[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.c9.s2.26 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s2.26 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s2.26 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.26) What is it that made these Tantras the repositories of chemical knowledge? The answer is given in the words of Rasárnava (lit. sea of mercury) itself, which extols the virtues of mercury and its various preparations:— - [Previous: v1.c9.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.25) - [Next: v1.c9.s2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.27) - [Up: v1.c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Rasārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c9.s2.26) · Pramāṇa