Rasratna Samucchay

Author(s): Manikyadevsuri
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Gujarati) of Nayana Sekhara, a pupil of Jana śekhara (16171678 A.D.). Nagarjuna-vidya (16th-18th Century A.D.). Vaidyaka Saṁgraha of Harṣa-Kirti (1600-1903 A. D.) (in Sanskrit), Paradavidhi of an unknown author (circa VS. 1700), Vaidyaka Samgraha of Mahimaranga Ganin (1617 A.D.) (MS. No. 30992), Vaidyaka Saṁgraha (MS. No. 30994) of an unknown author of eighteenth century, Vaidyavallabha of Harṣaruci (1716-1763 A.D.) in Sanskrit with Gujarati Tikā, Anupānamanjari of Pitambara (VS. 1873) in Sanskrit and Gujarati, now all these MSS. are kept in the library of L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad-9. They reveal the scientific ideas and practices of the Jainacaryas with two distinct trends in alchemy, viz. (i) chemistry and metallurgy, and (ii) medical science.