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# Anandakanda 2.9

Ānandakanda 2.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.1)

Āk, 2, 9  
śrībhairavī /  
kīdṛśī oṣadhī nātha rasakarmakarī śubhā /  
kena vā bhasma sūtaśca kena vā khoṭabandhanam //

> Ānandakanda, Chapter 2.9  
> Śrī Bhairavī said:  
> Of what nature is the auspicious herb, O Lord, that accomplishes alchemical work?  
> Or by what does quicksilver become ash, and by what is khoṭa fixation achieved?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.2)

nirjīvatvaṃ gataḥ sūtaḥ kathaṃ jīvaṃ dadāti saḥ /  
nirjīvena tu jīvatvaṃ kathaṃ jīvati śaṅkara //

> Quicksilver having reached a lifeless condition, how does it bestow life?  
> And how does life indeed exist through what is lifeless, O Śaṅkara?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.3)

etanme saṃśayaṃ brūhi yathā jānāmyahaṃ śiva /  
śrībhairavaḥ /  
śṛṇu bhairavi tatsarvamapūrvaṃ kathayāmi te //

> Tell me this doubt so that I may understand, O Śiva!  
> Śrī Bhairava said:  
> Hear, O Bhairavī! I shall tell you all that, which is unprecedented,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.4)

brahmaviṣṇusurendrādyairna jñātaṃ vīravandite /  
valīpalitarogaghnā mṛtyudāridryabhañjanāḥ //

> which was not known by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the lord of the gods, and the others, O you revered by heroes!  
> \[Herbs\] that destroy wrinkles, greying hair, and disease, and banish death and poverty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.5)

rasakarmakarā divyāḥ kulauṣadhyaḥ susiddhidāḥ /  
bhramanti paśavo mūḍhāḥ kulauṣadhivivarjitāḥ //

> that accomplish alchemical work, divine, and family herbs that grant excellent alchemical perfection.  
> Fools wander about like beasts, deprived of the family herbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.6)

tṛṇauṣadhirasānāṃ ca naiva siddhiḥ prajāyate /  
tasmātsarvaprayatnena jñātavyā tu kulauṣadhiḥ //

> And alchemical perfection of mercury never arises from ordinary grass-herbs;  
> therefore, by every effort, the family herb must be understood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.7)

divyauṣadhyaścatuḥṣaṣṭiḥ kulamadhye vyavasthitāḥ /  
naiva jānanti mūḍhāstāḥ śivamohena mohitāḥ //

> The sixty-four divine herbs reside within the families;  
> fools do not know them at all, deluded by the delusion of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.8)

adivyāstu tṛṇauṣadhyo jāyante girigahvare /  
tṛṇauṣadhyā rase sūtaṃ naiva bandhaṃ kadācana //

> Non-divine grass-herbs, on the other hand, arise in mountain ravines;  
> quicksilver in mercury is never at all bound by an ordinary grass-herb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.9)

akṣayaṃ naiva tiṣṭhettu kulauṣadhivivarjitam /  
kulauṣadhyā vihīnāstu gaganaṃ ca na hanti te //

> Deprived of the family herbs, it does not remain indestructible;  
> and lacking a family herb, they do not kill mica.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.10)

sa rasastu varārohe vahnimadhye na tiṣṭhati /  
na khoṭo na ca vā bhasma naiva dravyaṃ karoti saḥ //

> That mercury, O woman of beautiful hips, does not endure within fire;  
> it is not a khoṭa, nor is it ash, nor does it create genuine substance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.11)

kiṃciddravyaṃ prakurvanti dhāmyamānaṃ na tiṣṭhati /  
patre pāke kaṣe chede naiva tiṣṭhati kāñcanam //

> They produce a little substance, but it does not endure when blown with bellows;  
> that gold does not stand up to the test of the foil, the fire, the touchstone, or cutting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.12)

naiva vedhaṃ śatādūrdhvaṃ karoti sa rasaḥ priye /  
yāvanna cābdamekaṃ tu vikrītaṃ tattu kāñcanam //

> That mercury does not effect transmutation beyond a factor of a hundred, O beloved;  
> and before a single year passes, that gold sold \[turns false\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.13)

dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu naiva dadyāttu tatpriye /  
divyauṣadhyā yadā devi rasendro mardito bhavet //

> One should never give it away for the sake of virtue, wealth, pleasure, or liberation, O beloved!  
> When the lord of mercury is triturated with a divine herb, O goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.14)

kālikārahitaḥ sūtaḥ sadā bhavati pārvati /  
parasya harate kālaṃ kālikārahito rasaḥ //

> quicksilver becomes permanently free from the kālikā defect, O Pārvatī!  
> Mercury freed from the kālikā defect destroys another's death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.15)

aṣṭānāṃ caiva lohānāṃ malaṃ śamayati kṣaṇāt /  
mahāmūrcchāgataṃ sūtaṃ ko vāpi kathayenmṛtam //

> And it instantly pacifies the impurity of the eight metals.  
> Who could call quicksilver dead when it has only entered into a great swoon?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.16)

divyauṣadhyā rasenaiva jāyate naṣṭacetanaḥ /  
pañcabhūtātmakaḥ sūtastiṣṭhate ca sadāśivaḥ //

> It is only through the juice of a divine herb that its consciousness is destroyed;  
> consisting of the five elements, quicksilver endures as Sadāśiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.17)

rasauṣadhyo mahauṣadhyaḥ siddhauṣadhyastathāparāḥ /  
divyauṣadhya iti proktā mayā proktāścaturvidhāḥ //

> Mercurial herbs, great herbs, and also perfected herbs,  
> and divine herbs: four kinds have been declared by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.18)

divyauṣadhyo nigadyante tāsu tā guṇavattarāḥ /  
vṛkṣavallīlatāgulmatṛṇavandānikā iti //

> The divine herbs are proclaimed; among them, these are superior in quality:  
> trees, twiners, creepers, shrubs, herbs, and epiphytic parasites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.19)

rasabandhakarauṣadhyaḥ ṣaḍvidhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ /  
\<somavallī\>  
somavallī mahāgulmā yakṣaśreṣṭhā dhanurlatā //

> The herbs that effect the fixation of mercury are proclaimed to be of six kinds.  
> \<Somavallī\>  
> Somavallī is a great shrub, the best of the Yakṣas, bow-vine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.20)

somāhvā gulmavallī ca yajñavallī dvijapriyā /  
somakṣīrā ca somā ca yajñā divyalatā smṛtā //

> named somā, shrub-vine, sacrificial creeper, dear to Brahmins,  
> possessing lunar milky sap, somā, sacrificial plant, considered a divine creeper.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.21)

somavallī kaṭuḥ śītā madhurā pittadāhanut /  
tṛṣṇāviśeṣaśamanī pācanī ca rasāyanī //

> Somavallī is pungent, cooling, sweet, removes pitta and burning sensations,  
> especially soothes thirst, promotes digestion, and is a rasāyana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.22)

pañcāṅgakā pañcadaśacchadāḍhyā sarpākṛtiḥ śoṇitaparvadeśā /  
sā somavallī rasabandhakarma karoti rākādivasopanītā //

> Having five parts, rich with fifteen leaves, serpent-shaped, with blood-red nodes—  
> that somavallī, gathered on the day of the full moon, performs the fixation of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.23)

kṛṣṇe pakṣe pragalati dalaṃ pratyahaṃ caikamekaṃ śukle pakṣe prabhavati punar lambamānā latā syāt /  
tasyāḥ kandaḥ kalayatitarāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ gṛhīto baddhvā sūtaṃ kanakasahitaṃ dehalohaṃ vidhatte //

> In the dark fortnight, one leaf drops off each day, and in the bright fortnight it grows again, becoming a hanging vine;  
> her tuber, especially gathered on the full moon, having bound quicksilver together with gold, accomplishes perfection of the body and transmutation of base metals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.24)

iyaṃ somalatā nāma vallī paramadurlabhā /  
anayā baddhasūtendro lakṣavedhī prajāyate //

> This creeper named somalatā is extremely difficult to obtain;  
> bound by this, the lord of quicksilver becomes capable of transmuting a hundred thousand times its weight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.25)

caturviṃśatisomānāṃ lakṣma vyaktaṃ rasāyane /  
\<somavṛkṣa\>  
karoti somavṛkṣo'pi rasabandhavadhādikam //

> The characteristic of the twenty-four somas has been clearly described in the section on rasāyana.  
> \<Somavṛkṣa\>  
> The somavṛkṣa also performs the fixation, killing, and other actions of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.26)

pūrṇimādivasānītastayorvallī guṇādhikā /  
proktā mahiṣavallī ca pratisomāntravallikā //

> Gathered on the day of the full moon, between the two, the creeper has superior qualities.  
> And mahiṣavallī is described, and pratisomāntravallikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.27)

apattravallikā proktā kāṇḍaśākhā payasvinī /  
rasavīryavipākeṣu somavallīsamā smṛtā //

> and the leafless creeper is described, with stems and branches, possessing milky sap;  
> in taste, potency, and post-digestive transformation, it is remembered as equal to somavallī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.28)

\<sthalapadminī\>  
athātaḥ sthalapadminyā divyauṣadhyā vidhiṃ śṛṇu /  
padminīsadṛśā patraiḥ puṣpairapi ca tādṛśī //

> \<Sthalapadminī\>  
> Now hear the prescription for the divine herb sthalapadminī:  
> It resembles a lotus in its leaves, and likewise in its flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.29)

bhaṅge caiva sravetkṣīraṃ raktavarṇaṃ suśobhanam /  
ākramya vāmapādena paśyedgaganamaṇḍalam //

