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Indian alchemy may refer to: Rasayana; History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent; See also. A History of Hindu Chemistry, a two-volume book by Prafulla ...
There is much confusion about this author in the secondary literature. A 1984 study of manuscripts and printed editions connected with the alchemist Nāgārjuna found that his name is associated with a work titled Rasendramaṅgala [1] but that the manuscripts of the Rasaratnākara are uniformly ascribed to a different author, Nityanātha ...
An alchemist is a person versed in the art of alchemy. Western alchemy flourished in Greco-Roman Egypt, the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, and then in Europe from the 13th to the 18th centuries. Indian alchemists and Chinese alchemists made contributions to Eastern varieties of the art. Alchemy is still practiced today by a few, and ...
Nagarjunacharya, was one of the prominent chemists in the history of Indian alchemy. He ran many experiments in his laboratory known as the "Rasashala". [ 5 ] His book, Rasaratanakaram is a known example of ancient Indian medicine, in which he describes the procedure of transmuting base metals like mercury, into gold.
A History of Chemistry. Volume 1, Part I. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-03490-3. (the second part of volume 1 was never published; the other volumes deal with the modern period and are not relevant for alchemy) Pereira, Michela (2001). Arcana Sapienza: Storia dell'alchimia occidentale dalle origini a Jung. Rome: Carocci. ISBN 978-88-430-9647-3.
The text is dated between 13th [1] to 16th century CE. [2] The text contains detailed descriptions of various complex metallurgical processes, [3] [4] as well as descriptions of how to set up and equip a laboratory and other topics concerning Indian alchemy. It is a work that synthesises the writings and opinions of several earlier authors and ...
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