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ratnagirirasa (141–144), dvitīya śitabhañjīrasa (52cd–55), śītārirasa (56–58), mahājvarāikuśarasa (65–68), pāñcānanarasa (80–81). 109 Formulae, absent from the Rasayogasāgara, are makaradhvajarasa (9–12), kāminīmadabhañjanarasa (32–33), kāmeśvararasa (41–44), mṛtasañjīvanī guṭikā (45–53), and vīryaroḍhinī guṭikā (54–60). 110 Compare Rāvaṇa’s Kumāratantra. 111 Paṭikā is translated by ṭukaḍā (a piece, fragment) in the Hindī commentary. 112 Translated by phaṭkarī (alum) in the Hindī commentary. 113 Rasamañjarī 1.3 and 12.16. Śālinātha’s father is sometimes called Meghanātha (Check-list Nr. 619; STMI 459). 114 STMI 459. R. Saraswat (1979, Nr. 958) described a MS dating from A.D. 1578/79. 115 This date would be confirmed by the reference in Vaidyarāja’s Sukhabodha, if this work dates from A.D. 1567/68, which is not certain. 116 A. Rahman (STMI 459) considers Śālinātha to be earlier than Bhāvamiśra, who does not quote the Rasamañjarī. S.K. Śarmā (1992: 19) regards him as belonging to the fifteenth century. P.C. Choudhury (Introduction to the edition of the Vaidyakasāroddhāra, 9) mentions A.D. 1733/34 as the year of completion. 117 Edition: Rasamitra (kriyātmaka rasaśāstra; Practical Rasa Shastra) by Tryambakanātha Śarmā, Vārāṇasī 1965. This edition is accompanied by translations into Hindī and English; the translations contain additional material. References are to page numbers of the edition. See on the work S. Ārya (1984): 120. 118 The system described by the author differs in some respects from those current in other treatises. 119 Twelve yantras are described. 120 Eight types of puṭa are described. 121 Some of these formulae are: rasaparpaṭī, rasasindūra, makaradhvaja, and svarṇasindūra. 122 These types are: nirgandhā and sagandhā mūrchanā, subdivided each into sāgnikā and niragnikā varieties; the sāgnikā variety again is either antardhūmā or bahirdhūmā. 123 Many treatises mention rājāvarta instead of capala. 124 Edition: rasāmṛtam, lekhaka vaidya yādavajī trikamajī ācārya, Motilāl, Banāras 1951; this edition is accompanied by a Hindī commentary by the author. An *English translation by Damodar Joshi has been published in 1998. See on the author: Siddhayogasangraha. 125 Compare on the contents: S. Ārya (1984): 116–118; V. Śukla I, 177–178. 126 Three naisargikadoṣas are mentioned: viṣa, vahni, mala; the yaugikadoṣas (= kañcukas) are not enumerated. 127 The red oxide of mercury. 128 Dhātu, upadhātu, mahārasa and uparasa are not distinguished in the Rasamitra. 129 This substance, called jaṅgal or jaṅgār in Hindī, is described in the Rasaprakāśasudhakara (1.106–107ab). 130 The carbonate of lead, white lead ore, PbCO3. 131 A kind of red earth from Iran and Armenia. See on this substance: Atrideva (1961): 298; M.R. Śukla (1950): 421–422. 132 A kind of earth. See on this substance: Abhinavanighaṇṭu II, 67–68; Atrideva (1961): 299; M.R. Śukla (1950): 422. 133 Sudhā, made by burning conches or shells, is used in plastering walls before applying paints to them (see V.V. Sharma, 1927). See also: Hobson-Jobson (s.v. chunam).