> And when broken, it exudes very beautiful, red-colored milky sap.  
> Stepping on it with the left foot, one can see the vault of the sky;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.30)

paśyecca tārakāyuktaṃ grahanakṣatramaṇḍalam /  
lakṣayojanato devi sā jñeyā sthalapadminī //

> and one can see the orb of the planets and lunar mansions endowed with stars  
> from a distance of a hundred thousand yojanas, O goddess; she is to be known as sthalapadminī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.31)

\<gonasā\>  
gonasākāravallī syāccitramaṇḍalamaṇḍitā /  
jarāruṅmṛtyuśamanī rasabandhavadhakṣamā //

> \<Gonasā\>  
> It is a creeper shaped like a gonasā serpent, adorned with variegated rings,  
> allaying old age, sickness, and death, capable of the fixation and killing of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.32)

\<uccaṭā\>  
athoccaṭāṃ pravakṣyāmi rasabandhakarīṃ priye /  
ekameva bhavennālaṃ tasyā romapraveṣṭanam //

> \<Uccaṭā\>  
> Now I shall declare uccaṭā, which accomplishes the fixation of mercury, O beloved:  
> She has only a single stalk, encircled with hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.33)

tasyāgre ca bhavetpuṣpaṃ śukatuṇḍasya sannibham /  
tatpatrāṇi ca deveśi śukapicchanibhāni ca //

> At its tip is a flower resembling a parrot's beak,  
> and its leaves, O sovereign of the gods, resemble the feathers of a parrot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.34)

tatkandaṃ kūrmasaṃsthānaṃ kṣīraṃ sindūrasannibham /  
jalaṃ sravenmadhūcchiṣṭe tatsamādāya pārvati //

> Its tuber has the form of a tortoise, and its milky sap resembles red lead;  
> water oozes out from beeswax. Taking that, O Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.35)

vedhayetsarvalohāni kāñcanāni bhavanti ca /  
\<īśvarī\>  
īśvarītyucyate kācidīśvarītulyarūpiṇī //

> one can transmute all metals, and they become gold.  
> \<Īśvarī\>  
> A certain \[plant\] having a form equal to Īśvarī is called īśvarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.36)

bhūrikṣīraparisrāvā sabījarasabandhinī /  
\<bhūtakeśī\>  
nimbapatrasadṛkpatrā bhūtakeśīti kathyate //

> It exudes abundant milky sap, and fixes mercury seeded \[with gold or silver\].  
> \<Bhūtakeśī\>  
> \[The herb\] with leaves like neem leaves is called bhūtakeśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.37)

na vadhyate yayā sūtaḥ sūto'sau hi nibandhakaḥ /  
\<kṛṣṇalatā\>  
bhinnakajjalasaṅkāśā latā kṛṣṇalatetyasau //

> Quicksilver is not killed by it, but this quicksilver becomes an agent of binding.  
> \<Kṛṣṇalatā\>  
> A creeper resembling broken collyrium is this kṛṣṇalatā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.38)

nirbījamapi badhnāti rasaṃ sarvaviṣāpahā /  
\<laśunavallī\>  
nāmnā laśunavallī ca taddalaiḥ sadṛśacchadā //

> Destroying all poisons, it binds mercury even without a seed.  
> \<laśunavallī\>  
> Named laśunavallī, its foliage is similar to garlic leaves;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.39)

kṣaratkṣīrā sukandā ca rasaṃ badhnāti vegataḥ /  
\<rudantī\>  
caṇapatropamaiḥ patraiḥ puṣpairapi ca tādṛśī //

> Exuding milky sap and possessing a good tuber, it quickly binds mercury.  
> \<rudantī\>  
> Having leaves similar to chickpea leaves, and also similar in flowers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.40)

rudantī nāma vikhyātā hyadhastājjalavarṣiṇī /  
rudantīva janāndṛṣṭvā mṛtyudainyajarākulān //

> Famed by the name rudantī, it truly rains water from below,  
> As if weeping upon seeing people afflicted by death, wretchedness, and senescence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.41)

caturvidhā tu sā jñeyā pītā raktā sitāsitā /  
jāritābhraṃ rasaṃ hanyādbadhnāti ca rasāyanī //

> It should be known to be of four kinds: yellow, red, white, and black.  
> A rejuvenating agent, it destroys mercury that has consumed mica, and fixes \[it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.42)

musalīkandavatkandā taddalākāravaddalā /  
sukṣīrā romaśā soktā vārāhī rasabandhanī //

> Possessing a tuber like the tuber of musalī, leaves having the form of its leaves,  
> Abounding in milky sap, and hairy, it is called vārāhī, a fixer of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.43)

