A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.216.2

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13 The formula of śukralauha, employed in the treatment of haemorrhoids, is ascribed to the alchemist Śukrācārya, who is one of the Rasasiddhas and the teacher of Ādima in the Rasajalanidhi. 14 The author of the Rasacintāmaṇi; not mentioned as a Rasasiddha in any other list. 15 The author of the Rasajalanidhi. 16 Referred to as an alchemical author by G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 322-323) and P. Rāy (1956: 128); not classified as a Rasasiddha in any other list; mentioned in the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi and Rasaratnasamuccaya. Brahmajyotis described the killing of diamonds (III, 181). 17 Not mentioned as a Rasasiddha in any other list. 18 The author of the Rasaratnākara. Also mentioned as a Rasasiddha in Catur bhuja's commentary on the Rasahṛdaya (1.7) and in the Pāradasaṃhitā (1.102). 19 Not mentioned as a Rasasiddha in any other list; he is referred to as Rāvaṇa's enemy. Bhudeb Mookerjee claims that Rāma, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa, was an expert in alchemy and the author of a treatise on this subject, called Rāmarājīya; the Rasaratnasamuccaya and Bhāvaprakāśa are said to be much indebted to this work; B. Mookerjee regards the Rasendracintāmaṇi too as a work of king Rāma (Vol. V, Intr. XXII-XXV). 20 The author of the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi; not mentioned as a Rasasiddha in any other list. 21 Compare Rasajalanidhi III, 65. 22 The author of the Rasaratnasamuccaya; not mentioned as a Rasasiddha in any other list. 23 I, 89 (see Rasakāmadhenu III.3.147-150ab);