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HINDU CHEMISTRY 77 Adima, ‘ Chandrasena, Lankesa, Bisirada, Kapili, Matta, Mindavya, Bhfiskara, Sfirasenaka, Ratnakosa, Sambhu, Sattvika, Naravahana, Indrada. Gomukha, Kambali, Vyadi, Nigarjuna, Surinanda, Nfigabodhi, Yasodhana, Khanda, Kfipalika, Brahma, Govinda, Lampaka and Hari— these are the twenty seven experts on Alchemy as also Rasimkusa, Bhairava, Nandi, Svachchhanda- bhairava, Manthinabhairava, Kikachandisvara, Visudeva, Rishyasringa, the compiler of alchemy, the ascetic Rasendratilaka, Bhaluki, who has got the appellation of Maithili, Mahadeva, Narendra, Ratnikara and Harisvara. - 2-7 This treatise on well-tried mercurials and minerals, named “Rasaratnasamuchchaya,” adapted to the treatment of diseases, is being compiled by the son of Simhagupta, after having consulted the works of the aforesaid adepts and others. It will treat of mercury, the minerals and the metals, the construction of the apparatus, the mystical formula: for the purification of the metals, the extraction of the essences (active principles), liquefaction and incineration. 8-Io [Here follows a description of the virtues of mercury and-its mythical origin.] kl) The Benares Ms. reads Kgama.