\<saptapattrī\>  
saptapallavasampūrṇāṃ saptapattrītyasau matā /  
rasāyanī jarāghnī ca badhyate pāradastayā //

> \<saptapattrī\>  
> Filled with seven leaflets, this is considered to be saptapattrī.  
> Rejuvenating and destroying senescence, mercury is bound by it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.44)

\<nāginī\>  
nāginītyuditā vallī nāgabhogasamāṅgikā /  
sarpādikaviṣaghnī ca sā svaccharasabandhinī //

> \<nāginī\>  
> The creeper called nāginī has parts like the coils of a snake;  
> Destroying poisons of snakes and the like, it fixes clear mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.45)

\<sarpiṇī\>  
sarpiṇī latikā cānyā sarpavadvakrayaṣṭikā /  
sakṣīrā snigdhapatrā ca bālapāradabandhinī //

> \<sarpiṇī\>  
> And another slender creeper is sarpiṇī, having a crooked stalk like a serpent,  
> With milky sap and unctuous leaves; it binds immature mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.46)

\<chattriṇī\>  
chatravaddaṇḍapatrā yā nātinīcā na connatā /  
sukṣīrā chattriṇī nāma rasabandhakarī matā //

> \<chattriṇī\>  
> Having stalked leaves like an umbrella, neither too low nor elevated,  
> Possessing rich milky sap, named chattriṇī, it is considered a cause of mercury's fixation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.47)

\<gośṛṅgī\>  
parvate'śmasamudbhūtā gokandākṛtikandayuk /  
kṣatā muñcati sā kṣīraṃ gośṛṅgī rasabandhinī //

> \<gośṛṅgī\>  
> Arising from rock on a mountain, possessing a tuber shaped like a cow's tuber,  
> When injured it discharges milky sap; gośṛṅgī is a fixer of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.48)

\<jyotirlatā\>  
jyotirnāmnī tridhā proktā vṛkṣakandatṛṇātmikā /  
girau jvalati sā rātrau latāpāradabandhinī //

> \<jyotirlatā\>  
> The one named jyotis is declared to be threefold: composed of a tree, a tuber, and a grass.  
> It blazes at night on the mountain; the creeper binds mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.49)

\<raktavallī\>  
raktakṣīradalāṅgā yā nātivistaravallikā /  
raktavallītyasau divyā nirdiṣṭā rasabandhinī //

> \<raktavallī\>  
> Having red milky sap, leaves, and stems, a creeper that does not spread too much,  
> This divine \[plant\] designated raktavallī is a fixer of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.50)

\<padmavallī\>  
yā padmapatrākṛtipatravallī sā patravallītyuditā rasajñaiḥ /  
sakṣīrakandā salilodbhavā ca kṣitau na tiṣṭhedrasabandhanī sā //

> \<padmavallī\>  
> The creeper whose leaves have the form of lotus leaves is declared by experts on mercury to be patravallī;  
> With a milky tuber and water-born, it does not stay on dry land; it fixes mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.51)

\<kākinī\>  
sthūlakaṇṭakavarṇāḍhyā sā proktā kākinī latā /  
rasabandhakarī saiṣā jarāmṛtyuvināśinī //

> \<kākinī\>  
> Endowed with coarse thorns and \[dark\] color, it is called the kākinī creeper;  
> This very \[plant\] causes the fixation of mercury and destroys senescence and death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.52)

\<cānḍālī\>  
cāṇḍālīti vinirdiṣṭā tricatuḥpatradhāriṇī /  
sā ca raktā kṣīrakandā tayā sūto nibadhyate //

> \<cāṇḍālī\>  
> Designated as cāṇḍālī, bearing three or four leaves,  
> It is red and has a milky tuber; quicksilver is bound by it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.53)

proktaś caṇḍālakandaḥ syād ekapatro dvipattrakaḥ /  
tripattro'tha catuṣpattraḥ pañcapattraśca bhedataḥ //

> The tuber called caṇḍālakanda can be single-leaved, two-leaved,  
> Three-leaved, then four-leaved, and five-leaved, according to its varieties.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.54)

\<tāmravallī\>  
tāmravarṇalatāpatrapuṣpakṣīrasamanvitā /  
sā tāmravallikā proktā rasalohādisādhanī //

> \<tāmravallī\>  
> Endowed with copper-colored creeper, leaves, flowers, and milky sap,  
> That is declared to be tāmravallikā, an accomplisher of mercury, base metals, and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.55)

\<pītavallī\>  
pītapatralatāpuṣparasayuktātidurlabhā /  
sā pītavalliketyuktā rasabandhavidhau hitā //

> \<pītavallī\>  
> Endowed with yellow leaves, creeper, flowers, and sap, extremely rare,  
> That is called pītavallikā, beneficial in the operation of mercury fixation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.56)

\<vijayā\>  
sitakṣīrāḍhakīpatrachadanā nātivistṛtā /  
vikhyātā vijayetyeṣā rasabandhavidhau hitā //

