way, one should do this twenty-one times. / Having ground orpiment with bedbugs, one should place the diamond inside that ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.79) ruddhvā mūṣāṃ dhamedgāḍhaṃ hayamūtre vinikṣipet / samuddhṛtya punastadvatsaptavārairmṛto bhavet // > Sealing the crucible, one should blow strongly \[with bellows and fire\] and throw it into horse's urine. / Taking it out again, after seven such repetitions it becomes killed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.80) \ meṣaśṛṅgaṃ bhujaṅgāsthi kūrmapṛṣṭhaṃ śilājatu / gandhakaṃ kāntapāṣāṇaṃ munipuṣpaṃ satālakam // > \ / Ram's horn, snake bone, tortoise shell, śilājatu, / sulphur, loadstone, Sesbania flowers, together with orpiment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.81) trikṣāraṃ pañcalavaṇaṃ meṣaśṛṅgīndravāruṇī / vajravallī mūṣakarṇī badarī kuḍmalāni ca // > the three alkalis, the five salts, Gymnema sylvestre, bitter apple, / Cissus quadrangularis, Ipomoea reniformis, jujube and \[its\] buds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.82) mūṣakasya malaṃ stanyaṃ snuhyarkakṣīramatkuṇam / pañcāṅgaṃ śarapuṃkhasya hyasthinī kharameṣayoḥ // > mouse dung, breast milk, milky sap of Euphorbia and Calotropis, bedbugs, / the whole plant of śarapuṅkhā, and bones of donkey and ram, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.83) peṭāribījaṃ strīpuṣpaṃ pārāvatamalaṃ śilā / puṣpāṇi caiva vākucyāḥ pañcāṅgaṃ timirasya ca // > peṭārī seeds, menstrual blood, pigeon droppings, realgar, / flowers of Psoralea corylifolia, and the whole plant of timira, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.84) dhātrīvṛkṣasya pañcāṅgaṃ gorambhā vājimūtrakam / haṃsapādī vajrakandaṃ bṛhatīphalasūraṇam // > the whole plant of the Emblic myrobalan tree, gorambhā, horse urine, / haṃsapādī, vajrakanda, fruit of Solanum indicum, elephant foot yam, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.85) gojihvā karkaṭaṃ māṃsaṃ mūtravargaṃ ca miśrayet / etatsamastaṃ vyastaṃ vā yathālābhaṃ supiṇḍitam // > gojihvā, crab flesh, and the group of urines should be combined. / All of these together, or individually as available, should be rolled well into a ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.86) tatpiṇḍe nikṣipedvajramandhamūṣāgataṃ puṭet / kulutthakodravaṃ piṣṭvā hayamūtre vilolayet // > One should place the diamond inside that ball, put it into a blind crucible, and roast it. / Having ground horse gram and kodo millet, one should stir it into horse urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.87) tanmadhye secayettaptāṃ mūṣāpuṭavinirgatām / evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ kuryādekaviṃśativārakam // > Into that \[mixture\] one should quench the hot crucible taken out of the roasting fire. / In this way one should do it again and again for twenty-one times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.88) ādāya tatpunarvajraṃ tāle matkuṇapeṣite / golake nikṣiped ruddhvā mūṣāṃ tīvrānale dhamet // > Taking out that diamond again, one should place it in a ball / of orpiment ground with bedbugs, seal the crucible, and blow it in an intense fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.89) ityevaṃ saptadhā dhmātaṃ hayamūtre niṣecayet / anena kramayogena mṛto bhavati niścitam // > Blown in this manner seven times, one should quench it in horse urine. / By following this procedure, it is certainly killed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.90) tanmṛtaṃ cūrṇayet khalve siddhayoga udāhṛtaḥ / \ bhrāmakaṃ ca mṛtaṃ tāpyaṃ peṭālībījaṭaṅkaṇam // > When killed, one should powder it in a mortar; this is proclaimed as a tested recipe. / \ / Attracting loadstone, killed copper pyrites, peṭālī seeds, borax, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.91) kṣīraṃ cottaravāruṇyā gandhakaṃ tālakaṃ śilā / ciñcābījaṃ meṣaśṛṅgī strīpuṣpaṃ cāmlavetasaḥ // > milky sap of bitter apple, sulphur, orpiment, realgar, / tamarind seed, Gymnema sylvestre, menstrual blood, and sorrel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.92) pañcāṅgaṃ śarapuṃkhāyāḥ śaśadantaṃ śilājatu / etatsamastaṃ vyastaṃ vā yathālābhaṃ sucūrṇayet // > the whole plant of śarapuṅkhā, hare's tooth, śilājatu— / all of these or singly as available, one should pulverize well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.93) snuhyarkottaravāruṇyāḥ kṣīraiḥ stanyairvimardayet / tadgolake kṣiped vajraṃ ruddhvā caitāndhameddṛḍham // > One should grind them with the milky