Rasratna Samucchay

Author(s): Manikyadevsuri
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Now the Reaction of Mercury is
stated in detail :
14.
Heat mercury by gentle (slow) fire with Vyoșāgni (Sunth, =dry ginger black pepper and pipad), mustard seed (rāji) and ginger root for 3 days and soak the body of mercury in the collection-water of huşk, then rub it in a mortar for 3 days with rāji (rāi), Iştikā (castor), smoke (dhūma ?), molasses and Sankha (conch shell), (abdhija) (Samudra), phrna, etc. and with am!as (acids)
15.
Rub it with Iştıkā (Castor = Ricinus communis), Triphalā (Phyllanthus emblica, Terminalia Chebula and Terminalia belleric). and Plumbago Zeylanica (Citraka) separately. Next taking it out of the water of husk, mix it with the powder of copper; it becomes free from (devoid of), dirt, it emerges now by ataining pälanami
(15a) The wise who desires the fixation of mercury without cutting
its wings (pakşacheda) follows surprisingly the foot-steps of one who is gone into water in the darkness of the night long before.
1. Urdhavapātanayantrasya lakşaņaṁ tadihocyate
Mrnmayi sthālikā Kāryā cocchritā tu şaļāngulā Mukhe Saptārgulāyāmā paritastri daśāngulā Jyammānā dvitjyā ca Karttavyā sthālikā subhā Kşāradvayaṁ rāmatham ca tathā hi patupañcakam Amlavargeņa samyuktam sūtakam taistu marda yet Lepayettena Kalakena adhabsthāṁsthālikaṁ subham/Uparisthāmadhovaktram datvā saņputamācaret Sabhasmal avaņaiva mudrāṁ tatra prakārayet Cūllyam Sthālim nivaśyātha dhānyāgni tatra prakārayet Tasyopari Jalādhānaṁ caturyāmāyadhiṁ kuru Svārgaśitalatā jñātvā ūrdhvagaṁ grahayed rasam (1 38-43) Rasaprakāśasudhakara, vide pracin Bhāratmen Rasāyana kā Vikāsa, pp. 438-9.