> \<vijayā\>  
> With white milky sap, foliage like pigeon pea leaves, not very spread out,  
> Renowned as vijayā, this is beneficial in the procedure of fixing mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.57)

\<mahauṣadhī\>  
trikoṇakandasaṃyuktā citrakacchadanacchadā /  
mahauṣadhīti sā proktā rasabandhe paraṃ hitā //

> \<mahauṣadhī\>  
> Endowed with a triangular tuber, with leaves like the foliage of citraka,  
> That is declared mahauṣadhī, supremely beneficial in mercury fixation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.58)

\<devadālī\>  
śikhikaṇṭhābhapatrāḍhyā candanāmodamedurā /  
devadālītyasau divyā rasaṃ badhnāti sā kṣaṇāt //

> \<devadālī\>  
> Abounding in leaves resembling the hue of a peacock's neck, rich in fragrance of sandalwood,  
> This divine plant named devadālī binds mercury in an instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.59)

\<navanītakagandhī\>  
navanītakagandhīti tiktā mrakṣaṇagandhinī /  
sakṣīrā raktapuṣpā ca rasendro badhyate tayā //

> \<navanītakagandhī\>  
> \[The creeper\] called navanītakagandhī is bitter, with the fragrance of an unguent,  
> Possessing milky sap and red flowers; the lord of mercury is bound by it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.60)

\<garuḍavallī\>  
sakṣīrā raktapuṣpā ca badarīdalavaddalā /  
uktā gāruḍavallīti śīghraṃ badhnāti pāradam //

> \<garuḍavallī\>  
> Possessing milky sap and red flowers, with leaves like jujube leaves,  
> Declared as gāruḍavallī, it quickly binds mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.61)

\<tumbinī\>  
tumbinītyuditā vallī tatpatrakusumānvitā /  
tiktaraktapayoyuktā tatphalā rasabandhinī //

> \<tumbinī\>  
> The creeper called tumbinī is endowed with its leaves and flowers,  
> Possessed of bitter red juice, with its fruits; it is a fixer of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.62)

\<bhūtumbinī\>  
yā tumbinīpatrasamānapatrā bhūtumbinī nātivisarpiṇī sā /  
nimbūsamānaiśca phalairupetā sarvāmayaghnī rasabandhanī ca //

> \<bhūtumbinī\>  
> The one with leaves resembling the leaves of tumbinī is bhūtumbinī, not spreading very far,  
> And endowed with fruits resembling limes; it destroys all diseases and fixes mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.63)

\<gandharvā\>  
eraṇḍapatravatpatrā sakṣīrā nātivistṛtā /  
gandharvetyuditā sā hi tayā bandhaṃ raso vrajet //

> \<gandharvā\>  
> With leaves like castor leaves, having milky sap, not very spread out,  
> That is indeed called gandharvā; by it mercury undergoes fixation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.64)

\<vyāghrapādī\>  
vyāghrāṅghrisamapatrā yā raktapuṣpā payasvinī /  
vyāghrapādīti nirdiṣṭā rasaṃ badhnāti niścitam //

> \<vyāghrapādī\>  
> Having leaves resembling a tiger's paw, red flowers, and milky sap,  
> Designated as vyāghrapādī, it definitely binds mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.65)

\<mahauṣadhī\>  
saptacchadasadṛkpatrā kṛśāṅgī nātivistṛtā /  
mahauṣadhītyasau proktā rasaṃ badhnāti hanti ca //

> \<mahauṣadhī\>  
> Having leaves like the saptacchada, of slender frame, not very spread out,  
> This is declared mahauṣadhī; it binds and slays mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.66)

\<gomārī\>  
gomārīnāmikā vallī veṇupatrasamacchadā /  
tasyā mūlaṃ samāsādya śastaḥ sūto nibadhyate //

> \<gomārī\>  
> The creeper named gomārī has leaves resembling bamboo leaves;  
> Having obtained its root, prepared quicksilver is bound.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.67)

\<triśūlī\>  
triśūlākārapatrā yā śamyākaphalavatphalā /  
triśūlīti samākhyātā vikhyātā rasabandhane //

> \<triśūlī\>  
> Having leaves shaped like a trident, with fruits like the cassia fruit,  
> It is proclaimed as triśūlī, famed in the fixation of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.68)

\<rutasī\>  
rutasīpatravatpatraphalā sā kṣīrakandayuk /  
rutasī valliketyuktā girijā rasabandhanī //

> \<rutasī\>  
> With leaves and fruits like rutā leaves, possessing a milky tuber,  
> It is declared the creeper rutasī, mountain-born, a fixer of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.69)

\<tridaṇḍī\>  
supuṣpā tilakopetā raktatyatriphalānvitā /  
rasabandhavidhau proktā tridaṇḍīti kṛtābhidhā //

