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91 A shallow iron cup according to the Hindī commentary of ed. d. 92 Vahnimṛtnā is described in several texts; it is a heatresistant mixture made of khaṭikā (chalk), salt and maṇḍūra powder in equal parts, pasted with buffalo milk; this preparation is recommended for sealing the joints of a mūṣā (see D. Joshi, 1991a: 329). 93 Defined, for example, in the Rasaratnasamuccaya (8.40) and Rasendracūḍāmaṇi (4.43). 94 Compare on these types of vedha: Rasajalanidhi I, 248–249. 95 The karbura variety is also mentioned in the Rasamañjarī and Rasendracūḍāmaṇi. 96 See P. Rāy (1956): 122. 97 The term sādhāraṇarasa is absent from the Rasaprakāśasudhakāra. 98 Agnijāra is described as the desiccated jarāyu of an agninakra living in the ocean. Agnijāra is ambergris (see J. André and J. Filliozat, 1986: 370, n.211). 99 Mṛddāraśṛṅgaka, a substance of yellow colour, is found near the Arbuda mountain in Gujarāt (6.89). 100 See, for example, 8.18, 22, 35, 126. 101 A Rākṣasa, brother of Rāvaṇa. 102 Two allies of Rāvaṇa. 103 The formulae of vātanāśanarasa (8.118–120), ascribed to Bhairava, svacchandabhairavarasa (8.132–133), and manthānabhairavarasa (8.173–174) are exceptions. 104 P.V. Sharma (AVI 459) supposes that the Soḍhalanighaṇṭu was one of Yaśodhara’s sources. The list of rasauṣadhis is related to that found in chapter seven of the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi. 105 The cipiṭayantra is described in the Rasoddhāratantra according to the Hindī commentary of ed. b. 106 See its description in chapter one (1.128–140ab). 107 Described in the Pāradasaṃhitā (6.133–136: quoted from the Rasapaddhati). 108 See D. Joshi (1986): 258. 109 Regarded as identical with copacīnī in the Hindī commentary of ed. d. 110 A synonym of madana (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 357). Also identified as Trewia nudiflora Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1634). 111 Identified as Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 681). 112 See, for example, 8.32 (nāgaphena), 37 and 118; 13.1 (ahiphenaka). Compare posta(ka). 113 Jīrṇa is usually identified as Jūnāgaṛh in Saurāṣṭra (ABI 407; S. Ārya, 1984: 65; Atrideva, 1961: 106, 1978: 205; AVI 459; Bhagvat Sinh Jee, 1927: 212; Satyaprakāś, 1960: 435; Siddhinandana Miśra’s prākkathan to ed. d; STMI 465; V. Śukla I, 160; Yādavaśarman’s bhūmikā to ed. a). 114 O.P. Jaggi’s assertion (V, 134) that the Rasaprakāśasudhakāra is a Buddhist Tantra is completely unfounded. 115 See P. Rāy (1956): 122. 116 See the verses on the extraction of the essence of rasaka, which is said to resemble lead (śīsa) (5.112–116). 117 ABI 407. Atrideva (1961): 106; (1978): 205. AVI 459. G.P. Srivastava (1954): 113. Atrideva (ABI 407) claims that the Rasaprakāśasudhakāra is often quoted in the Rasaratnasamuccaya. 118 See: ABI 407; Atrideva (1961): 106, (1978): 205; Bhagwan Dash (1986): 14; O.P. Jaggi V, 134; P. Rāy (1956): 122; P. Ray (1967): 17; Satyaprakāś (1960): 435; G.P. Srivastava (1954): 113; V. Śukla I, 160; D.G. White (1996): 159. D. Joshi (1986: 3) and P.V. Sharma (AVI 459) place the work in the twelfth century. C. Dwarkanath (1991: 43) assigns it to the thirteenth century. S.K. Śarmā (1992: 18) regards it as belonging to the fourteenth century. Bhudeb Mookerjee (Preface to his Rasajalanidhi V: XXXII) imagines that the Rasaprakāśasudhākara belongs to the first century B.C.