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This document provides a summary of the development of alchemy in India from 800-1300 AD, known as the transitional and tantric periods. It describes how alchemy progressed from using mainly herbs to incorporating more metals and minerals. A key figure was Nagarjuna from the 8th-9th century AD, considered the inventor of processes like distillation and credited with treatises on alchemy. The document outlines source texts from the period that discuss purification of minerals and extraction of their essences

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neelakantasidda

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