> \<tridaṇḍī\>  
> With good flowers, possessing tilaka markings, red, endowed with three fruits,  
> Called tridaṇḍī, it is proclaimed in the procedure of fixing mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.70)

\<bhṛṅgavallī\>  
bhṛṅgavadvarṇapatrāḍhyā kṣīriṇī pītapuṣpikā /  
bhṛṅgavallīti sā proktā prayuktā rasabandhane //

> \<bhṛṅgavallī\>  
> Abounding in leaves colored like a bee, milky, with yellow flowers,  
> That is declared bhṛṅgavallī, employed in the fixation of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.71)

\<camarikā\>  
camarākārapatrāḍhyā kṣīrayukcandradhāriṇī /  
latā camarikā nāma sā ca badhnāti pāradam //

> \<camarikā\>  
> Abounding in leaves shaped like a fly-whisk, possessing milk, bearing a crescent mark,  
> The creeper named camarikā also binds mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.72)

\<karavīralatā\>  
hayamārasamākāradalapuṣpavatī latā /  
karavīralatetyuktā nitarāṃ sūtabandhinī //

> \<karavīralatā\>  
> A creeper possessing leaves and flowers shaped like the oleander,  
> It is called the karavīralatā, an absolute binder of quicksilver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.73)

\<vajravallī\>  
koraṇḍapatrachadanopamānaprasūnapatrā ca sadugdhakandā /  
sā vajravallī kaṭutiktasārā vajrāṅkapatrā rasabandhinī ca //

> \<vajravallī\>  
> Having blossoms and leaves resembling the foliage of koraṇḍa leaves, with a milky tuber,  
> That vajravallī has a pungent and bitter essence, leaves marked with a thunderbolt, and fixes mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.74)

\<vāravallī\>  
raktakṣīravatī bilvadalopamadalānvitā /  
vāravallīti sā sūtabandhanī roganāśinī //

> \<vāravallī\>  
> Possessing red milky sap, endowed with leaves like bilva leaves,  
> That vāravallī binds quicksilver and destroys diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.75)

\<rohiṇī\>  
śaṇapuṣpadalākāradaśapuṣpā ca dugdhayuk /  
sā rohiṇīti nirdiṣṭā rasarājasya bandhanī //

> \<rohiṇī\>  
> Having ten flowers with leaves shaped like hemp flowers, and possessed of milk,  
> That is designated as rohiṇī, a binder of the king of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.76)

\<bilvinī\>  
jyotiṣmatīdalākāravarṇaparṇā yaśasvinī /  
rasabandhavidhau proktā bilvinīti nigadyate //

> \<bilvinī\>  
> Having leaves shaped and colored like the leaves of jyotiṣmatī, glorious,  
> Declared in the procedure of mercury fixation, it is spoken of as bilvinī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.77)

\<gorocanalatā\>  
gorocanaprabhāyuktadalavallīsamanvitā /  
gorocanalatā bhūtamocanī rasabandhanī //

> \<gorocanalatā\>  
> Endowed with a vine whose leaves possess the radiance of gorocanā,  
> The gorocanalatā releases \[from\] spirits and fixes mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.78)

\<karīrī\>  
śrīśailaśikharodbhūtā mārkaṇḍīsadṛśauṣadhī /  
raktaṃ kṣīraṃ kṣatā muñcetkarīrī rasabandhinī //

> \<karīrī\>  
> Arising on the peak of Śrīśaila, an herb resembling mārkaṇḍī,  
> When wounded, it discharges red milky sap; karīrī is a fixer of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.79)

\<akṣarā\>  
pattrasīsā pattravatpatrā trivarṣātphaladāyinī /  
akṣareti samākhyātā rasasyātinibandhinī //

> \<akṣarā\>  
> Having leaves like patrasīsā, yielding fruit after three years,  
> Celebrated as akṣarā, it is an intense binder of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.80)

\<apattrā\>  
somavallīva niṣpatrā kajjalābharasānvitā /  
apattrāsau bhaved vindhye nātyuccā rasabandhinī //

> \<apattrā\>  
> Leafless like the somavallī, endowed with juice resembling collyrium,  
> This apattrā grows in the Vindhyas, is not very tall, and fixes mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.81)

ādye varṣe bhavedamlā bhavettiktā dvitīyake /  
tṛtīye'bde ca madhuraiḥ phalairyuktā prajāyate //

> In its first year it is sour; it becomes bitter in the second;  
> And in the third year it is produced endowed with sweet fruits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.82)

pittajvaraharā sadyaḥ supatraphalasaṃyutā /  
\<kuṭajavallī\>  
latā kuṭajavallīti tatphalā taddalānvitā //

