Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s3.1
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s3.1
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v2.c44.s3.1
Nāgārjuna, the alchemist, is widely regarded as the inventor of distillation and calcination. According to Vṛnda and Cakrapāṇi, Nāgārjuna was the inventor of the use of *kajjali* or Cinnabar (mercuric sulphide HgS) to produce mercury. The later day *Rasaśāstra* texts eulogize him as the pioneer in metallurgy (*dhātuvāda*) and the use of metallic salts in medicine. Dallaṇa makes him the redacter of the *Suśruta Saṃhitā*:
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- Suśrutasaṃhitā — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit
- Rasaśāstra