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As Jaina alchemy had to deal with primarily with the composition and changes of matter, a concise preliminary summary of some of these theories is revealed in the text of the Rasaratna Samuccaya with development in its practical aspect.
The Chemical Theories may be said to stand in good comparison with some of the most recent and advanced scientific ideas of our time and to bear the stamp of high intellectual perfection and sublime institution of the time of Mānikyadeva Sūri. In connection with the editing of the Rasaratna Samuccaya of Māņikyadeva Sūri I express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. Harivallabh Bhāyāni, L. D. Institute of Indology, for kindly going through the prepared text of the Rasaratna Samuccaya and suggesting a few changes in some linguistic forms of Sanskrit words with corrections and helping me in studying different Chandas (metres) used by the author in the composition of this work. I am indebted very much to Pandit Babubhai Shah, an ex-Research Assistant of L. D. Institute of Indology for his assistance in studying the original Ms. of the Rasaratna Samuccaya and preparing its texts with variant readings. I am very much thankful to Prof. Dalsukhbhai D. Malavania, Ex-Director, L. D. Institute of Indology, for encouraging me in editing such Jaina alchemicalcum-medicinal work in flourishing Sanskrit language.
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