History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c26.12

c26.12

Rasendrasarasamgraha by Gopalakrishna, also a treatise of this period, is more or less a compilation based upon many Tantras, though the author mentions only two of them; namely, Rasamanjari and Chandrika In this treatise special stress has been laid on the therapeutic efficacy of mineral preparations. Like Rasendrachintamani it assigns a minor place to the ancient Ayurvedic method of treatment by *kashayayoga*, i.e., by herbs and simples; as far as the knowledge of chemical processes goes, it must be held inferior to the former Numerous medicinal recipes agree word for word with those in Rasendrachintamani, which only proves that both have drawn on a common stock There is no question of the one borrowing from the other, as both belong to the same period. This work is very popular in Bengal.