[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956) › c36.s7.12 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c36.s7.12 History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c36.s7.12 - **Language:** English ### [c36.s7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s7.12) \*Vida\* or \*Vit\* (now known as \*kalanimak\* or ‘black salt’):— It is difficult to ascertain what it meant in the Ayurvedic age at the time of the Charaka and the Susruta. An account of the preparation of the black salt is given in Watt’s Dictionary of the Economic Products of India. - [Previous: c36.s7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s7.11) - [Next: c36.s7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s7.13) - [Up: c36.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s7) ## Cites (2) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta-school.susruta) — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c36.s7.12) · Pramāṇa