Nagarjuna's Yogaratnamala (Text with English translation and notes)
Kumar, Pushpendra (Prof.) (Ed.)
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Book ID : 43104
ISBN-10 : 81-7081-109-0 / 8170811090
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7081-109-1 / 9788170811091
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2016
Edition : (Reprint)
Language : English
120p., 23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Nagarjuna is our first known alchemist whose work has survived to the present day. He belongs to th same age which produced the famous non-rusting iron pillar of Delhi bearing the inscription of an unidenati9fied King Candra. In his Nagarnjuan covers the whole gamut of ancient alchemic process. He describes different types of crucibles and stills, cupellation, sublimaties, colouring and alloying of metals, extraction of copper from pyrites, use of metal oxides as medicine, etc. etc.
In this edition, Nagarjuna's Yogaratanmala text with English translation and notes are given.