Suvarna Raupya Siddhi Shastra

SR No.: 006907
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 434
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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The process of making the essence of mineral calamine (Khāpariya Sattvavidhi)
Take mineral calamine 1 sr., natron tā. 20, borax tā. 5 and molasses tā 12; make cāsanı of molasses. Put í pā of cow-dung, combine all these medicines and make vatı (milk). Next put them into a tube (nali) and heat them by putting them into Jhā jhoyantra. Take out the essence. Thus is the process of making the essence of mineral calamine.
Rub mineral calamine i Sr. in (the juice of) Aloe vera for 7 days, rub it with all these-(thę juice of) Vitex trifolia (Nagedi), next, rub it with honey 1, clarified butter, borax, Sal-ammoniac 1, molasses 1, and guñjā 1. Next take it out and take the essence from the yantra. This is the process of making the essence of mineral calamine.? Uparasas3 (Inferior Minerals) į The following kinds of uparasa (inferior mineral) are mentioned in the Suvarna-Raupya-Siddhi-śāstra in connection with various kinds of chemical processes, viz, gaṁdhaka (śulphur, gairika (geru)5 (red ochre), Kasisa6 (iron sulphate), phițakaļı.7 or tuvar18 (alum), haritāla! (orpiment), manahśtla 10 (realgar), añjana11 (collyrium) and kamkuştha 1 2 (a substance 1. SRSS., Ch. III. 84 2. SRSS., Ch. XII. 2.2 3. The Suvarņa-Siddhi-Šāstra does not mention 'Uparasa' as such, but it
refers to different kinds of Uparasa as they are found in the Rasaratna Samuccaya of Māņikyadeva sūri, Rasārņava, and Rasaratna Samuccaya of Vägbhat. “Kamkuşthegaṁdhāṁ janagairikamặdah silāscoparasah"
RS., Māņikyadeva sūri. Ch. 1, v. 5. 4. (Gamdhaka) SRSS., Ch. I. 14, 20, 25, 29, 41, 42, 43, 59, etc., 5. Ibid. Ch. 1-41, 3–76, 11-20, 11-39 6. Ibid. Ch. 8, 30, 9:43, 10.21, 29, 60, 11, 16, 22, 39, 7. Ibid. Ch. 1.8, (3) 39, 3.1, 5, 30-31, 71, 76, etc. 8. Túvarı Phitakaļi, 9. Ibid. Ch. 1, 60, 2, 1, 4, 11, 12, etc. 10. Ibid, Ch. 1.49, 2.4, 2–13, etc. 11. Ibid., Ch. 6, 11, 12, 7-2, 12-15,-16, 13, 32, 12. "The Suvarņa-Raupya-Siddhi-Šāstra mentions Hemakuştha, not kaṁku
stha as the dung of a newly born elephant, SRSS. 5.10 in place of kamkuştha But the Rasaratna Samuccaya of Māņikyadeva sūri refers to Kankuştha, RS. 1. V. Kamkuştha is produced at the foot of the Himelayas RS. 3/109-110, Vāgbhat.