Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c45.s1.1

v2.c45.s1.1

Sri Vāgbhaṭa compiled in *RRS* many details regarding gems, non-gem minerals, metals, alloys, metallic transformations (*lohavedha*) and the transformations of body tissues (*dehavedha*). For the conversion of minerals to a pharmaceutical recipe, acceptable to the body, several steps had been envisaged: purification (*śodhana*), incineration (*māraṇa*), metallic extraction (*satvapātana*), liquefaction (*druti*), etc.