A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.530

v4.c58.530

1064 See Aḍhamalla’s comments ad I.6.9; Aḍhamalla explains that two stages of the colouring process are referred to; see also Kāśirāma’s remarks. Aḍhamalla quotes a statement from an unspecified source, describing the gradual changes of colour during the transformation of rasa into blood, a process that takes seven days; the seven colours on these days are, successively: śveta (white), kapota (dove-grey), harita (yellowish green), hāridra (yellow), coloured like a padma, coloured like a kimśuka flower, and coloured like ālakta (lac).