[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c45.s1.8 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c45.s1.8 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c45.s1.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s1.8) \*Ḍhālana\* meant pouring of molten metal. \*Capala\* meant easy-melting oxide of lead or \*nāga\*, tin or \*vaṅga\*, etc. (8.41-8.44). - [Previous: v2.c45.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s1.7) - [Next: v2.c45.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s1.9) - [Up: v2.c45.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.8.41) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c45.s1.8) · Pramāṇa