Dear colleagues,
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