A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t31.1
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c11.t31.1
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v1.c11.t31.1
“Salt-petre, green vitriol, sea-salt, rock-salt, mustard, borax, salammoniac, camphor, the pyrites—all these are to be taken in equal parts. The crucible is to be smeared with the milky juice of *euphorbia neriifolia* and *asclepias gigantea*; then, having added the powder of the aforesaid “vida,” the gold is to be killed, my beloved!” XI. 83-84
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- Rasaratnasamuccaya — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit