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This is part of the reconstruction of alchemical procedures according to a tenth-century Indian alchemical text written in Sanskrit, the Rasahṛdayatantra ("The Heart of Mercury"). The fifth alchemical procedure, sublimation (pātana), requires the use of copper paste (śulbapiṣṭi), but it gives no explanation of what the paste consists of or how it is made. The Mugdhāvabodhinī, a ca 16th-century commentary of the Rasahṛdayatantra, states that it is a mercury-copper paste, but doesn’t provide further instructions. The following procedure of making copper powder is based on The Siddha Formulary of India. The copper powder is used for making copper paste in the pātana procedure afterwards.
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This is part of the reconstruction of alchemical procedures according to a tenth-century Indian alchemical text written in Sanskrit, the Rasahṛdayatantra ("The Heart of Mercury"). The fifth alchemical procedure, sublimation (pātana), requires the use of copper paste (śulbapiṣṭi), but it gives no explanation of what the paste consists of or how it is made. The Mugdhāvabodhinī, a ca 16th-century commentary of the Rasahṛdayatantra, states that it is a mercury-copper paste, but doesn’t provide further instructions. The following procedure of making copper powder is based on The Siddha Formulary of India. The copper powder is used for making copper paste in the pātana procedure afterwards.
A collaboration of AyurYog (ayuryog.org) and neterapublishing (neterapublishing.com).