> It instantly relieves fever caused by pitta humor and possesses fine leaves and fruits.  
> \[The vine Kuṭajavallī\]  
> The vine called kuṭajavallī has fruits and leaves like those \[of the kuṭaja plant\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.83)

madhurā rudhiragranthiḥ sūtarājanibandhinī /  
\<mūlakandā\>  
mūlakandeti vikhyātā mūlavatphalapattriṇī //

> It is sweet, has reddish nodes, and binds the king of quicksilver.  
> \[The plant Mūlakandā\]  
> Known as mūlakandā, it has leaves and fruits resembling a radish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.84)

latā kṣīrānvitā sūtabandhanaṃ kurute dhruvam /  
\<brāhmaṇī\>  
pārijātādrijā vallī śatapuṣpadalacchadā //

> Possessing milky sap, this vine certainly effects the fixation of quicksilver.  
> \[The plant Brāhmaṇī\]  
> Growing on Mount Pārijāta, this vine has leaves and foliage resembling śatapuṣpā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.85)

kṛṣṇakṣīraphalā proktā brāhmaṇī rasabandhinī /  
\<munivallī\>  
agastipatratatpatrā tadrūpāruṇapuṣpiṇī //

> Said to have black latex and fruits, brāhmaṇī binds mercury.  
> \[The vine Munivallī\]  
> With leaves like those of agasti and reddish flowers of the same shape,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.86)

ghṛtagandhā rasaghnī sā munivallīti kathyate /  
\<nimbakā\>  
dalaiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalairvallī niṃbavṛkṣasya sannibhā //

> smelling like clarified butter and destroying \[unbound\] mercury, it is called munivallī.  
> \[The plant Nimbakā\]  
> A vine resembling the nimba tree in its leaves, flowers, and fruits;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.87)

tanmūlairbadhyate sūtaḥ sā proktā nimbakā latā /  
\<tilakandā\>  
tilakandeti vikhyātā mūlavatphalapattriṇī //

> quicksilver is bound with its roots; it is declared to be the nimbakā vine.  
> \[The plant Tilakandā\]  
> Known as tilakandā, it has leaves and fruits resembling its root.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.88)

latā kṣīravatī sūtaṃ nibadhnātyātape khare /  
\<atasīvallikā\>  
atasya iva puṣpāṇi phalāni ca dalāni ca //

> The vine, possessing latex, binds quicksilver in the fierce heat of the sun.  
> \[The vine Atasīvallikā\]  
> Its flowers, fruits, and leaves are like those of atasī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.89)

atasīvallikā sā hi pāradasya nibandhinī /  
\<bodhilatā\>  
uktā bodhilatā bodhipattradugdhena saṃyutā //

> that vine atasīvallikā is indeed a binder of mercury.  
> \[The vine Bodhilatā\]  
> The vine called bodhilatā possesses leaves and sap like those of the bodhi tree;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.90)

badhnāti rasarājaṃ sā dānavendramivācyutaḥ /  
\<madyagandhā\>  
madyagandheti vikhyātā niṣpatrā phalapatrayuk //

> it binds the king of mercury just as Acyuta bound the lord of the Dānavas.  
> \[The plant Madyagandhā\]  
> Known as madyagandhā, it is leafless \[yet\] endowed with fruits and leafy scales;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.91)

tasyāḥ kando rasaṃ śīghraṃ bandhanaṃ nayati dhruvam /  
\<kūrmalatā\>  
uktā kūrmalatā kūrmarūpakandā payo'nvitā //

> its tuber certainly brings mercury quickly to fixation.  
> \[The vine Kūrmalatā\]  
> The vine called kūrmalatā has a tuber shaped like a tortoise and is endowed with milk;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.92)

mallikopamatatpatraprasavā rasabandhinī /  
\<mādhavī\>  
mādhavīmūlavanmūlā nāgavallīdalānvitā //

> its leaves and blossoms resemble jasmine; it binds mercury.  
> \[The plant Mādhavī\]  
> Having roots like the root of mādhavī, and endowed with betel leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.93)

mādhavītyuditā vallī tanmūlairbadhyate rasaḥ /  
\<viśālā\>  
śvetapatratayā vallī śvetapuṣpaphalā tathā //

> the vine is called mādhavī; mercury is bound with its roots.  
> \[The plant Viśālā\]  
> A vine distinguished by white leaves, and likewise having white flowers and fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.94)

viśāleti vinirdiṣṭā sāpi pāradabandhinī /  
\<mahānāgā\>  
nāgakuṇḍalavatkandā tatphaṇāsadṛśacchadā //

> is designated viśālā; it also binds mercury.  
> \[The plant Mahānāgā\]  
> Having a tuber like the coil of a serpent and leaves resembling its hood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.95)

mahānāgetyasau vallī vinibadhnāti pāradam /  
\<maṇḍūkalatikā\>  
maṇḍūkākāravatkandā maṇḍūkīdalavaddalā //

