A critical review of Rasa Jala Nidhi

Anu Ruhila 1, *, Vishakha Bahri 1, Ananya Rohatgi 1, Deepak Joseph 1 and Anupam Srivastava 2

1 Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth, Dhanwantari Bhawan, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, India.
2 Department of RS&BK, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
 
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 20(02), 145–151.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2022.20.2.0319
Publication history: 
Received on 04 July 2022; revised on 09 August 2022; accepted on 11 August 2022
 
Abstract: 
Rasa Jala Nidhi is an important treatise of Rasa Shastra which is also pronounced as "Ocean of Indian Chemistry & Alchemy". It is a compilation work of Sanskrit verses transmitted from generation to generation either through oral tradition or from the citations occurring in ancient texts of alchemical chemistry. It is considered as one of the elaborated works written on Rasa Shastra. The present work is an illustrative and critical review on the text Rasa Jala Nidhi to highlight the unique and significant contribution in the field of Rasa Shastra.
 
Keywords: 
Rasa Jala Nidhi; Parada; Iatrochemistry; Rasa Shastra; Indian Alchemy
 
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