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# History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c83: 13

History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c83

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### 13

### [c83.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.1)

gser.'gyur.las.la.dṅul.chu.rnams/  
mu.zı de.bžın.dri med.dan/  
ma.ksı.ka.dan.de.bžın.mtshal/  
ku.nṭı.ka.sı.kı.drug//

### [c83.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.2)

gser.gyi.btsag.daṅ.ba.bla.rnams/  
ses.rab.ldan.pas.'baṅ.pas.sbyaṅs/  
mkhas.pas \[ 4b . 2 \] las.rnams.śes par.bya//

### [c83.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.3)

15  
gser.gyi.las.rnams ba.bla.yis/  
kha.dog.ser.daṅ.dkar pos.khams/  
lhan tscher.de.bžin.so.bi.ra/  
ka.gu.sa.dra.rnams.so sor.smiṅ//

### [c83.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.4)

16  
de.rnams rtags.ni.bśad.par.bya/  
sbyaṅs.pas khu ba.rnams.nı ltun/  
od.ldan. \[ 4 b 3 \] yan.žin.khu.ba.dkar/  
rnon po.mchog.tu.rnon.por.'gyur//

### [c83.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.5)

17  
žans.ma.dmar.daṅ.sra.ba.ste/  
rigs ni.gsum.du dbye.ba las/  
bal.yul.las byun.mchog.yin te/  
'dab mar gyur.ba.'briṅ du rıg/  
tha.ma.od.kyi³ .dri.mar śes//

### [c83.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.6)

³ Here \*kyi\* means 'and'

### [c83.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.7)

18  
las.nı.legs. \[ 4 b : 4 \] bar.sbyar.bar.bya/  
sbyaṅs.pas.khyab byed.ñid.daṅ.ni/  
dṅul.chui.smin.pa.ñid.la.phan/  
ža.ni.nag.po.dkar.bar.śes//

### [c83.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.8)

19  
ran.bžin.yan.źin.khu.ba.can/  
gśa.'tse.dri.daṅ.ldan.pa.mchog/

### [c83.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.9)

tshogs.pa.nag.cin.myur.tu.'ju/  
myur.du.'ju.bai.ran.bžin. \[4 \*b\* : 5\] gyıs/  
dkar.por śiṅ.tu.yoṅs.su.grags//

### [c83.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.10)

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### [c83.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.11)

ra.ga.na kha.gser.'dra žıṅ/  
drı.ma len.cıṅ.drı.daṅ.ldan/  
drag.ciṅ.brtan.paı.khu.ba.ñıd/  
žaṅs.kyı.khams.nı.mthugs.pa'o//

### [c83.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.12)

21

### [c83.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.13)

sgra ldan.drı.ma.yaṅ dag.ldaṅ/  
sra.žiṅ.mchog.tu.brtan.'gyur.ba/  
žaṅs.daṅ.gśa.'tshe. \[4 \*b\* · 6\] dag.bsres.ba/  
mthug.cıṅ myur.du.'ju bao//

### [c83.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.14)

22

### [c83.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.15)

bcaṅ⁴.na dgar.žiṅ.bdar.na.ser/  
bsregs.na.gur.gum.lta.bu.daṅ/  
snum.daṅ.ñım.nus.lce.ba ste/  
gser.gyi.mtsan.ñıd.rnam.pa.drug/  
skar.ma.ku.ndaı.mdog.dan.mtshuns/  
snum.daṅ.skar ma.rab.tu.ster//

### [c83.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.16)

⁴ \*bcaṅ\* conveys no meaning here Better reading \*bcad\<gcad pa\*, 'to cut'. (J 148).

### [c83.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.17)

23

### [c83.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.18)

\[4 \*b\* . 7\] yon.tan.drug nı.rtsa.bžı.nı/  
rıgs.kyı.mtshaṅ.nıd.dag.tu bśad/  
sṅon.rjes⁵ .ji.ltar.de.bžin.du/  
bsdus.nas.bdag.gis.rab.bśad bya//

### [c83.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.19)

⁵ Ms. reads \*rjas\*. Mss. illegible, probably \*ku-ndaı\* (a kind of flower), not \*kuntaı\*

### [c83.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.20)

od.ldan la.sogs lcags.rnams.kyis/  
sbyans nas.sūm stobs.dgug.pa.ste/  
od.ldan.lcags. \[5 \*a\* : 1\] sam.yaṅ.na.rno/  
gser.ni dgug.ciṅ.phye mar.bya//

### [c83.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.21)

tshva⁶.yi.sde.tshan.ji.sñed.daṅ/  
dri.chui.sde.tshan.sbyar.’bar.bya/  
tshva.dan.drı.chu.de.ñid.kyis/  
blo.daṅ.ldan.pas.phye mar bya//

### [c83.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.22)

⁶ Ms \*tshve.\*

### [c83.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.23)

kon⁷.bu.gsum.du.slans.yaṅ.ni/  
skyur.rtsi.rnam.ba.man. \[5 \*a\* : 2\] pos.gdul/  
de.ni.rtsa.ba.ñid.du bya//

### [c83.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.24)

⁷ Ms \*gon bu\* for \*kon bu\* (J. 5)

### [c83.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.25)

slar.yaṅ.skyur.rtsis sbyar.bar.bya/  
’di yıs žans daṅ.od ldan.nam/⁸  
yan.na.rnon.po ’di.yis sbyad/  
glaṅ.chen.rus.phye⁹.yaṅ.dag.sbyor/  
’chin¹⁰.buı.phye.mas.des.sbyar.bya/  
lan.ni.bdun.gyı.bar.du.ni/  
ra¹¹.yi.dri.chus.gtor. \[5 \*a\* : 3\] bar.bya//

### [c83.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.26)

⁸ Better reading \*rnams.\*

### [c83.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.27)

⁹ \*Phye-ma\*

### [c83.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.28)

¹⁰ Mss. \*’chid\* for \*’chin bu\* (glass jewel J 169).

