The editor says Siddha Nāgārjuna was Pūjyapāda's sister's son and composed the Nāgārjuna Kalpa,…

The editor says Siddha Nāgārjuna was Pūjyapāda's sister's son and composed the Nāgārjuna Kalpa, the Nāgārjuna Kakṣapuṭa and other works, and seems to have prepared a gem-pill for making gold called the Vajrakhecaraghuṭikā. He relates that Nāgārjuna asked a king for funds to make it and pledged both his eyes if it failed; he made it within a year as three gems engraved with his name, but they slipped into a river while he was washing them and the king had his eyes put out. A courtesan found the gems in a fish; placed on her swing they turned its iron chain to gold, and with the gold she made daily she built an almshouse named Nāgārjunasatra. Nāgārjuna, wandering there, asked why it bore his name, recovered the gems, regained his sight through them and showed their power at the royal court. The editor presents the story as showing how much power Ayurvedic medicine has.

Why it is kept for review: Jain medical tradition (a later author and a legend told about him).

इसके अलावा मालूम होता है कि इन्होंने ““ वज्रखेचरघुटिका”” नामक सुवर्ण बनाने की रत्नगुटिका तैयार की थी।