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# Rasarnava 12.49

Rasārṇava 12.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.12.49)

tacchulvaṃ hemasaṃkāśaṃ tāramaṣṭāṃśayojitam  
tārahema samāṃśaṃ tu dviguṇaṃ pittalaṃ bhavet //

> That copper resembles gold; combined with an eighth part of silver, / and with silver and gold in equal parts, it becomes twice as much brass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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