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

[Ananya Vajpeyi]

Congratulations Dagmar!
All best,
AV.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM Dagmar Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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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