[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) › v2.c32.s4 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s4: Chemistry in Kakachandesvari-mata Tantra A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s4 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [v2.c32.s4.t1 Patala I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t1) — 1 part - [v2.c32.s4.t2 Patala II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t2) — 6 parts - [v2.c32.s4.t3 Patala III](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t3) — 3 parts ### Chemistry in Kakachandesvari-mata Tantra ### Patala I ### [v2.c32.s4.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t1.1) The first patala gives the origin (mythical) of the tantra. ### Patala II ### [v2.c32.s4.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t2.1) Kākachandesvarī said :— \* \* \* Please, give a brief account of the Chemistry of the metals, the killing of mercury and minerals and the fusion of the gems. 3 4 ### [v2.c32.s4.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t2.2) Srī Bhairava said :— ### [v2.c32.s4.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t2.3) \* \* \* Mercury rubbed with the ingredients of the vida (see Vol. i, p. 72) and roasted in a closed crucible, is killed instantly. That mercury now acquires the power of converting a base metal into 1,000 times its weight of go'd. 13-16 ### [v2.c32.s4.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t2.4) Copper, treated with the above preparation of mercury and rubbed with the acids, alkalies and the milky juice of \*Calotropis gig.\*, and roasted in a crucible, turns into gold. 18-20 ### [v2.c32.s4.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t2.5) Earth for making crucibles. 21-22 Cf. Vol. i, pp. 67-68. ### [v2.c32.s4.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t2.6) Transmutation of iron into gold :—process not clear. 25-32 ### Patala III ### [v2.c32.s4.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t3.1) Liquefaction of mica :— ### [v2.c32.s4.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t3.2) Thin plates of mica are to be smeared with the 3 alkalies and borax and strongly heated in a crucible. The whole mass fuses.\* \* \* \*. 29 30 ### [v2.c32.s4.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4.t3.3) ∗ Refractory silicates are treated similarly at the present day with the "fusion mixture". --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s4) · Pramāṇa