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Next give menamundra (seal of wax); close the border (line) of the seal by the side of the brim of the seal in best possible way, keep a hole in such a way by the side of the brim of the seal that a small mustard seed falls into it. Pour cold water (into it) and take out hot water upto 8 praharas, put cold water and go on taking out hot water, give it fire for 18 praharas. On its getting cold, take it out.
(41) Pound this medicine khahipo1 1, khapi.2 Rub all the (undermentioned) medicines in the juice of Aloe vera in a separate mortar-all medicines for 2 praharas; mix the two. The names of those medicines are written; Mastaki (Pistacia lentiseus) to. 1, cinnabar to 1, borax to. 1, alum to. 1, takho (a kind of iron) to. 1, Sulphur to. 1, Samkhio Somala (a kind oxide of arsenic) to. 1, Bodara (an essence of lead or oxide of lead. Silajita), (letumen), godanti haratala (a kind of orpiment). 1, Navasara Iunie (sal-ammonica) 1; rub all these eleven medicines such as Mastakı, etc. in the juice of Aloe vera; grind each medicine in the juice of Aloe vera and combine them together. Make pradano Samputa, (a kind of lid), make 11 pills of medicine in combination of (with) Dhalo sr. and Upalyo (long pepper ?)-ta. 9, put into them Samputa, close it by putting a lid over it, and covering it with a layer of cloth, and clay over it. Close its joint grains of clay, put 7 layers of cloth and clay over it, put it (Samputa) into an earthen bowl. Crush 1 srs. of salt and spread it out under, put Samputa over it. Give a cover of clay over it. Allow the lid (to) be seated into the mouth of the bowl (vessel), seal it up well so that smoke would not be able to come out, make fire (heat it into fire) for 8 praharas. Take the wood of Rayāṇa (Mimuh sops hexandra), make dipagni. On its getting cooled down, take it out. Next open the samputa, pat the nails (hoofs) of horse masa 1 into it. (There will be) silver.
(41x) And put into the Samputa as many as pills of medicine like mag (phaseolus mungs) are there and the nail (hoof) of horse masā. 1, give a seal to it (Samputa) as previosly done. Do as such mudra-lavana is. Heat it on fire for 1 prahara. On its getting cold, take it out, gutiko (pills) are produced. Po. Khaniinālā1, worhip Bhairava, sacrifice = bakulā (Mimusops clengi ?) Vaḍa = vata (Banyan tree), bālaka (Colens vattiverioides), mahuḍā (Bassia heatporia) molasses, its dhāna, (grain), make recitation of Svasti, recite the mantra to make the grains of rice fly. Put on light by mekiang the wick of lump of ghee (clarified butter).
(42) Go on putting lead and leaf of Neem; go on stirring them up with the stick of Neem. Lead gets killed in on earthen vessel in a prahara and turns yellow. Next shieve it and rub in the urine of a sne-goat, 1. Not indentified.
2. Not explainable.
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