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: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri鈥檚 Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Alchemists in ancient India were known as 顿丑腻迟耻惫腻诲颈苍蝉 and were involved in the 鈥渁rt of making artificial gold鈥� (顿丑腻迟耻惫腻诲补) representing one of Siddhis (powers) practiced in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kath膩s (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanas奴ri in his 8th-century Kuvalayam膩l膩 (a Prakrit Camp奴, similar to K膩vya poetry).鈥擯age 191.28-32: We get some details about 顿丑腻迟耻惫腻诲补 (p. 195), i.e., the art of making artificial gold, being practised in a secluded part of the Vindhya forest. [...] It is said that the assembled 顿丑腻迟耻惫腻诲颈苍蝉 or alchemists were failing in their attempt. Prince Kuvalayacandra tried his own knowledge and succeeded in the making of gold. It appears that one of the epithets of the 顿丑腻迟耻惫腻诲颈苍蝉 was Narendra, meaning a master of charms or antidotes. The word is also used in this sense in classical Sanskrit literature. 顿丑腻迟耻惫腻诲补 is also called Narendrakal膩 (峁哸ri峁僤akal膩, 197.16).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Full-text (+9): Rasayana, Kimayagara, Siddharasa, Varttikendra, Rasajna, Kimiya, Rasasiddha, Rasayanika, Iracavati, Gandhaka, Sharirayoga, Artificial gold, Vatta, Dhatuvadin, Dhatu, Sittar, Veda, Nagarjuna, Vyalipa, Uppu.
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Alchemy in India and China (by Vijaya Jayant Deshpande)
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Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
4. Patanjali鈥檚 Successor: Nagarjuna (the alchemist) < [Chapter 8 - Non-gem Minerals and Metals in Rasa-shastra]
9. Introduction to the Rasa-shastra texts < [Chapter 8 - Non-gem Minerals and Metals in Rasa-shastra]
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A Manual of Khshnoom (by Phiroz Nasarvanji Tavaria)
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Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Alchemy and Sacred Geography in the Mediaeval Deccan < [Volume 2 (1992)]
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