saps of Euphorbia, Calotropis, and bitter apple, and with human breast milk. / One should place the diamond inside that ball, seal it firmly, and blow \[with fire\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.94) guḍūcī saindhavaṃ hiṅgu samustottaravāruṇī / kvāthaiḥ kaulutthakaiḥ piṣṭvā tasminkvāthe vinikṣipet // > Guḍūcī, rock salt, asafoetida, along with nutgrass and bitter apple / ground with a decoction of horse gram, should be added into that decoction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.95) taṃ vajraṃ pūrvavadgole kṛtvā ruddhvā dhamettathā / secanāntaṃ tataḥ kuryādekaviṃśativārakam // > Placing that diamond into the ball as before, sealing it, one should blow it thus; / one should perform this, ending with quenching, twenty-one times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.96) tālakaṃ matkuṇāyoge saptavāraṃ punardhamet / secayedaśvamūtreṇa tad vajraṃ mriyate dhruvam // > One should blow it again seven times with a paste of orpiment and bedbugs, / and quench it with horse urine; that diamond is killed without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.97) \ trivarṣīyotthakārpāsamūlamādāya peṣayet / trivarṣanāgavallyā vā nijadrāvaiḥ prapeṣayet // > \ / Taking the root of a three-year-old cotton plant, one should grind it; / or with a three-year-old betel plant, one should grind it in its own juices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.98) tadgolake kṣipedvajraṃ ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet / evaṃ saptapuṭaiḥ pakvamekaikena kṛtaṃ bhavet // > One should place the diamond inside that ball, seal it, and bake it in an elephant puṭa. / Baked in this way with seven puṭas, it is accomplished by each one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.99) \ tālakāsīsasaurāṣṭrīmapāmārgasya bhasma ca / piṣṭvā kaulutthakaiḥ kvāthaistasminvajraṃ sutāpitam // > \ / Having ground orpiment, green vitriol, Saurāṣṭra clay, / and ash of Achyranthes aspera with a decoction of horse gram, into that \[liquid\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.100) kṣipettrisaptavārāṇi mriyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / vaikrāntabhasmanā sārdhaṃ peṣayedamlavetasam // > one should throw the well-heated diamond twenty-one times; it is killed, there is no doubt here. / \[Killing of diamond (6)\] / One should grind sorrel together with ash of vaikrānta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.101) tadgole nikṣipedvajramandhamūṣāgataṃ dhamet / secayedaśvamūtreṇa pūrvagole punaḥ kṣipet // > One should place the diamond inside that ball, put it in a blind crucible, and blow it \[with fire\]. / One should quench it with horse urine and place it again in the previous ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.102) ruddhvā dhmātaḥ punaḥ secyamevaṃ kuryāt trisaptadhā / mriyate nātra sandehaḥ sarvayogeṣu yojayet // > Sealed, blown, and quenched again, one should do this twenty-one times. / It is killed, there is no doubt here; one may employ it in all alchemical preparations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.103) \ uttarāvāruṇīkṣīraiḥ kāntapāṣāṇajaṃ mukham / kṣaṇaṃ piṣṭvā tu tadgolaṃ kṣiptvā tasminpaceddinam // > \ / Grinding for a moment powder of loadstone with the milky sap of bitter apple, / and placing the diamond into that ball, one should cook it for a day > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.104) nṛtaile gandhatailena mriyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / \ bhūnāgaṃ gandhakaṃ cātha nārīstanyena peṣayet // > in human oil with sulphur oil; it is killed, there is no doubt here. / \ / Next, one should grind earthworm and sulphur with woman's breast milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.105) tadgolasthaṃ pacedvajraṃ pūrvataile mṛtaṃ bhavet / \ snuhīkṣīreṇa vimalāṃ piṣṭvā tadgolake kṣipet // > One should cook the diamond placed in that ball in the aforementioned oil; it will be killed. / \ / Having ground vimalā with the milky sap of Euphorbia, one should place in that ball > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.106) vajraṃ nirudhya mūṣāṃ tu śuṣkāṃ tīvrāgninā dhamet / kṣiptāmaśvasya mūtre tu kṣiptvā vajraṃ samāharet // > the diamond; sealing the dried crucible, one should blow it with a fierce fire. / Quenching it in horse's urine, one should take out the diamond. