Wörterbuch der mittelalterlichen indischen Alchemie

English summary: English summary: Between 900 and 1500 C.E., the knowlegde of Indian alchemy was codified in a group of Sanskrit texts that deal with the ideas and the methods of this scientific tradition. The dictionary explains about 400 technical terms and names of substances that are mentioned in these texts. Apart from translations of central passages of the alchemical treatises the dictionar...