Rasratna Samucchay

Author(s): Manikyadevsuri
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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etc., then killings of only iron, only copper, only mica, diamond and remaining gems in the 1st chapter.
In the second chapter having forty verses the author of the MS. 'Rasaratna Samuccaya' treats of the medical science-the use of mercury for the removal of various kinds of disease, other remedies for the cure of typhoid, delirium, eczema, anaemia, cough, dyspnoea etc. He admits that he has borrowed materials from Rasāvaloka and some from Rasārņava, some from Vyādindra-Govindarasa and some from his own experience. He speaks of rasas (minerals) for the cure of various kinds of disease together with their pathology and remedies with their process of purification, complete purification and experiment of the effectiveness for the benefit of the people of the world affilicted with diseases like fever, etc.
Next he gives a list of medicines prepared with the essence of superior minerals, inferior minerals, gems, mercury and mica, metals, gold, silver, tin, copper, lead, iron, brass, bell-metal, etc.
He deals with the chemical processes of copper, pyrite, morthuthu (a kind of poison), little glass, realgar, cinnabar with diamond and pearl attaining the colour of lotus, putas (roasting) given to them, in some Yantra and cooked in Bhudhara Yantra.
He enlists Rasendra guţikā (mercurial pill) bound with the juice of ginger, together with the billious poison of fish, buffalo, peacock, boar and goat for typhoid etc.
The author gives the description of the Yantras used for different puţapākas (roastings) in the chemical processes. Next he deals with the process of making Vajrahemarasa and its efficacy for removal of diseases and some chemical processes; next he describes cakramūşākarma. Alchemists kill hundred of minerals by this process quickly.
He treats of Bhūtabhairavarasa-remedy for typhoid, Bệhadvāļavānalarasa for the cure of the same disease by killing mercury, and other medicines, Cintāmaņiraasa for the cure of