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.107) ityevaṃ saptadhā kuryāttatastālakamatkuṇaiḥ / piṣṭvā golaṃ kṣipettasminvajramūṣāṃ nirudhya ca // > In this manner one should do it seven times. Then, having ground orpiment / with bedbugs into a ball, one should place the diamond in it and seal the crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.108) dhmāpitaṃ pūrvavatsecyaṃ saptavārairmṛtaṃ bhavet / \ vajraṃ matkuṇaraktena liptvā liptvātape kṣipet // > Blown and quenched as before, it is killed after seven times. / \ / Smearing the diamond repeatedly with bedbug blood, one should put it in the hot sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.109) śuṣkaṃ lepyaṃ punaḥ śoṣyaṃ yāvatsaptadināvadhi / viṣṇukrāntāpeṭakāryor dravaiḥ siñcetpunaḥ punaḥ // > When dried it is smeared, and dried again, for a period of seven days. / One should quench it repeatedly with the juices of Evolvulus alsinoides and peṭākārī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.110) taptaṃ taptaṃ ca tadvajraṃ śatavārairmṛtaṃ bhavet / \ gandhakaṃ cūrṇitaṃ bhāvyaṃ strīpuṣpeṇa tu saptadhā // > Heated and heated, that diamond is killed after a hundred times. / \ / Powdered sulphur should be macerated with menstrual blood seven times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.111) punaḥ strīrajasāloḍyaṃ tasmin vajraṃ sutāpitam / secayettāpayedekaviṃśadvārānmṛtaṃ bhavet // > Again, it is mixed with menstrual blood; the diamond, thoroughly heated, / should be quenched into that and heated, for twenty-one times; it becomes killed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.112) \ vajraṃ nadīmahāśuktau kṣiptvā bhāvyaṃ muhurmuhuḥ / snuhyarkottamakanyānāṃ draveṇaikena cātape // > \ / Placing the diamond inside a large river-pearl shell, it is to be macerated repeatedly / in the sun with each of the juices of Euphorbia, Calotropis, and fine aloe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.113) kṛṣṇakakaṭamāṃsena peṣitaṃ veṣṭayetpunaḥ / bhūnāgasya mṛdā samyagdhṛtaṃ bhasmatvamāpnuyāt // > Wrapped around again with the ground meat of a black crab, / and properly held with earthworm soil, it turns into ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.114) \ raktamūlasya mūlaiśca meghanādasya kuḍmalaiḥ / peṣitairveṣṭitaṃ dhmātaṃ vajraṃ bhasma bhavatyalam // > \ / Wrapped with ground roots of red radish and flower buds of Amaranthus tricolor, / and blown \[with fire\], the diamond becomes fully reduced to ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.115) \ mātuluṅgagataṃ vajraṃ ruddhvā limpenmṛdā bahiḥ / puṭe pacetsamuddhṛtya tadvacchatapuṭe pacet // > \ / Placing the diamond inside a citron fruit, sealing it, and smearing it outside with clay, / one should cook it in a puṭa; taking it out, one should bake it in that way in a hundred puṭas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.116) \ nāgaparṇīdravairliptaṃ tatpatreṇaiva veṣṭitam / jānumadhye sthitaṃ yāmaṃ tad vajraṃ mṛdutāṃ vrajet // > \ / Smeared with the juices of nāgaparṇī and wrapped in its leaf, / kept between the knees for one yāma, that diamond becomes soft. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.117) \ mātṛvāhakabījasya madhye vajraṃ vinikṣipet / jambīrodaragaṃ vātha dolāyantre dinaṃ pacet // > \ / One should place the diamond inside a castor seed, / or placed inside a lime, one should cook it for a day in a swing apparatus (dolāyantra) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.118) kulutthakodravakvāthe traiphale vā kaṣāyake / ahorātrātsamuddhṛtya jambīrāntaḥ punaḥ kṣipet // > in a decoction of horse gram and kodo millet, or in a decoction of the three myrobalans. / Taking it out after a day and night, one should place it again inside a lime. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.119) mātṛvāhakabīje vā pacetprakṣipya pūrvavat / punaḥ kṣepyaṃ punaḥ pācyaṃ tridinānte samuddharet // > or inserting it inside a seed of mātṛvāhaka, one should cook it as before; / it must be inserted again, cooked again, and extracted at the end of three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.120) badarīvaṭanimbānāmaṅkurāṇi samāharet / piṣṭvā tadgolake vajraṃ pūrvapakvaṃ vinikṣipet // > One should gather sprouts of jujube, banyan, and neem; / grinding \[them\], one should deposit inside that ball the diamond cooked previously; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.121) aśvatthapatrake veṣṭya tadgolaṃ jānumadhyagam / dinaṃ vā dhārayetkakṣe mṛdurbhavati niścitam // > wrapping that ball in a peepal leaf and placing it between one's knees, / or keeping it in the armpit for a day, it certainly becomes softened. