[INDOLOGY] new publication: Indian Alchemy - Sources and Contexts (OUP)

[Dagmar Wujastyk]

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to announce the publication of my edited volume "Indian
Alchemy - Sources and Contexts":
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/indian-alchemy-9780197805800?cc=ca&lang=en&

The volume provides an introduction to South Asian alchemy, tracing and
explaining alchemical thought as it developed on the Indian subcontinent.
Translations of chapters from important Sanskrit alchemical works showcase
the most common themes found in the literature and reveal the
characteristic style of each work.

Here's the Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Indian Alchemical Tradition, *Dagmar Wujastyk*
1. The Culmination of Alchemical Practice: Chapter 19 of the
*Rasahṛdayatantra*, *Dagmar Wujastyk*
2. The Practice of Alchemy and Its Practitioners: Chapters 1 and 2 of the
*Rasārṇava*, *David Gordon White*
3. Nāgārjuna Siddha: The Kakṣapuṭa of the Rasendramaṅgala, *Dominik
Wujastyk*
4. The Alchemical Laboratory: Chapter 3 of Somadeva's
*Rasendracūḍāmaṇi*, *Patricia
Sauthoff*
5. Alchemical Pilgrimage: Chapter 8 of the Rasaratnākara's *Rasāyanakhaṇḍa*,
*Keith Cantú*
6. *Potency, Virility, Sexual Pleasure*: Chapters 9 and 10 of the
*Rasamañjarī*, *Patricia Sauthoff*
7. Medicine and Alchemy: Chapter 19 of the *Rasaratnasamuccaya*, *Priyanka
Chorge and Dagmar Wujastyk*
8. The Eighteen Alchemical Procedures: Chapter 1 of the
*Rasaprakāśasudhākara*, *Dagmar Wujastyk*
9. Alchemical Instruments: Section 1, Chapter 1 of the
*Rasakāmadhenu*, *Patricia
Sauthoff*
10. The *Amṛtasiddhi*: *Haṭhayoga*'s Flash in the Alchemical Pan, *James
Mallinson*

Best wishes,
Dagmar
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