History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

Chemistry and alchemy from the Vedas, Āyurveda and the rasaśāstra texts: metals, minerals, processes and apparatus, with Sanskrit extracts.

Language

English

Authors

Praphulla Chandra Ray, Priyadaranjan Ray

Extent

2,965 passages, 108,584 words

Text

complete digital text

Source

archive.org · Indian Chemical Society, Calcutta 1956 (revised one-volume edition of A History of Hindu Chemistry, 1902–09);… · In copyright (Prafulla Chandra Ray †1944; Priyadaranjan Ray †1982); freely available on archive.org — shown…

Contents

• c1 Front matter — 11 parts
• c2 History Of Chemistry — 3 parts
• c3 Foreword — 9 parts
• c4 Preface — 22 parts
• c5 Contents — 14 parts
• c6 Appendix — 2 parts
• c7 Contents — 2 parts
• c8 Introduction — 8 parts
• c9 Prehistoric India — 1 part
• c10 Chapter I — 20 parts
• c11 Bibliography — 6 parts
• c12 Chapter Ii. Indus Valley Civilization — 76 parts
• c13 Chapter Iii. Post-Harappan Period — 14 parts
• c14 Vedic And Ayurvedic Period — 27 parts
• c15 Bibliography — 144 parts
• c16 Transitional Period — 2 parts
• c17 Tantric Period — 38 parts
• c18 Chapter Iv. Chmistry In Sarvesvararasayana — 19 parts
• c19 Chapter V. Chemistry In Dhatuvada — 21 parts
• c20 Chapter Vi. Chemistry In Rasahridaya Of Bhikshu Govinda — 7 parts
• c21 Chapter Vii. Chemistry In Kakachandesvarimata Tantra — 14 parts
• c22 Chapter Viii. Chemistry In Rasendrachudamani Of Somadeva — 11 parts
• c23 Chapter Ix. Chemistry In Rasaprakasasudhakara Of Yasodhara — 9 parts
• c24 Chapter X. Chemistry In Rasachintamani Of Madanantadeva — 6 parts
• c25 Chapter Xi. Chemistry In Rasakalpa (Rudrayamala Tantra) — 16 parts
• c26 Iatrochemical Period — 21 parts
• c27 Book Ii. The Rasas — 4 parts
• c28 Book Iii. The Uparasas or Inferior Rasas — 5 parts
• c29 Book Iv. The Gems — 3 parts
• c30 Book V. On Metals (Lohani) — 13 parts
• c31 Book Vi. Initiation into Discipleship — 8 parts
• c32 Book Vii. On the Laboratory — 4 parts
• c33 Book Viii. On Technical Terms — 17 parts
• c34 Book Ix. On Apparatus (Yantras) — 25 parts
• c35 Book X. On the Ingredients for Crucibles, etc. — 18 parts
• c36 Book Xi. On the Purification of Mercury — 13 parts
• c37 Chemistry In Practical Arts (Ii) — 72 parts
• c38 Conclusion — 1 part
• c39 Appendix — 6 parts
• c40 Weights and Measures — 5 parts
• c41 Sanskrit Texts
• c42 Extracts from
• c43 Vrinda — 2 parts
• c44 Extracts from RASAHRIDAYA. — 106 parts
• c45 नवमः पटलः । — 60 parts
• c46 Extracts from KAKACHANDESVARIMATA. — 1 part
• c47 Extracts from RASENDRACHUDAMANI. — 30 parts
• c48 Rasaprakasasudhakara. — 1 part
• c49 Rasachintamani — 11 parts
• c50 Extracts from RASAKALPA. — 36 parts
• c51 Extracts from RASARATNASAMUCHCHAYA. — 2 parts
• c52 अथ द्वितीयोऽध्यायः । — 5 parts
• c53 अथ तृतीयोऽध्यायः । — 9 parts
• c54 अथ चतुर्थोऽध्यायः । — 2 parts
• c55 अथो पञ्चमोऽध्यायः । — 1 part
• c56 अथ सीसकम्— — 1 part
• c57 अथ पित्तलम्— — 6 parts
• c58 अथ षष्ठोऽध्यायः । — 7 parts
• c59 अथ सप्तमोऽध्याय । — 1 part
• c60 अथ अष्टमोऽध्यायः । — 1 part
• c61 अथ नवमोऽध्यायः । — 5 parts
• c62 अथ दशमोऽध्यायः । — 1 part
• c63 अथ पुटानि— — 4 parts
• c64 अथैकादशोऽध्यायः। — 1 part
• c65 Extracts from RASARAJALAKSHMI. — 13 parts
• c66 Extracts from RASANAKSHATRAMALIKA. — 6 parts
• c67 Extracts from RASARATNAKARA — 1 part
• c68 Extracts from DHATURATNAMALA — 1 part
• c69 Rasapradipa — 13 parts
• c70 Extracts from DHATUKRIYA or DHATUMANJARI — 2 parts
• c71 Extracts from SUVARNATANTRA or SVARNATANTRA. — 21 parts
• c72 Tibetan Texts — 8 parts
• c73 Tibetan Text — 1 part
• c74 4 — 1 part
• c75 5 — 2 parts
• c76 6 — 1 part
• c77 7 — 1 part
• c78 8 — 1 part
• c79 9 — 1 part
• c80 10 — 1 part
• c81 11 — 1 part
• c82 12 — 1 part
• c83 13 — 55 parts
• c84 English Translation — 81 parts
• c85 Name Index — 2 parts
• c86 N — 1 part
• c87 O — 1 part
• c88 P — 1 part
• c89 Q — 1 part
• c90 R — 1 part
• c91 Name Index — 4 parts
• c92 Subject Index — 3 parts
• c93 B — 1 part
• c94 C — 2 parts
• c95 D — 1 part
• c96 E — 3 parts
• c97 F — 9 parts
• c98 G — 35 parts
• c99 H — 17 parts
• c100 J — 1 part
• c101 K — 2 parts
• c102 L — 1 part
• c103 M — 3 parts
• c104 Q — 1 part
• c105 R — 5 parts
• c106 T — 2 parts
• c107 U — 1 part
• c108 V — 1 part
• c109 W — 1 part
• c110 Y — 5 parts