[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c18.7 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c18.7 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c18.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c18.7) Thus, in short it may be said that besides eight or eighteen \*Saṃskāras\* (special processes) of mercury, the \*Śodhana\*, the \*Māraṇa\*, the \*Sarvapatana\*, the \*Druti\*, the \*Jāraṇa\*, the \*Mūrcchanā\* and the \*Bhāvaṇa\* & \*Puṭapāka\* etc. are some of the important pharmaceutical processes developed in medieval period for the preparation of mercurial and metallic compounds of therapeutic importance. - [Previous: v1.c18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c18.6) - [Next: v1.c18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c18.8) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c18.7) · Pramāṇa