[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) › c45.s1 # History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c45.s1: एकादशः पटलः। History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c45.s1 - **Language:** English ### एकादशः पटलः। ### [c45.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.1) छागास्थिभस्मनिर्मितमूषां कृत्वामलकाकारां । दलयोगे घनरन्ध्रां टंकणविषगुञ्जाक्षतलेपां ॥ ### [c45.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.2) \[टीका—अथ ग्रन्थकारयितुर्वंशवर्णनमाह—\] ### [c45.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.3) शीतांशुवंशसम्भवहृहयकुलजन्मजनितकुल⁸महिमा। ### [c45.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.4) ⁸ कुल is not found in B ### [c45.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.5) जयति श्रीमदनरथः¹ किरातनाथो रसाचार्य्यः ॥ \[टीका—अथ चास्य कारयितुर्गुणवर्णनमाह—\] यस्य स्वयमवतीर्णा रसविद्या सकलमङ्गलाधारा² । परमश्रेयसहेतुः श्रेयसि परमेष्ठिनः पूर्व्वम्³ ॥ येन चतुर्व्वर्ण्यम्लेच्छादिव्याधादिलब्धसत्वाभम्⁴ । दक्षिणरसा गृहीता⁵ आदिवराहेणेव महाप्रलये ॥⁶ नष्टशरीरविवर्णा हीनाङ्गाः कुष्ठिनो गुणाद्यस्य । अभिनवसोमेश्वरतामापुरपि पुनर्नवैरङ्गैः ॥ \[टीका—कर्त्ता स्वनाममहत्त्वं सूचयन्नाह—\] तस्मात् किरातनृपतेः बहुमानमवाप्य रससुकर्मरतः⁷ । रसहृदयाख्यं तन्त्र⁸ विरचितवान् भिक्षुगोविन्दः⁹ ॥ नम्वा मङ्गलविष्णोः सुमनोविष्णोः सुतेन तन्त्रोऽयम्¹⁰ । श्रीगोविन्देन कृतः¹¹ तथागतः श्रेयसे भूयात् ॥¹² ### [c45.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.6) ¹ स जयति श्रीमदनथ, a variant in B, ### [c45.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.7) ² C reads सकलमङ्गलाचारा । ### [c45.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.8) ³ Of the latter half C has only परं सहेतु । ### [c45.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.9) ⁴ C reads चतुर्व्वर्ण्यम्लेच्छादिव्यादावलब्धसत्वाभम्, which seems to be incorrect Cf Patala 1, in which the following verse is given --किरातगोपादिकतापसाद्यवनेचराक्षात्-कुशलास्तथान्‍ये । विदति नानाविधभेषजाना प्रमाणवर्णप्रकृतिनामजातीः ॥ ### [c45.s1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.10) ⁵ दशनिन्दुरस गृहीत्वा is the incorrect reading in C \[In the case of किरातनाथ रसा, गृहीता, 1 e, collected रसs--mercury, minerals, &c and दक्षिण is favorable, and in the case of आदिवराह रसायगृहीता, 1 e , lifted up the earth \] ### [c45.s1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.11) ⁶ This verse and the next are not found in B. ### [c45.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.12) ⁷ C reads रसकर्मोपदेशतो दृष्टा, which destroys the metro ### [c45.s1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.13) ⁸ C reads रसहृदयेष्संतं, which seems to be incorrect ### [c45.s1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.14) ⁹ C reads विरचिताथा भगवद्गोविन्दः, which is incorrect ### [c45.s1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.15) ¹⁰ C has रसाटव्यनाम तन्त्रोयम्, which is incorrect. ### [c45.s1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.16) ¹¹ C has श्रीमद्भगवद्गोविन्देन कृतं, which mars the metre ### [c45.s1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.17) ¹² This verse and the next are not found in B ### [c45.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.18) अष्टादशसंस्कारं रसेन्द्रदेवस्य दिव्यतनु दृष्ट्वा। लिखितमिदं पुण्यतमं रसहृदयमवाप्यते सकलम् ॥ ### [c45.s1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.19) इति श्रीमद्भगवद्गोविन्दविरचितं रसहृदयं समाप्तम्¹ ### [c45.s1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.20) ¹ MS. A ends abruptly with the colophon, which runs thus :—इति श्रीगोविन्द-भगवत्पादविरचिते रसह्ददये जीर्णरसक्रियाधिकार एकविंशतितमः पटलः ॥ The author's account of himself is altogether wanting in it. B has "इति सकलरसवैद्यकुलकिरीट-भूषायमाणारुणपादपद्मराग सकलविद्यापारीण श्रीमद्भिक्षुगोविन्दकृतौ रसहृदयः समाप्तः। इति श्रीमत्कुरलवंशपयोदधिसुधाकरमित्रमहीशात्मजश्रीचतुर्भुजविरचिवाया . . . खण्डे बाला-न्वयवोधिकाख्याया रसहृदयटीकाया रसप्रशंसात्मक एकोनविंशोऽववोधः। इति श्रीः” ॥ ### [c45.s1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.21) शुभमस्तु। ### [c45.s1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1.22) संवत् १६०४ समये ज्येष्ठ वदि १३ भौमे जगन्नाथभट्ट लेखि॥ श्रीराम हाल संवत् १८८० पौष वदि ३ भौमे। ## Cites (1) - [Rasahṛdaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.parada.rasahrdaya.1) — Govinda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c45.s1) · Pramāṇa