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A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.s1: The Date of Rasaratnasamuchchaya

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.s1

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The Date of Rasaratnasamuchchaya

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While the present volume was about to issue from the press, Mr. T. G. Kála, Editor of the Marhattá Journal “Samálochaka”, sent us a critical notice of R. R. S. As there are some important historical facts brought to light and as the date of this work arrived at from quite independent sources tallies with that assigned by us (Vol. I. Intro. LXXXIX), we make no apology for reproducing its substance in a condensed form.

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Charpati or Charpatinátha of the Nátha school is mentioned in the R. R. S., (see VI, 58, Poona edition ), as also king Singhana.

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The Navanátha Saktisára, a Marhattá work by Narahari Mála, gives some legendary information about this Charpatinátha and speaks of him as a contemporary of Matsyendranátha. On the left has been given the geneology of the pupils of मत्सेन्द्रनाथ. The last, ज्ञानदेव or ज्ञानेश्वर, was the celebrated Marhattá Saint and author of a commentary on the भगवद्गीता called ज्ञानेश्वरी.* It was written in Saka 1212, i.e., A. D. 1290. So मत्सेन्द्र and Charpatinátha must have lived at the beginning of the thirteenth century A. D.

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[Figure: मत्सेन्द्रनाथ

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गोरक्षनाथ

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गैनीनाथ

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निवृत्तिनाथ

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ज्ञानदेव]

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∗ See the concluding portion of ज्ञानेश्वरी, a Marhatta' work.

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The R. R. S. which mentions the Siddha Charpati must be therefore later than the first half of the thirteenth century A. D.

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सेवणाचन्द्र II (A.D. 1069)

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सिंघण I

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मल्लुगि

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भिल्लम (A. D. 1191)

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जैत्रपाल (A. D. 1191-210)

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सिंघण II (A.D. 1210-1247)

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Among the Yádava kings of Devagiri or Daulatábád, there were two kings by the name of Singhana. Taking the Singhana mentioned by R. R. S. to be the second, we are required to place the composition of the work in the latter half of the 13th century. On the whole, the R. R. S, may be safely taken to be a work written about 1300 A. D.

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