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Origin of Alchemy in India: Some Reflection
Origin of Alchemy in India: Some Reflection

Author(s): B.V. Subbarayappa
Subject(s): History
Published by: Romanian Assoc. for the History of Religions & Inst. for the History of Religions, Romanian Academy

Summary/Abstract: The source of inspiration for alchemy in India was the Chinese Taoism, its Yin-Yang concept and associated ideas of attaining material immortality in which, to begin with, cinnabar (a compound of mercury and sulphur) was accorded pride of place. These, on transmission, found a congenial environment in tantrism and assumed new but characteristics Indian dimensions.

  • Issue Year: 5/2003
  • Issue No: 04+05
  • Page Range: 331-335
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English