[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c14.2 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c14.2 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c14.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c14.2) ¹ हारिते बौष्णि रजते बौष्न्ययसि बौष्न तपसाविष्टिाान । AV. 5, 28, 1. Here "हारित" (yellow) is explained by Sáyana as equivalent to gold. श्याममयऽस्य मांसान लाोहितमय लाोहितम । AV. 11, 3, 7. Here according to Sáyana श्याममय = black metal i. e. iron and लाोहितमय = red metal i.e. copper. The Susruta also differentiates iron by the term krishnaloha (black metal), though copper is known by its proper name támra. - [Previous: v1.c14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c14.1) - [Next: v1.c14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c14.3) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.5.28.1) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c14.2) · Pramāṇa