> this vine, called mahānāgā, completely binds mercury.  
> \[The vine Maṇḍūkalatikā\]  
> Having a tuber shaped like a frog, and leaves like those of the maṇḍūkī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.96)

maṇḍūkalatiketyeṣā tanmūlairbadhyate rasaḥ /  
\<udumbaralatā\>  
udumbaraphalākāraphalavaddalavaddalā //

> this is the maṇḍūkalatikā; mercury is bound with its roots.  
> \[The vine Udumbaralatā\]  
> Having leaves and fruits shaped like the fruit of udumbara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.97)

sodumbaralatetyuktā sūtarājasya bandhinī /  
\<citravallī\>  
yā dugdhakandā vaṭapatrapatrā vicitraparṇoruphalā sudīrghā /  
sā citravallītyuditā rasendro nibadhyate tatphalamadhyasaṃsthaḥ //

> it is called udumbaralatā, a binder of the king of quicksilver.  
> \[The vine Citravallī\]  
> The very tall one that has a milky tuber, leaves like banyan leaves, and variegated leaves and large fruits,  
> is called citravallī; placed within its fruit, the lord of mercury is bound.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.98)

catuḥṣaṣṭiriti proktā divyauṣadhyo mahābalāḥ //

> Thus the sixty-four divine herbs of great potency have been spoken of.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.99)

ābhirbaddho raso nḥṇāṃ dehalohārthasādhakaḥ /  
somavallī somavṛkṣaḥ sthalapadminikā tataḥ //

> Bound by these, mercury accomplishes the purpose of transmuting the human body and base metals.  
> somavallī, somavṛkṣa, and then sthalapadminikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.100)

gonasā kāravallī ca uccaṭā īśvarī tataḥ /  
bhūtakeśī kṛṣṇalatā jñeyā laśunavallarī //

> gonasā, kāravallī, uccaṭā, and then īśvarī,  
> bhūtakeśī, kṛṣṇalatā, and what should be known as laśunavallarī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.101)

rudantī caiva vārāhī saptapattrī ca nāginī /  
sarpiṇī chattriṇī caiva gośṛṅgī sarvasiddhidā //

> rudantī, vārāhī, saptapattrī, and nāginī,  
> sarpiṇī, chattriṇī, and gośṛṅgī, bestower of all alchemical perfections,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.102)

jyotirnāmnī tridhā raktavallarī patravallarī /  
kākinī caiva cāṇḍālī vallarī tāmravallarī //

> the one named jyotiṣ, threefold raktavallarī, patravallarī,  
> kākinī, cāṇḍālīvallarī, tāmravallarī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.103)

pītavallī ca vijayā vijñeyā ca mahauṣadhī /  
jñātavyā devadālī ca syānnavānītagandhinī //

> pītavallī, vijayā, which should be known as a great herb,  
> and devadālī should be known, and what has the fragrance of fresh butter,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.104)

jñeyā garuḍavallī ca tumbinī bhūmituṃbinī /  
gandharvā vyāghrapādī ca vijñeyā ca mahauṣadhī //

> garuḍavallī should be known, and tumbinī, bhūmitumbinī,  
> gandharvā, and vyāghrapādī, known as a great herb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.105)

gomārī ca triśūlī ca rutasī ca tridaṇḍikā /  
bhṛṅgavallī camarikā karavīralatā tataḥ //

> gomārī, triśūlī, rutasī, tridaṇḍikā,  
> bhṛṅgavallī, camarikā, then karavīralatā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.106)

vajravallī vāravallī rohiṇī bilvinī tathā /  
gorocanalatā caiva karīrī cākṣarā tathā //

> vajravallī, vāravallī, rohiṇī, and bilvinī,  
> gorocanalatā, karīrī, and akṣarā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.107)

apattrī kuṭajā vallī mūlakandā ca brāhmaṇī /  
ghṛtagandhā nimbavallī tilakandātasī tathā //

> apattrī, kuṭajāvallī, mūlakandā, brāhmaṇī,  
> ghṛtagandhā, nimbavallī, tilakandā, and atasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.108)

bodhivallī madyagandhā kūrmavallī ca mādhavī /  
viśālā ca mahānāgā jñeyā maṇḍūkavallī //

> bodhivallī, madyagandhā, kūrmavallī, mādhavī,  
> viśālā, mahānāgā, and maṇḍūkavallī must be recognized,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.9.109)

udumbaralatā citravallī caiva surārcite /  
catuḥṣaṣṭiriti proktā divyauṣadhyo mahābalāḥ //

> udumbaralatā, and citravallī, O goddess worshipped by the gods.  
> Thus the sixty-four divine herbs of great potency have been proclaimed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.9.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasaprakāśasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaprakasasudhakara.9.9) — Yaśodhara (alchemist), Sanskrit
- [A History of Indian Medical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.meulenbeld-1999.v4.c63.27) — G. Jan Meulenbeld, English

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