A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s8.4

v3.c48.s8.4

The main accent of the Bhūtiprakaraṇa is on the bandha of mercury. A term used to designate alchemy is bhūtitantra (2.101; 3.¹) or bhūtiśāstra (2.³; 4.3). Bhūti is a term frequently employed to one of the aims of the alchemist; other aims mentioned are the usual ones: āyus (7.374), cakravartitva (1.109), divyadehatva (5.176), khecaratva (5.168), the siddhis (5.177), etc., next to the making of artificial gold and silver.