[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.c15.s2.3 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c15.s2.3 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c15.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c15.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c15.s2.3) and green vitriol respectively. The word \*chalcanthum\* was applied now to the one, now to the other.¹ In the Hindu Materia Medica no such confusion occurs. Even in the Charaka and the Susruta \*tuttham\* (blue vitriol) and \*kāsisa\* (green vitriol) are mentioned side by side. - [Previous: v1.c15.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c15.s2.2) - [Next: v1.c15.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c15.s2.4) - [Up: v1.c15.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c15.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta-school.susruta) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c15.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c15.s2.3) · Pramāṇa