History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c17.29
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c17.29
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c17.29
Pandit Vidhushekhar Bhattacharya, in his article on "Sanskrit Treatises on Alchemy as translated into· Tibetan" in the *Acharyya Ray Commemoration Volume* (p. 121, Calcutta, 1932) has discussed about these two works and besides has made mention of two more occurring in Tanjur, not mentioned in Csoma's analysis. The Sanskrit names of these four treatises, according to Pandit Bhattacharya, are. (1) Rasasiddhisastra, (2) Dhatuvadasastra, or Dhatuvadasastroddrti, (3) Sarvesvara-rasayana, and (4) Dhatuvada.