In David G. White's Alchemical Body, he describes some stories about eating the flesh of alchemists. See here (I hope the link works for you).

Human flesh also occurs as an ingredient in some alchemical works, even in late ones such as the Rasajalanidhi (actually, the reference in that work is about an oil derived from a human's body, so not flesh consumption, strictly speaking). There is a recipe in Rāvana's Arkaprakāśa, in which human flesh is used as an agent against poison. There is also a recipe for a pill based on human flesh in the Rasasāra by Govinda. And human flesh and blood also occur as ingredients in the Rasopaniṣad. See J.G. Meulenbeld's History of Indian Medical Literature, Volume IIA, pages 467, 693 and 738 respectively for exact references.

Grizzly topic!

Best wishes, Dagmar

On 25 April 2016 at 10:36, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

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From: Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural@yahoo.com>
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:35:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer
The place to look would be the texts and tales of "left-handed" tantra. I'm not familiar with the older texts but I do know that in places with famous burning grounds like Varanasi and Kathmandu the families guard the bodies to prevent tantriks from eating the flesh of the deceased. I have read about this in modern stories, and talked to people who have seen it. It is certainly very much still alive in the minds of modern Indians and Nepalis.

Best,

Dean Anderson

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Artur Karp <karp@uw.edu.pl> wrote:
In "Śahr Safidon ki kahani" (published by Richard Temple, The Legends of the Panjab , Vol. I (No XVI,

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his disciples eat flesh of their Guru, Dhanthar Baid - in order to gain his powers Is this motif found somewhere else in Indian narratives?

Thanks in advance,

Artur Karp

Warsaw
Poland

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