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Artificial gold means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Artificial gold was made by Alchemists (Dhātuvādins) in ancient India, using a process known as Dhātuvāda (“the art of making artificial gold”), representing one of the various Siddhis (powers), as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 191.28-32: We get some details about Dhātuvāda (p. 195), i.e., the art of making artificial gold, being practised in a secluded part of the Vindhya forest. [...] It is said that the assembled Dhātuvādins or alchemists were failing in their attempt. Prince Kuvalayacandra tried his own knowledge and succeeded in the making of gold. It appears that one of the epithets of the Dhātuvādins was Narendra, maning a master of charms or antidotes. The word is also used in this sense in classical Sanskrit literature. Dhātuvāda is also called Narendrakalā (Ṇariṃdakalā, 197.16).
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Alchemy in India and China (by Vijaya Jayant Deshpande)
5. Case of purple gold < [Chapter 7 - Indian and Chinese Alchemy—Parallels]
9. Case of “Crow’s Beak Gold” < [Chapter 6 - Transmission of Alchemical and Chemical ideas (Part 2)]
5. Ge Hong and Bao-pu-zi < [Chapter 3 - Chinese alchemy]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 7.27 - The transgressions of the minor vow of non-stealing < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.286 < [Section XXXVIII - Treatment of Criminals and their Punishment]
A literary review on mercury w.s.r. to its medicinal aspect < [Volume 3, issue 1: Jan- Feb 2016]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Additional process for transformation of base metals into gold and silver < [Chapter VIII - Conclusion of first volume]
Part 18 - Mercurial operations (16): Incineration of mercury (bhasmikarana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Shukra Niti by Shukracharya (by Benoy Kumar Sarkar)