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23 I.e. Agastya. 24 I.e., Bhīma. 25 I.e., the planet Saturn. 26 I.e., Indra. 27 I.e., Śiva. 28 I.e., Viṣṇu or Brahmā. 29 Examples are: arkalokeśvararasa (4.23–27; compare Rasayogasāgara, akārādi 221), udaradhvāntasūryarasa (4.35cd–37ab; compare Rasayogasāgara, akārādi 386), and unmādagajakesarirasa (4.63–66; compare Rasayogasāgara, akārādi 405). 30 The same as kākodumbara (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 745). 31 The same as phitkarī. 32 Alum according to Satyaprakāś (1960): 623. 33 Nitre according to Satyaprakāś (1960): 623. 34 CC I, 167 and 496; II, 116 and 220; III, 106. NCC VI, 210. Check-list Nrs. 656–657: an alternative title of the Rasasāra is Sadyogakautuka; it is called Rasaratnākara in one of the MSS. STMI 441. H.D. Velankar (1944): 329. R.G. Bhandarkar (1893), Nr. 240 (author: Govindapūjyapāda). Cat. Mysore XIII, Nrs. 42360–61. Cat. Tanjore Nrs. 11107–09. CBORI XVI, 1, Nrs. 220–222. J. Filliozat, Liste Nr. 139. B. Jawalia (1983): 332–333 (Serial Nr. 2981, Accession Nr. 3143). M. Jinavijaya (1968): 406–407 (Serial Nr. 7355, Accession Nr. 17191). Kavindrācāryasūcipatram, Nr. 1061. H. Śāstrī, Notices I, Nr. 309: 1,217-ślokas. Edition: śrīgovindācāryaviracito rasasāraḥ tathā kāyasthacāmuṇḍaviracitā rasaśaṅketakalikā, saṃśodhakah prakāśakaś ca ācāryopāhvas trivikramātmajo yādavaśarmā vaidyaḥ, Āyurvedīyagranthamālā, ṣaṣṭham saptamaṃ ca puṣpam, Nirṇaya Sāgar Press, Bombay 1912 [BL.14044.bb.5(1); IO.San.C.303 and 26.C.38]; this edition is based on four MSS: one from the Mysore Oriental Research Institute collection, and three from private collections (see the bhūmikā to the edition); variants are recorded in footnotes. The title of the treatise is mentioned at 1.4 and 26.36 and 43. 35 Compare on the contents and special features of the Rasasāra: Atrideva (1961): 108–109; Satyaprakāś (1960): 415–423. 36 The three mantras of chapter one are the bahurūpamanu, raseśvaramanu and rasāṅkuśī mahāvidyā. 37 The earthworms (bhūnāga) used in alchemy are not those found in ordinary soil, but those present near gold, silver, iron, and copper mines; the first three varieties are difficult to procure (see Rasajalanidhi II, 234). 38 Quoted in the Rasakāmadhenu (I.4.92–94ab). 39 Quoted in the Rasakāmadhenu (I.4.89–90). 40 Quoted anonymously. 41 Ṭodara III: 4.950–955; IX: 1.507–517; 2.170; 3.164–166. 42 The alloy called vartaloha is absent. 43 The same as marakata, the emerald. 44 The same as gomeda. 45 Compare chapter ten on the gems. 46 A stone slab for grinding herbs. 47 A mortar made of iron. 48 An instrument for pounding iron. The Rasasāra also employs the verb retayati (7.6) and the noun retana (11.50).