Suvarna Raupya Siddhi Shastra

SR No.: 006907
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 434
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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produced at the foot of the Himalayas). All of them find mention also in the Rasaratna Samuccaya of Vagbhata.1
Gandhaka (Sulphur)2
Gandhaka (Sulphur) has been mentioned in the Suvarna-Raupya-Siddhi Sastra in connection with various chemical processes and medinces. This work refers to ordinary gamdhaka, amalasara gaṁdhaka3 and into gamdhaka.4
According to the Rasaṛṇava and Rasaratna Samuccaya, gandhaka is of three kinds: The first one resembles the beak of parrot (best), the second is yellow (medium) and the third variety is white (worst)5.
Another authority says:
There are four kinds of sulphur, viz., white, yellow, red and black respectively. The black variety is rarely found. Sulphur can be purified
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Rasaratna Samuccaya, Vägbhat.
3/ 3-11, 13.16, 21-22: 3. 49-51, 3. 52-54; 3. 55-5; 3. 62, 63-65; 3. 67-68-69; 3. 70-72; 3. 74; 3. 79; 3. 80-83, 3. 91-93, 96; 3. 98, 3. 101-106; 3. 107-108, 3. 109-110; 3. 113-116; 3. 121-22.
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SRSS; 1.14, 20, 25, 39, 41, 42, 43, 59; 2, 14; 3, 41, 49, 50, 85, 4, 18, 23, 30; 5. 23, 17, 25, 35; 6. 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 27, 38, 41, 42; 7, 10, 11, 19, 23, 24, 25; 8, 16, 22; 9. 7, 23, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 55, 66, 70: 10, 14, 19, 21, 22, 23, 30, 39, 56, 57, 58, 60; 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39; 11, 1/6; 11/2/17, 11, 1/2/ 20; 11/2/21; 11/2/22, 11/2/22, 11/2/23, 11/2/24, 12.9, 10, 12, 20, 28, 13. 1, 9, 25, 26; 13/2/1; 13/2/4; 14/2/15, 14/2/18; 14/2/63.
SRSS., 1.43; 3. 103, 105; 6, 17,
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4. Ibid., 8, 16.
5.
Sa capi trividho devi; Śukacañcu nibhovaraḥ / Madhyamaḥ pitavarṇaḥ syachhuklavarno adhamaḥ priye // Rasarṇava 7/67; Rasaratna Samuccaya. 3/13; Vagbhat. Caturdha gamdhako jneyo varṇaiḥ śvetädibhih khalu / Sveto atra khatika prokto lepane lohamärane // Tatha camalasara syadyo bhavet pitavarṇavān Sukapicchaḥ sa eva syacchreśṭho rasarasayane // Raktaśca sukatuṁdakhyo dhātuvāḍavidhau varaḥ / Durhabha kṛṣṇavarnaśca san jaramṛtyunāsānareh // Rasaratna samuccaya, 3/13-16, Vägthat.