### [c83.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.29)

¹¹ Mss \*roa\* for \*ra = ra ma\*

### [c83.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.30)

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### [c83.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.31)

de.’dĭr.žans.m.sbyor.bar.bya/  
blo.daŋ.ldan.pa.rnams kyĭs.bsad/  
’dĭ.yĭs žans.nĭ.rab mchog.tu/  
sbyaŋ.bya las.rnams.thams.cad.la//

### [c83.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.32)

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### [c83.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.33)

de.nas.ra gan.de.bžĭn.du/  
sbyaŋ.ba.bdag.gĭs.rab.bśad.bya/  
’bad.pa.yĭs m.bdar.bar.bya/

### [c83.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.34)

32

### [c83.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.35)

ža.ṅye.byin.nas.me.la.bsreg/  
jı.srid.žans¹⁴.su.ma.gyur.bar/  
žans.kyi.gzugs.gyur.gan la.ni/ \[5 \*a\* : 6\]  
slar yaṅ.žaṅs sbyın sbyar.bar.bya//

### [c83.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.36)

¹⁴ \*Ms.\* reads \*zens\* for \*zaṅs.ma\* (copper) J. 486.

### [c83.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.37)

33

### [c83.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.38)

sgra.ldan sbyan bar.bśad.pa yi/  
gtso.bo dag.ni bdag.gı bśad/  
ža.ñı sbyan bar.bśad.pa.yaṅ/  
jı.ltar.rigs par bdag.gis.bśad//

### [c83.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.39)

34

### [c83.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.40)

ba.blai.phye.mas.’bar.bžin du/  
sır.ka ndai.’o.mas.sbyaṅ/  
maṅ.par.sbyan žın¹⁵.phye.ma.dag/  
ñı.ma.la.ni.spyad.par bya//

### [c83.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.41)

¹⁵ \*Ms\*¹, \*zın\*.

### [c83.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.42)

35

### [c83.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.43)

me.nas.žu.dan.phye.ma.la/  
ža.ñe.yis.nı ñes par sbyar/  
lan.bdun gyis.ni.dag.par.’gyur/  
’bras bu.gsum.gyis.khu bas.bkru//

### [c83.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.44)

36

### [c83.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.45)

’dı.yı.sbyan.bar bśad.pa.ni/  
ža ne.gśai.tshe.dag. \[5 \*b\* : 1\] bžin.bśad/  
ku.na.ti ¹⁶.yi.dṅos.po.dan/  
chaṅ gi me tog.khu.ba.yi//

### [c83.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.46)

¹⁶ \*Ms\*¹ illegible, \*Ms\*² reads \*ku na ti\*.

### [c83.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.47)

de.yi.phye.ma.sbyar.bar.bya/  
gsa.tshe.ras.kyis.yaṅ.yaṅ.du/  
'od.ki.blo.gras.mar.khu.daṅ/  
yaṅ.na.ka.rīṅdza.mar.khus.snum¹⁷/  
bkru.žiṅ.brtor.ba.ñid.du.bya//

### [c83.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.48)

¹⁷ Mss. (very illegible) probably \*khus\*. (Ms¹). Then \*snum\* is to be added for metre.

### [c83.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.49)

sbyar.ba.maṅ.du.gsuṅs.pa.yis/ \[ 5 \*b\* : 2 \]  
ṅes.pa.maṅ.po.rnam.par.spoṅ/  
ža.ñe.cuṅ.zad.byin.nas.ni/  
sban.ma.makhas.pas.me.la.bsreg//

### [c83.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.50)

de.bžin.gyur.pa.dri.chu.yis/  
blo.daṅ.ldan.pas.lan.gsum.bku/  
de.nas.mtha.'daṅ.bar.dag.tu/  
lan.bdun.du.ni.bkru.bar.bya//

### [c83.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.51)

de.yis.dag.par.gyur.ba. \[ 5 \*b\* : 3 \] ste/  
'od.la.rnam.par.spyad.mi.bya/  
gser.mi.sbyoṅ.bar.bsad.pa.yi/  
yon.tan.rnams.ni.drug.de.yi//

### [c83.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.52)

daṅ.po.tsha.daṅ.dri.chu.yis/  
ji.sñed.skyur.rtsis.bkru.bar.bya/  
mar.daṅ.sbraṅ.dag.bsres.pa.yis/  
byug.pas.slar.yaṅ.mdzad.mi.'gyur//

### [c83.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.53)

'dı.yıs.dṅos. \[ 5 \*b\* : 4 \] grub. bgrub.par.byed/  
gser.gyı.rim.ba.ji.bžin.no/  
lcags.rnams.gdul.par.gsuṅs.pa.yi/  
jı.ltar.mı.'gyur.sbyor.ba.las//

### [c83.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.54)

gser.dṅul.ji.lta.ba.de.bžin/  
od.ldan.lcags dag.jı.sñed.daṅ/  
de.yi.dnos.po.rnon.po.la/  
daṅ.po.sbyaṅ.bar.byas.nas.ni//

### [c83.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1956.c83.55)

phyı.nas.las.kyıs.mnam.du.brtsam/  
mdog.bzaṅ.mā.ksı.ka.ñid.daṅ/  
tshva.daṅ.skyur.mo.dag.gi.sbyar/  
gser.'gyur.tsaı.bstan.bcos.ji.sñin.pa'o// \[ 5 \*b\* : 5 \]

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