History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c36.s3.1

c36.s3.1

There are several prescriptions given in this work in which mineral preparations play a conspicuous part. In the Sanskrit texts two such have been quoted. In the first, among other ingredients, opium occurs; in the second, the Svachchhandabhairavarasa, probably named after the celebrated alchemist, we have the calces of tin, iron and mercury along with other drugs