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.122) \ pāradaṃ tīkṣṇacūrṇaṃ ca dinamamlena mardayet / tadgole nikṣipedvajraṃ sūtreṇāveṣṭayedbahiḥ // > One should rub mercury and fine iron powder with sour gruel for a day; / one should place the diamond inside that ball and wrap it on the outside with thread; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.123) nāgavallīdalaiścaiva veṣṭitaṃ dhānyarāśigam / māsānte tatsamuddhṛtya limpennāgalatādravaiḥ // > wrapped in betel leaves, it is deposited inside a heap of grain; / extracting it at the end of a month, one should smear it with the juices of the betel vine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.124) taddalairveṣṭitaṃ jānumadhyasthaṃ mṛdutāṃ vrajet / \ kāntapāṣāṇavaktraṃ vā cūrṇaṃ vā kāntalohajam // > Wrapped in its leaves and placed between the knees, it becomes soft. / \ / Either the opening of a lodestone, or powder originating from lodestone iron, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.125) sasūtamamlayogena dinamekaṃ vimardayet / tadgole nikṣipedvajraṃ nimbakārpāsakodravaiḥ // > one should grind together with quicksilver combined with sour liquid for one day. / One should place the diamond inside that ball, along with neem, cotton, and kodo millet > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.126) patraiḥ piṣṭaiḥ susaṃpeṣya nāgavallīdalaistataḥ / veṣṭitaṃ jānumadhyasthaṃ dinānte mṛdutāṃ vrajet // > leaves thoroughly ground into a paste, and then wrapped in betel leaves. / Placed between the knees, at the end of a day it becomes soft. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.127) \ eraṇḍavṛkṣamadhye tu tatphale vā kṣipetpavim / māsamātrātsamuddhṛtya jānumadhye ca pūrvavat // > \ / One should place the diamond inside a castor plant or inside its fruit. / Extracting it after precisely one month, \[one keeps it\] between the knees as before; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.128) komalaṃ jāyate vajraṃ dinānte nātra saṃśayaḥ / \ vajraṃ tittirimāṃsena veṣṭitaṃ nikṣipenmukhe // > at the end of the day the diamond becomes tender; there is no doubt in this. / \ / One should insert into the mouth \[of a frog\] the diamond wrapped in partridge meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.129) atisthūlasya bhekasya mukhaṃ sūtreṇa veṣṭayet / nikhaneddhastamātrāyāṃ kṣoṇyāṃ māsātsamuddharet // > One should bind the mouth of that very large frog with thread, / bury it in the earth to a depth of one cubit, and dig it up after a month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.130) maṇḍūkaṃ sampuṭe ruddhvā samyaggajapuṭe pacet / tadvajraṃ pūrvagolasthaṃ jānumadhyagataṃ dinam // > Enclosing the frog in a crucible, one should calcine it thoroughly in an elephant pit. / Placed in the previous ball and held between the knees for a day, that diamond > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.131) bhavedvajraudanaṃ sākṣātpaścādāhārya yojayet / sarvavajraudanānāṃ tu māraṇaṃ pūrvavadbhavet // > becomes veritable diamond mush; afterwards, taking it, one should employ it. / The killing of all diamond mushes should be done as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.132) \ kṣāratrayaṃ rāmaṭhaṃ ca caṇakāmlāmlavetasam / jvālāmukhīṃ cekṣurakaṃ sthalakumbhīphalāni ca // > \ / The three alkalies, asafetida, chickpea acid, and sorrel, / jvālāmukhī, ikṣuraka, and the fruits of sthalakumbhī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.133) snuhyarkapayasā ślakṣṇaṃ piṣṭvā tadgolake kṣipet / vajraṃ viśodhitaṃ samyagvastre baddhvā haṭhātpacet // > having ground \[these\] finely with the milky sap of snuhī and arka, one should place in that ball / the thoroughly purified diamond; binding it tightly in cloth, one should boil it vigorously > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.134) ḍolāyantreṇa dhānyāmle drutaṃ māsāṣṭakādbhavet / vajravallyantarasthaṃ vā kṛtvā vajraṃ nirodhitam // > in sour grain wash by means of a swing apparatus; it becomes liquefied after eight months. / Or, having placed the confined diamond inside a cissus vine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.135) amlabhāṇḍagataṃ secyaṃ saptāhād dravatāṃ vrajet / bhasmaudanaṃ drutiśceti trividhaṃ vajramāraṇam // > and placed it in a vessel of sour gruel, sprinkled with it, it liquefies in seven days. / Calx, mush, and liquefied diamond—thus threefold is diamond killing; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.136) rasabandhakaraṃ proktaṃ nāgārjunapuraḥsaraiḥ / \ vajraṃ ca ṣaḍrasopetaṃ sarvarogāpahārakam // > it is declared to effect the fixation of mercury by Nāgārjuna and his followers. / \ / Diamond is endowed with the six tastes and removes all diseases; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.137) sarvāghaśamanaṃ saukhyaṃ dehadārḍhyaṃ rasāyanam / vajraṃ ratnottamaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīsaubhāgyavivardhanam // > it pacifies all sins, brings comfort, gives firmness to the body, and is a rejuvenation therapy. / Diamond is the foremost of gems, auspicious, increasing fortune and prosperity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.138) āyuṣyaṃ dhanyamojasyaṃ yaśasyaṃ sarvapāpmajit / āyurbalaṃ dehasaukhyaṃ rūpaṃ kāntiṃ karoti ca // > giving long life, conferring fortune and vigor, bestowing fame, conquering all wickedness; / it produces longevity, strength, bodily comfort, beautiful form, and luster; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.139) sevitaṃ hanti rogāṃśca mṛtaṃ vajraṃ na saṃśayaḥ / \ nīlastu sauriratnaṃ syānnīlāśmā nīlaratnakaḥ // > consumed when killed, it cures diseases without doubt. / \ / Nīla is the gem of Saturn, blue stone, blue jewel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.140) nīlopalastṛṇagrāhī mahānīlaḥ sunīlakaḥ / indranīlamaṇistatra caturdhā jātibhedataḥ // > blue gem, grass-attractor, great sapphire, and bright sapphire. / The sapphire gem is of four kinds based on caste divisions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.141) \ sitacchāyo bhavedvipro raktaḥ kṣatriyajātikaḥ / pītastu vaiśyajātiryo vṛṣalaḥ kṛṣṇadīdhitiḥ // > \ / The Brahmin is white in hue; the red belongs to the Kṣatriya caste; / the yellow is of Vaiśya caste; that which has a black radiance is the Śūdra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.142) \ nīlīrasasamābhāsā vaiṣṇavīpuṣpasaṃnibhā / lavalīpuṣpasaṅkāśā nīlendīvarasaprabhā // > \ / Resembling the color of indigo juice, resembling the flower of vaiṣṇavī, / like the flower of the lavalī tree, possessing the luster of a blue water lily, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.143) atasīpuṣpasaṅkāśā cāṣapakṣasamadyutiḥ / kṛṣṇatrikarṇikāpuṣpasamānadyutidhāriṇī // > like the flower of flax, with the radiance of a blue roller's wing, / bearing a splendor identical to the flower of the black trikarṇikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.144) mayūrakaṇṭhasacchāyā śambhoḥ kaṇṭhanibhā tathā / viṣṇudehasamābhāsā bhṛṅgapatrasamaprabhā // > having the fine hue of a peacock's neck, also resembling Śambhu's neck, / having the color of Viṣṇu's body, possessing the brilliance of a black bee's wing— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.145) etāśchāyāḥ śubhakarā indranīlamahāmaṇeḥ / gurutvaṃ snigdhakāntitvaṃ surāgaṃ pārśvarañjanam // > these hues bring auspiciousness to the great gem of sapphire. / Heaviness, an unctuous luster, rich coloration, radiance spreading to the sides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.146) tṛṇagrāhitvamityete guṇāḥ pañca prakīrtitāḥ / na vimlo nirmalo gātro masṛṇo gurudīptikaḥ // > and attraction of grass—these five are proclaimed as its virtues. / Not cloudy, flawless in body, smooth, of weighty brilliance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.147) tṛṇagrāhī mṛdurnīlo durlabho lakṣaṇānvitaḥ / indranīlaṃ śubhaṃ varṇyaṃ sarvapāpanibarhaṇam // > attracting grass, soft, sapphire endowed with these characteristics is rare. / Sapphire is auspicious, praiseworthy, and an expeller of all sins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.148) āyuryaśo balaṃ lakṣmīmārogyaṃ ca prayacchati / nīlaḥ satiktakoṣṇaśca kaphapittānilāpahaḥ // > it bestows longevity, fame, strength, wealth, and health. / Sapphire is slightly bitter, hot, and removes kapha, pitta, and vāta humors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.149) yo dadhāti śarīre'sya saurir maṅgalado bhavet / \ gomedakastu gomedo rāhuratnaṃ tamomaṇiḥ // > For him who wears it on his body, Saturn becomes a granter of blessings. / \ / Gomedaka is gomeda, the gem of Rāhu, the darkness stone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.150) svarbhānavaḥ ṣaḍāhvo'yaṃ piṅgasphaṭika ityapi / gomūtrābhaṃ yanmṛdu snigdhamuṣṇaṃ śuddhacchāyaṃ gauravaṃ yacca dhatte / hemāraktaṃ śrīmatāṃ yogyametat gomedākhyaṃ ratnam ākhyāti santaḥ // > and the gem of Svarbhānu—this \[gem\] has six names, also yellow quartz. / That