A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c6.34

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Rasaśāstra (alchemy and iatrochemistry) and āyurveda are overlapping areas and became intimately connected with each other in the course of time. Many texts can only be classified as intermediate between the two or as belonging to both at the same time. For this reason my survey embraces the literature on rasaśāstra. The close alliance between rasaśāstra and ratnaśāstra (the science dealing with precious and semi-precious stones) made me accept works on this subject too.