A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.4
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s3.4
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v1.c9.s3.4
An account of this period will be scarcely complete, which fails to take note of the conspicuous figure whom the Indian alchemists unanimously look upon as the inventor of the processes of distillation and calcination—the renowned and the venerable Nágárjuna, the reputed author of Kakshaputatantra, Rasaratnákara and Arogyamañjarí, etc. Our R. R. S., in the opening lines, invokes him as one of the 27 alchemists, and in the chapter on minerals quotes him as an authority. So does Rasendrachintámani as also Chakrapáni while describing the process of roasting iron (p. 62).
Linked texts (5)
- Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit
- Rasaratnākara — Nityanātha Siddha, Sanskrit
- Rasendracintāmaṇi — Ḍhuṇḍhukanātha, Sanskrit
- Ārogyamañjarī — Nāgārjuna, Sanskrit
- Kakṣapuṭatantra — Sanskrit