A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.216.1

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1 Edition: Rasa-jala-nidhi or Ocean of Indian chemistry, medicine and alchemy, compiled in Sanskrit by Bhudeb Mookerjee, with English translation by the author; rasajalanidhiḥ, mukhopādhyāyopādhikena siddhavaidya-śrībhūdeva devaśarmmaṇā rasācāryeṇa...vi-racitaḥ, vols. I-V, published by the author, Calcutta 1926, 1927, 1929, 1936, 1938 [Vols. I-III: IO.San.D.418/1-3]; *repr.*, Chowkhamba Orientalia, Kashi Ayurveda Series 15, Varanasi 1984. Reviews: J. Filliozat, JA 223, 1933, 110-112; *Nature 126, 1930, 467. *The wealth of Indian alchemy and its medicinal uses, Indian Medical Science Series 63-64, Sri Satguru, Delhi 1998. 2 More often called utthāpana. 3 Usually called bida. 4 Compare I, 91, where nine poisons are listed. 5 Compare I, 91, where seven upaviṣas are enumerated. 6 Described as a pupil of Śukrācārya. 7 Brahmajyotis described a particular method of killing diamonds. 8 Candrasena described a particular method of killing diamonds. 9 King Candrasena's description of the topaz (puṣparāga) is quoted. Candrasena, to whom the Rasacandrodaya is attributed, is one of the Rasasiddhas; he is also quoted in the Yogaratnākara. 10 A Siddha, referred to on the subject of rasabhasman. Lakṣmīśvara and Kālānātha were Rāma's teachers in alchemy according to Bhudeb Mookerjee (see Vol. V, Intr. XXII). 11 He distinguished eight kinds of iron. 12 The author of the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi.