[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Tantric alchemical scriptures and works of the Rasasiddhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha) › [Rasarnava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava) › 1.44 # Rasarnava 1.44 Rasārṇava 1.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.44) adhamaḥ khagavādastu vilavādastu madhyamaḥ uttamo mantravādastu rasavādo mahottamaḥ // > The alchemy of flight is base, the alchemy of caves is middling, / the alchemy of mantras is superior, but alchemy is the most superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.43) - [Next: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.45) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.1.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.44) · Pramāṇa