Rasahṛdayatantra (1728 manuscript)

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by them. [15] Through the combination in the bhāva state of being/process, the mixture becomes clear like a kheṭaka a type of vessel or specific alchemical state. [15] Through the combination with kheṭaka and puru, the sun representing fire or heat causes the dissolution of the kheṭa. [16] After falling into the sad-sāpāke proper ripening/cooking, it generates heat even in the ispana a type of metal or mineral impurity. [16] He speaks of another method: through the combination of speed, mercury, smell, and the nāla tube, with the action of fire, it becomes a beautiful peḍikā small basket or container. [17] It reddens the sattva essence with abhraka mica and mercury. [17] He speaks of the special rules for the "Great Seeds" (mahābījāni). By this method of seed-rising and reddening, the reddening is to be performed. [18] Three parts of mercury are to be combined with gold; this is the best seed (varabīja). [18]

Thus ends the fourteenth chapter of the Rasahṛdaya, "The Authority on the Planning of Hybrid Seeds."

Now, the chapter on Essence (sattva) will be described.

He describes the method for the mitigation of vāta wind/air element. One should purify the white vakrasattva twisted or crooked essence with its own juice, or perform the pīḍā pressing/crushing for thirty times. This is as stated in the previous verses regarding the method of processing.

Thus ends the fifteenth chapter of the Rasahṛdaya, "The Authority on the Work of Mitigation."

Now, the chapter on Sarana (process of assimilation/transmutation) will be described.

The self-realized soul, with a mind of great wisdom, performs this noble task for the benefit of others. [1] Now, one should place it in the taila-yantra oil apparatus with great care. The increase of potency through piercing is what is famously called the sāraṇa-tantra. [2] The importance of sāraṇa for mercury: even if the rasendra king of liquids/mercury is fed with seeds, if it lacks sāraṇa, it does not permeate the body nor does it solidify into iron. [3]

The oil for the sāraṇa operation:

One should cook the sāraṇa-taila transmutation oil by combining [ingredients] in one vessel, starting with manda, kama, and others, smeared with water. [1]

The special sāraṇa oil:

Cook with double the quantity of red decoction and milk, using jyotiṣmatī Cardiospermum halicacabum, bibhītaka Terminalia bellirica, and bitter tumbī bottle gourd oil. [2]

The method of sāraṇa oil:

The Red Group (rakta-varga) is described:

Pomegranate, palāśa, vadhu banyan, saffron, turmeric, mañjiṣṭhā, lac, and red sandalwood constitute the red group. [4]

The sāraṇa oil pot:

Earth, latā, viṭu, nāga, mala, māsikā, dhon, and cyaśālamānā. One should grind the roots in order to make a paste. [5]

The method of the aitailula oil:

Taking six parts, place them in a full, long mūṣā crucible. After that, one should pour the oil and the substances into it. [6]

The method of the sāraṇa-yantra:

The crucible is formed with an opening...