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	'''''Rasaratna Samuccaya''''' ( ~~रसरत्नसमुच्चय Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script) or (Sanskrit in~~ [[~~International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration\|IAST~~]] ~~transliteration~~)~~, variously transliterated as '''''Rasaratna Samuchchaya''''', '''''Rasaratna Samucchaya''''', etc.,~~ is an [[~~Alchemistry\|alchemical work~~]] ~~written in~~ [[~~India~~]]~~, in the [[Sanskrit]] language, and datable to the thirteenth, fourteenth,~~<ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://site.ebrary.com/id/10757347\|title=The alchemical body: Siddha traditions in medieval India\|last=White\|first=David Gordon\|date=1996-01-01\|isbn=9780226149349\|language=English}}</ref> ~~or the sixteenth~~ century.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://ualberta.worldcat.org/oclc/489259186\|title=A history of Indian medical literature\|last=Meulenbeld\|first=Gerrit Jan\|date=1999-01-01\|publisher=E. Forsten\|isbn=9789069801247\|location=Groningen\|language=English}}</ref>		{{Italics title}}
			'''''Rasaratna Samuccaya''''' ( [[Devanagari]]: रसरत्नसमुच्चय) is an Indian [[Sanskrit]] treatise on [[alchemy]]. The text is dated between 13th<ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://site.ebrary.com/id/10757347\|title=The alchemical body: Siddha traditions in medieval India\|last=White\|first=David Gordon\|date=1996-01-01\|isbn=9780226149349\|language=English}}</ref> to 16th century CE.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://ualberta.worldcat.org/oclc/489259186\|title=A history of Indian medical literature\|last=Meulenbeld\|first=Gerrit Jan\|date=1999-01-01\|publisher=E. Forsten\|isbn=9789069801247\|location=Groningen\|language=English}}</ref>

	The text contains detailed descriptions of various complex [[metallurgy\|metallurgical]] processes,<ref>[http://www.philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/authors/chemistry.html#_ednref6 Indian Metallurgy]</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last= Biswas \|first= Arun Kumar \|date= June 1986 \|title= Rasa-Ratna-Samüccaya and Mineral Processing State-of-Art in the 13th Century a.d. India \|journal= Indian Journal of History of Science \|volume= 22 (1) \|issue= 29–46, 1987 \|url= http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abf_29.pdf \|accessdate= 2009-01-09 \|url-status= dead \|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227061211/http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abf_29.pdf \|archivedate= 2009-02-27 }}</ref> as well as descriptions of how to set up and equip a laboratory and other topics concerning [[History of metallurgy in South Asia\|Indian alchemy]]. It is a work that synthesises the writings and opinions of several earlier authors and presents a coherent account of medieval Indian alchemy.		The text contains detailed descriptions of various complex [[metallurgy\|metallurgical]] processes,<ref>[http://www.philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/authors/chemistry.html#_ednref6 Indian Metallurgy]</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last= Biswas \|first= Arun Kumar \|date= June 1986 \|title= Rasa-Ratna-Samüccaya and Mineral Processing State-of-Art in the 13th Century a.d. India \|journal= Indian Journal of History of Science \|volume= 22 (1) \|issue= 29–46, 1987 \|url= http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abf_29.pdf \|accessdate= 2009-01-09 \|url-status= dead \|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227061211/http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abf_29.pdf \|archivedate= 2009-02-27 }}</ref> as well as descriptions of how to set up and equip a laboratory and other topics concerning [[History of metallurgy in South Asia\|Indian alchemy]]. It is a work that synthesises the writings and opinions of several earlier authors and presents a coherent account of medieval Indian alchemy.
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'''''Rasaratna Samuccaya''''' ( रसरत्नसमुच्चय Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script) or (Sanskrit in [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]] transliteration), variously transliterated as '''''Rasaratna Samuchchaya''''', '''''Rasaratna Samucchaya''''', etc., is an [[Alchemistry|alchemical work]] written in [[India]], in the [[Sanskrit]] language, and datable to the thirteenth, fourteenth,<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://site.ebrary.com/id/10757347|title=The alchemical body: Siddha traditions in medieval India|last=White|first=David Gordon|date=1996-01-01|isbn=9780226149349|language=English}}</ref> or the sixteenth century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://ualberta.worldcat.org/oclc/489259186|title=A history of Indian medical literature|last=Meulenbeld|first=Gerrit Jan|date=1999-01-01|publisher=E. Forsten|isbn=9789069801247|location=Groningen|language=English}}</ref>

The text contains detailed descriptions of various complex [[metallurgy|metallurgical]] processes,<ref>[http://www.philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/authors/chemistry.html#_ednref6 Indian Metallurgy]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last= Biswas |first= Arun Kumar |date= June 1986 |title= Rasa-Ratna-Samüccaya and Mineral Processing State-of-Art in the 13th Century a.d. India |journal= Indian Journal of History of Science |volume= 22 (1) |issue= 29–46, 1987 |url= http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abf_29.pdf |accessdate= 2009-01-09 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227061211/http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abf_29.pdf |archivedate= 2009-02-27 }}</ref> as well as descriptions of how to set up and equip a laboratory and other topics concerning [[History of metallurgy in South Asia|Indian alchemy]]. It is a work that synthesises the writings and opinions of several earlier authors and presents a coherent account of medieval Indian alchemy.

==Contents==
Among the diverse scientific content of this text is:<ref>[http://hindulegacy.blogspot.com/2009/07/ancient-indian-chemistry.html Ancient Indian Chemistry.] Hindu culture (blog)</ref>
* Systematic approach to the [[Science]]. (Rasaratna Samuccaya 6/2)
* Philosophy of scientific explanation.
* Two kinds of [[mineral]] with [[zinc]]: [[Calamine (mineral)|calamine]] and [[Smithsonite]]. (Rasaratna Samuccaya 2-149)
* Color and nature of the mineral. ('[[Artha-sastra]]' '2 -30)
* Color of minerals with [[copper]].
* Properties of some chemicals, such as [[calcium carbonate]]. (Rasaratna Samuccaya 3 / 130-131)
* [[Distillation]] of [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. (Rasaratna Samucchaya 3/144)
* Explanation of the [[corrosion]] (Rasārṇava 7/97)
* The color of the flame (Rasārṇava 4/51)
* Three types of [[iron]] (Rasaratna Samuccaya 5/69)
* Two kinds of [[tin]] (Rasaratna Samuccaya 5 / 153-154)
* The [[lead]] (Rasaratna Samuccaya 5/170)
* The [[zinc]] metal (Rasataraṅgiṇi 19/95)
* The [[brass]] (Rasendra Cūḍāmaṇi14 / 154)
* The [[bronze]] (Rasaratna Samuccaya 5/205)
* Conditions of a laboratory and the people who work within it.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kairaly.net/hindu/indiasixty.pdf Indian Institute of Science and Heritage]
*[http://www.dli.gov.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005abf_29.pdf Introduction]
*[http://www.dli.gov.in/scripts/FullindexDefault.htm?path1=/rawdataupload/upload/0102/823&first=1&last=818&barcode=1990020102821 Printed edition in Sanskrit]
*[http://sarit.indology.info/exist/apps/sarit/works/sarit__rasaratnasamuccaya_bodhin%C4%AB_%E1%B9%AD%C4%ABk%C4%81 Electronic text based on the 1927 Calcutta printed edition, with extracts from the Bodhinī commentary, in the SARIT library.]

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