This article examines the practice of producing factitious gems as described in Nityanātha’s Jewel Mine of Mercury (Rasaratnākara), a thirteenth to fifteenth-century alchemical work written in Sanskrit. It queries how this practice fits within the Indian alchemical discipline and explores its possible connections with other artisanal crafts
Precious jewellery from South Asia rarely survived the turmoil of centuries, only some extremely rar...
The word Rasashaastra literally means the “Science of Mercury”. It is a specialized branch of Ayurve...
Alchemy, developing in Ancient Egypt and its environs, was formed during the Islamic age as the bran...
KA II, 11, 28–41 is the earliest extant Sanskrit text on ratnaśāstra ‘gemmology’. It is a branch ...
Lecture held by James Mchugh, Los Angeles India and neighboring regions were the main sources of man...
The present paper offers a complete inventory of authoritative passages in Sanskrit and Prakrit text...
The paper highlights the archaeological and literary evidence corroborating ancient India's primacy ...
Introduction: The Vajra (diamond) is mentioned under Ratna classification in Ayurveda classics. In A...
Although previously unrecognized, South India was once home to a major stone-beadmaking industry. At...
India was still famous for all kinds of precious and semi-precious stones, which has had the greates...
India has a very old and fascinating history of gold. Various aspects of the mining and metallurg...
This article focuses on the analysis of two Tibetan treatises on iatrochemistry, The Treatise on the...
From being “the cradle” of raw diamonds in the world in the eighteenth century, India has turned int...
According to the development chronology,the use of Rasa Chikitsa Started from the 7th century to the...
In India, mining is one of the main economic activities since time immemorial, giving rise to a long...
Precious jewellery from South Asia rarely survived the turmoil of centuries, only some extremely rar...
The word Rasashaastra literally means the “Science of Mercury”. It is a specialized branch of Ayurve...
Alchemy, developing in Ancient Egypt and its environs, was formed during the Islamic age as the bran...
KA II, 11, 28–41 is the earliest extant Sanskrit text on ratnaśāstra ‘gemmology’. It is a branch ...
Lecture held by James Mchugh, Los Angeles India and neighboring regions were the main sources of man...
The present paper offers a complete inventory of authoritative passages in Sanskrit and Prakrit text...
The paper highlights the archaeological and literary evidence corroborating ancient India's primacy ...
Introduction: The Vajra (diamond) is mentioned under Ratna classification in Ayurveda classics. In A...
Although previously unrecognized, South India was once home to a major stone-beadmaking industry. At...
India was still famous for all kinds of precious and semi-precious stones, which has had the greates...
India has a very old and fascinating history of gold. Various aspects of the mining and metallurg...
This article focuses on the analysis of two Tibetan treatises on iatrochemistry, The Treatise on the...
From being “the cradle” of raw diamonds in the world in the eighteenth century, India has turned int...
According to the development chronology,the use of Rasa Chikitsa Started from the 7th century to the...
In India, mining is one of the main economic activities since time immemorial, giving rise to a long...
Precious jewellery from South Asia rarely survived the turmoil of centuries, only some extremely rar...
The word Rasashaastra literally means the “Science of Mercury”. It is a specialized branch of Ayurve...
Alchemy, developing in Ancient Egypt and its environs, was formed during the Islamic age as the bran...
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