Indian Alchemy

Sources and Contexts

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312 Seiten

2026
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780197805800 (ISBN)

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Drawing on a selection of the most important Sanskrit alchemical works from the ninth to sixteenth centuries, Indian Alchemy: Sources and Contexts provides an introduction to South Asian alchemy, tracing and explaining alchemical thought as it developed on the Indian subcontinent. Carefully edited by Dagmar Wujastyk, the collected essays offer deep insight into the motivations and goals of Indian alchemists and illuminate the theories and methods they developed over time. The collection provides an overview of the genre of Sanskrit alchemical literature, examining how Indian alchemists portrayed and defined their discipline. Translations of excerpts from important Sanskrit alchemical works showcase the most common themes found in the literature--such as the framing of alchemy as a knowledge system originating from &Sacuteiva, a focus on mercury, and technical descriptions of making elixirs--and reveal the characteristic style of each work.

Indian Alchemy serves to expand readers' understanding of what it meant to practice alchemy on the Indian subcontinent. With its broad selection of examined themes, this collection offers a detailed and comprehensive investigation of the Indian alchemical idiom and the beliefs and practices of its practitioners.

Dagmar Wujastyk is Associate Professor of South Asian Studies in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her research focuses on the history and literature of classical Indian medicine (Ayurveda), Indian iatrochemistry and alchemy, and yoga.

Dagmar Wujastyk: Introduction: The Indian Alchemical Tradition
1: Dagmar Wujastyk: The Culmination of Alchemical Practice: Chapter 19 of the Rasah.rdayatantra
2: David Gordon White: The Practice of Alchemy and Its Practitioners: Chapters 1 and 2 of the Ras=ar.nava
3: Dominik Wujastyk: N=ag=arjuna Siddha: The Kak.sapu.ta of the Rasendrama:ngala
4: Patricia Sauthoff: The Alchemical Laboratory: Chapter 3 of Somadeva's Rasendrac=u.d=ama.ni
5: Keith Cantú: Alchemical Pilgrimage: Chapter 8 of the Rasaratn=akara's Ras=ayanakha.n.da
6: Patricia Sauthoff: Potency, Virility, Sexual Pleasure: Chapters 9 and 10 of the Rasamañjar=i
7: Priyanka Chorge: Medicine and Alchemy: Chapter 19 of the Rasaratnasamuccaya
8: Dagmar Wujastyk: The Eighteen Alchemical Procedures: Chapter 1 of the Rasaprak=a'sasudh=akara
9: Patricia Sauthoff: Alchemical Instruments: Section 1, Chapter 1 of the Rasak=amadhenu
10: James Mallinson: The Am.rtasiddhi: Ha.thayoga's Flash in the Alchemical Pan

Erscheinungsdatum	17.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	South Asia Research
Zusatzinfo	10 maps, 5 illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 237 mm
Gewicht	585 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-13	9780197805800 / 9780197805800
Zustand	Neuware