which resembles cow's urine, is soft, unctuous, hot, has a pure hue, possesses heaviness, / and is golden-red, suitable for the fortunate—the wise proclaim this gem as gomedaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.151) madhubindusamacchāyaṃ gomūtrājyasamaprabham // > Having the hue of drops of honey, possessing a radiance like cow's urine and clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.152) hemaraktaṃ guru svacchaṃ snigdhaṃ gomedakaṃ śubham / śvetaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ raṅgahīnaṃ trāsarekhādidūṣitam // > golden-red, heavy, clear, and unctuous—\[such a\] hessonite is auspicious. / White, black, lacking color, marred by cracks, streaks, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.153) karkaśaṃ pāṭalākāraṃ duṣṭaṃ gomedakaṃ tyajet / \ medhyaṃ gomedakaṃ ratnaṃ yaśasyaṃ śrīvivardhanam // > rough, resembling a pāṭalā blossom—one should reject defective hessonite. / \ / The hessonite gem improves intellect, confers fame, increases prosperity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.154) maṅgalyaṃ kāntijananaṃ snigdhaṃ sarvaviṣāpaham / gomedako'mlamuṣṇaṃ ca vātakopavikārajit // > is auspicious, generates beauty, is unctuous, and destroys all poisons. / Hessonite is sour, hot, and overcomes disorders caused by the aggravation of vāta humor; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.155) dīpanaṃ pācanaṃ caiva dhṛto'yaṃ pāpanāśanaḥ / \ vaiḍūryaṃ keturatnaṃ ca khaśabdāṅkurajaṃ tathā // > it stimulates the digestive fire and aids digestion; worn, it destroys sin. / \ / Vaiḍūrya is the gem of Ketu, born from the sprouted sound of the ether, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.156) viḍūrabhūmijaṃ ratnaṃ prāvṛṣyaṃ pañcanāma ca / kalpāntakālakṣubhitāmburāśinidāhakalpād ditijendranādāt / vaiḍūryamutpannamanekavarṇaṃ śobhābhirāmadyutiratnavaryam // > the gem produced in the land of Viḍūra, and monsoon-born—it has these five names. / From the roar of the demon king, which resembled the incineration of the oceans agitated at the dissolution of the aeon, / vaiḍūrya arose, multicolored, the best of gems charming in splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.157) avidūre viḍūrasya girer uttuṅgarodhasaḥ // > not far from Mount Viḍūra which has towering cliffs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.158) koṅkacolakasīmānte maṇestasyākaraḥ smṛtaḥ / tatra daityendraninadaṃ prati meghasugarjitaiḥ // > on the frontier of Koṅka and Cola; its mine is traditionally recorded there. / There, in response to the roar of that lord of Daityas, through the deep rumbles of clouds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.159) samudbhavanti vaiḍūryamaṇayaḥ prāvṛḍāgame / sitābhradhūmasaṅkāśamīṣatkṛṣṇaṃ sitaṃ tu yat // > vaiḍūrya gems arise at the arrival of the rainy season. / That which resembles white clouds or smoke, slightly dark or white, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.160) vaiḍūryaṃ nāma tatproktaṃ ratnavarṇaparīkṣakaiḥ / veṇupatrabiḍālākṣiśikhikaṇṭhasamadyuti // > is declared as vaiḍūrya by examiners of gem colors. / Having a luster like a bamboo leaf, a cat's eye, or the neck of a peacock, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.161) snigdhagātraṃ guru svacchaṃ vaiḍūryaṃ guṇavanmatam / rekhābhinnaṃ laghu spaṣṭaṃ śilāṅgārakakardamam // > smooth in body, heavy, and clear—\[such a\] vaiḍūrya is considered endowed with virtues. / Broken by streaks, light, dull, stony, like charcoal or mud, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.162) vivarṇaṃ paruṣaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vaiḍūryaṃ doṣavattyajet / \ vaiḍūryaṃ viśadaṃ snigdhaṃ prītyāyurbalavardhanam // > discolored, harsh, and dark—one should reject defective vaiḍūrya. / \ / Vaiḍūrya is bright, unctuous, and increases affection, life span, and strength; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.163) maṅgalyaṃ dhāraṇāttaddhi sarvagrahaviṣāpaham / vaiḍūryamamlamuṣṇaṃ ca kaphamārutanāśanam // > auspicious, by wearing it indeed it removes all planetary afflictions and poisons. / Vaiḍūrya is sour and hot, and destroys kapha and vāta humors; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.164) gulmaśūlapraśamanaṃ bhūṣitaṃ ca śubhāvaham / \ māṇikyaṃ mauktikaṃ vajraṃ nīlaṃ marakataṃ tathā // > it relieves abdominal lumps and colicky pain, and worn as an ornament it brings auspiciousness. / \ / Ruby, pearl, diamond, sapphire, and