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(10) Rub mercury in Asam avoken (a kind of plant) and Euphorbia pilulifera for 7 days and in the juice of red branch of Achyranthus aspera. There it becomes A. Kho. A. da1.
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(11) Melt somala (somalakhara) = oxide of arsenic masa 1, zinc mā. 1, borax mã. 2, and copper ma. 4 in an open crucible. Dalam (particles) gets combined; quench good iron-leaf in the stool of cock vala 14 in an open crucible, in molasses-vālā 14, and in sal-ammoniac vālā 14; iron is produced, put the leaf inside.
(12) (Take) Kasumdina, (Negro coffee plant = cassia occidentalis) 1-sr., big gamdhayani sr., leaf of Nagori (cyperus pertenulis) pā. 1, and seed of Dolichondron falcata (mithasimgi) pā. 1; put two leaves in between layer by layer, place the whole thing in a samputa (lid) and put 3 layers of cloth and clay, give it gajaputagni for 4 praharas. Thus do the process two times, silver is produced.
(13) Mix orpiment with clarified butter, rub it in the ash of pippala (Long pipper) 5 srs. and Khakhara 5 srs. (Butea frondosa). Mix orpiment with cassytha filiformis (amari), mix it into an earthen bowl (earthen potsherd), give ashes of those kinds under and over it. It becomes ash; smoke comes out. Then give ashes, give it fire for 2 praharas. Silver is produced.
(14) Rub mercury with barley, etc., next cook it with milk in a Dolikayantra. It is to be burnt.
(15) Take mercury sr. & realgar sr.; melt lead and put powder of realgar into it, i.e. reduce them to paste. This is to be known from guruparampara. Grind these three together, fill the mixture into a glass casket. Fill (put) that casket into a yantra. Fill that yantra with sand particles. Give it fire for 8 praharas, make dipakāca (dipakagni ?) in a furnace, put the yantra on it. That is, cinnabar is produced True. 108.
(16) Crush cinnabar pai. 1 and lead pai. 2 finely and make 2 musus (crucible) in the juice of datura. Put cinnabar into that crucible and close it. Make the ball of vibhuti (ashes), put the ball of vibhuti into that. Make the ball ashes of goat's dung melted. Close the ball of vibhuti and give it fire for 2 praharas; white cinnabar is produced.
(17) Combine cinnabar pai. 1 Ci, (nothi) (bead tree) (Abrus precatorius) pai. 3, tabakhira (Curcuma angustiforia = Indian arrowroot) pai 3 and Muragi Chaletā-(a kind of plant). Cinnabar is produced.
1. Not yet deciphered.
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