Nagarjuna was great Indian scientist who was born in Gujarat in AD 931.He was a chemist, an alchemist,metallurgist and medicine man.
As an alchemist,he knew the art of transmuting base metals to look like gold.The Arabs learnt the technique
from him,and called it Al Kimia.Medieval Europeans learn about it from the Arabs,and called it alchemy.
Nagarjuna's most famous work is 'Rasarat-nakara' which deals with preparations of rasa-or mercury-compounds.In his treatise,he has discussed methods for the exaction of metals like gold,silver,tin and copper.
As the author of medical books like 'Arogya-manjari' and 'Yogasara',he also made significant contributions to the field of curative medicine.Because of his profound scholarliness and versatile knowledge,he was appointed as chancellor of the famous university of Nalanda. He was one of the wizards of chemistry,and his discoveries continue to impress and astonish scientists even today.
As an alchemist,he knew the art of transmuting base metals to look like gold.The Arabs learnt the technique
from him,and called it Al Kimia.Medieval Europeans learn about it from the Arabs,and called it alchemy.
Nagarjuna's most famous work is 'Rasarat-nakara' which deals with preparations of rasa-or mercury-compounds.In his treatise,he has discussed methods for the exaction of metals like gold,silver,tin and copper.
As the author of medical books like 'Arogya-manjari' and 'Yogasara',he also made significant contributions to the field of curative medicine.Because of his profound scholarliness and versatile knowledge,he was appointed as chancellor of the famous university of Nalanda. He was one of the wizards of chemistry,and his discoveries continue to impress and astonish scientists even today.
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