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my country terioso North-called Svetadvipa: W. E. Clark, Sakadvipaand Svetap-vipa
(Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol 30, 1919, p. 209-242); M. K. Rønnow,
Some remarla on Svetadvipa (Bull. Orient. School of London, V, p. 253 ff.); On
Anavatapta, T. Watters, On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India (London, 1904-1905), vol. I,
p. 35; M. W. de Visser, The Arhats in China and Japan (Berlin, 1923, IV
Sondervrdffentlichender Ostasiatische Zeitschrift), p. 24 ff.; On Svetadvipa, Eliade, Le
Chamanisme, P. 367 et seq.; Otto Maen-chen-Helfen, pre-christian Svetadvipa in China
(New Iridian Antiquary, II, 1939, p. 166-168), on the flight of Arhats, de Visser, cited, p.
172 et seq., Sylvain Levi and Edouard Chavannes. Les seize arhats protecteurs of Ut loi
(Journal Asiatique, 1916, p. 1-50, 189-304), p. 23, 263.
Concerning the "magical flight" in China, Eliade Chamanisme, P. 394; B. Laufer, The
prehistory of aviation (Field Museum, Anthropological Series, "XVIII, No. 1, Chicago,
1928), p. 14 et seq.; In Tibet, J. Bacot, Marpa the translator (Paris, 1936), p. 13.
On the legend of the three supernatural coati surrounded by the sea and that no one can
approach, see E. Chavannes, Les memoires histo-riques of Sse-Ma Tsien, vol. II, Paris,
1897, p. 152-153. See also E. W. Hopkins, The Fountain offouth, Jouma. Amer. Orient.
Soc, vol. 26, 1950, p. 1-67.
Note VII, 2: Nagarjuna alchemist
For the biography of Nagarjuna, see A. Grilnwedel, Taranatha's Edelstein-minne (Berlin,
1914), p. 14 and sis., Max Walss, The Life ofNagarjuna from Tibetan and Chinese
sources (Hirth Anniversary Volume, London, 1923, p. 421455) and in this book, Note VI,
1.
With referenda on the relationship with alchemy, P. C. Ray, Hindu Chemistry, vol. I, p.
92 et seq. the Introduction; A. Grilnwedel, Die Geschichte der 84 Zauber, P. 221-222;
Jean Filliozat. Nagarjuna et Agastya mddicins, Alchimist et sorciers (Actes du XX
Congres International de 'Orientalist is, 1938, Brussels, 1940, p. 228 et seq.) Idem, La
doctrine classique indienne Medicine (Paris, 1949, p. 10). Does not exclude the
possibility that, besides the tantric alchemy will drive this, some observations have
passed for mineral6gicas Mar part of the alchemical tradition and transmitted under the
name of Nagarjuna: the symbiosis between the "true mystic (or metaphysics) and the
"truth of observation" (rudiments of scientific thinking and experience Alchemist) is a
phenomenon throughout the history of alchemy. Thus, for example, in Rasopanisad (ed.
KS Sastri, Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, n. 92, see the list of Barnett, Jouma. Royal Asiat.
Society, 1930, p. 445-446) is the following indication (16 Adhyaya): "The sage
Nagarjuna had the vision of this procedure magical kingdom in southern Kerala, where
there is so much forest, not far from evil, in a village by name holding conditions (priti) is
ex-bring-shaped rocks Pippali with streaks of gold. They are removed and reduced to the
soft powder. This powder is treated with horse blood, using human blood liquefies it
seven times, crushing it with water again and basil five products of the female of the bull,
then it is dry according to the rules, so as to form a kind of tail that passes through the
sieve into the liquid obtained is added to centime copper (?), each portion of the copper
so treaty is duplicated on all melted and mixed with a portion of on * is mixed with
honey, milk, etc.., gold is then obtained uri mag-nified, as bright as the gold in the river
"(Trad. Sylvain IA vi, Kanishka et Sata-vahana, Journal Asiatique, 1936. p. 61-121, p.
104; the text had already been in-pleado by S. in his article: A bouddhisme nouveau