emerald— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.165) pañcaratnam iti proktaṃ pāpmālakṣmīviṣāpaham / \ gomedakaṃ puṣparāgaṃ vaiḍūryamapi vidrumam // > these are declared as the five gems, which remove sins, misfortune, and poison. / \ / Hessonite, topaz, cat's-eye, and coral— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.166) pañcaratnaiḥ sahaitāni navaratnāni nirdiśet / \ atha bhavati sūryakāntaḥ tapanamaṇistāpanaśca ravikāntaḥ / dīptopalo'gnigarbho jvalanāśmārkopalaśca vasunāmā // > along with the five gems, one should designate these as the nine gems. / \ / Now comes the sunstone: stone of the sun, heat-giver, sun-beloved, / shining stone, fire-wombed, flame stone, and sun gem—having eight names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.167) \ śvetābhrakasamaṃ varṇairhimādrau candrasannibham // > \ / Resembling white mica in color, like the moon on the snowy mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.168) nirmalaṃ ca prabhāyuktaṃ sphaṭikaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate / himālaye siṃhale ca vindhye revātaṭe tathā // > Clear and endowed with luster, crystal (sphaṭika) is said to be best. > In the Himālaya, in Siṃhala, and on the Vindhya and the bank of the Revā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.169) padmarāgodbhave sthāne vividhaṃ sphaṭikaṃ bhavet / sūryakāntaṃ ca tatraikaṃ candrakāntaṃ tathāparam // > in the place where rubies are produced, various kinds of crystal occur; > and among them one is the sunstone (sūryakānta), and likewise the other is the moonstone (candrakānta). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.170) sūryāṃśusparśamātreṇa vahniṃ vamati tatkṣaṇāt / sūryakāntaṃ tadākhyātaṃ sphaṭikaṃ ratnavedhitam // > By mere contact with the rays of the sun, it vomits forth fire that very instant; > that is named the sunstone, a crystal pierced by jewel\[-power\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.171) sūryakānto bhaveduṣṇo nirmalaśca rasāyanam / vātaśleṣmaharo medhyaḥ pūjanādravituṣṭidaḥ // > The sunstone is hot, clear, and a rejuvenation therapy; > it removes vāta humor and phlegm humor, promotes intellect, and grants the favor of the sun when worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.172) \ indukāntaścandrakāntaścandrāśmā saṃsravopalaḥ / śītāśmā candrikādrāvaḥ śaśikāntaśca saptadhā // > Moonstone (candrakānta): > Indukānta, candrakānta, candrāśman, saṃsravopala, > śītāśman, candrikādrāva, and śaśikānta—it is of seven names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.173) snigdhaṃ śvetaṃ pītam atrāsamantād dhatte cittaṃ svasthatāṃ yanmunīnām / yacca drāvaṃ yāti candrāṃśusaṅge jātyaṃ ratnaṃ candrakāntākhyametat // > Unctuous, white, and yellow, it instils composure completely into the minds of sages; > and that which goes to liquefaction upon contact with moonbeams is this genuine gem called moonstone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.174) candrakāntas tu śiśiraḥ snigdhaḥ pittāsradāhanut / śivaprītikaraḥ svaccho grahālakṣmīviṣāpahaḥ // > The moonstone is cool, unctuous, destroys pitta humor, blood \[disorders\], and burning sensation; > it causes delight to Śiva, is pellucid, and averts evil planets, misfortune, and poison. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.175) \ sphaṭikaḥ sitopalaḥ syād amalamaṇis tārakopalaḥ svacchaḥ / śītoṣṇavīryam akṣṇaḥ pittaṃ vātaṃ nihanti śophaghnam // > Crystal (sphaṭika): > Sphaṭika, sitopala, amalamaṇi, tārakopala, and svaccha. > It has cool and hot potency, and destroys eye disease, pitta humor, and vāta humor, and cures swelling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.176) purā proktaṃ hi kāntasya mayā te lakṣaṇādikam / vaikrāntaṃ caiva vikrāntaṃ nīlavajraṃ kuvajrakam // > The characteristics and other aspects of loadstone (kānta) were indeed spoken by me to you previously. > \[Now,\] vaikrānta, vikrānta, nīlavajra, kuvajraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.177) gonāsaṃ kṣudrakuliśaṃ cūrṇavajraṃ ca gonasam / śveto raktaśca pītaśca nīlaḥ pārāvatacchaviḥ // > gonāsa, kṣudrakuliśa, cūrṇavajra, and gonasa. > It is white, red, yellow, blue, pigeon-colored, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [2.8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.179) aṣṭāsraś cāṣṭaphalakaḥ ṣaṭkoṇo masṛṇo guruḥ / śuddhamiśritavarṇaiśca yukto vaikrānta ucyate // > Having eight corners, eight facets, six angles, smooth, heavy, > and endowed with pure or mixed colors, it is called vaikrānta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.180) kulutthakvāthasaṃsvinno vaikrāntaḥ pariśudhyati / trikṣāraiḥ pañcalavaṇairvasāmūtrāmlakodravaiḥ // > Steamed in a decoction of horsegram, vaikrānta is thoroughly purified; > with the three alkalis, five salts, fat, urine, sour gruel, and kodrava grains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.181) matsyatailaghṛtaistulyaiḥ kulutthaiḥ kāñjikānvitaiḥ / saptāhaṃ dolikāyantre vyāghrīkandagataṃ pacet // > along with equal parts of fish oil and ghee, horsegram combined with sour congee, > one should cook it placed inside a tuber of vyāghrī in a swing apparatus (dolikāyantra) for a week. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.182) \ taptavarṇaṃ tu vaikrāntaṃ śuddhimāyāti niścitam / hayamūtreṇa tatsecyaṃ taptaṃ taptaṃ dvisaptadhā // > Calx of vaikrānta: > Vaikrānta brought to glowing color certainly attains purity. > It should be sprinkled with horse urine, heated and reheated fourteen times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.183) tataścottaravāruṇyāḥ pañcāṅgair golake kṣipet / ruddhvā mūṣāṃ puṭe paktvā punaruddhṛtya golake // > And then one should place it within a ball made of the five parts of uttaravāruṇī; > having sealed it in a crucible and cooked it in a pit of burning cow dung cakes (puṭa), one extracts it again, puts it into a ball, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.184) kṣiptvā ruddhvā puṭedevaṃ saptadhā bhasmatāṃ vrajet / \ vaikrāntasya palaikaṃ tu palaikaṃ ṭaṅkaṇasya ca // > seals it, and heats it in a puṭa; thus in seven cycles it turns to ash. > Extraction of essence from vaikrānta (1): > One pala of vaikrānta and one pala of borax (ṭaṅkaṇa), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.185) ravikṣīre dinaṃ bhāvyaṃ mardyaṃ śigrudravairdinam / guñjāpiṇyākavahnīnāṃ pratikarṣaṃ viyojayet // > should be soaked in the latex of calotropis for a day, and triturated with horse-radish tree juice for a day; > one should add one karṣa each of guñjā seeds, oilcake, and plumbago root (vahni). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.186) anena gulikā kṛtvā koṣṭhīyantre dhameddṛḍham / śaṅkhakundendusaṅkāśaṃ satvaṃ vaikrāntajaṃ bhavet // > Having made a pill with this, one should blow strongly in a hearth apparatus (koṣṭhīyantra); > the essence produced from vaikrānta becomes like a conch, a kunda flower, or the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.187) \ vaikrāntaṃ vajrakandaṃ ca samaṃ snukpayasā saha / mahiṣīnavanītaṃ ca sakṣaudraṃ mardayeddinam // > Extraction of essence from vaikrānta (2): > Vaikrānta and vajrakanda in equal parts, together with spurge (snuk) milk, > and buffalo butter with honey, one should triturate for a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.188) pūrvavaddhamanātsatvamindragopanibhaṃ bhavet / \ vandhyācūrṇaṃ savaikrāntaṃ chāyāyāṃ mardayetsamam // > From blowing as before, the essence becomes like a cochineal insect (indragopa). > Extraction of essence from vaikrānta (3): > One should triturate powder of vandhyā together with an equal part of vaikrānta in the shade, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.189) ajāmūtrairdinaikaṃ tu sattvaṃ rajatavadbhavet / \ mriyate 'ṣṭapuṭairgandhanimbukadravasaṃyutaḥ // > with goat urine for one day; the essence becomes like silver. > Extraction of essence from vaikrānta (4): > Combined with sulfur and lemon juice, it is incinerated by eight puṭas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.190) sattvapātanayogena marditaśca vaṭīkṛtaḥ / mūṣāyāṃ ghaṭikāṃ dhmāto vaikrāntaḥ sattvamutsṛjet // > triturated with an essence-extracting formulation and rolled into a pill, > blown in a crucible for one ghaṭikā, vaikrānta releases its essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.191) \ śvetavarṇaṃ tu vaikrāntamamlavetasabhāvitam / saptāhānnātra sandehaḥ khare gharme dravatyalam // > Liquefaction of vaikrānta: > White vaikrānta macerated with amlavetasa, > liquefies thoroughly in harsh sun within seven days, of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.192) ketakīsvarasaṃ tutthaṃ saindhavaṃ svarṇapuṣpikam / indragopasamaṃ yuktaṃ sarvaṃ bhāṇḍe vinikṣipet // > Screw-pine (ketakī) juice, copper sulfate (tuttha), rock salt, svarṇapuṣpī, > and an equal measure of indragopa—one should deposit all these into a vessel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 192 of 219 passages. 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