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(33) Give Anacardium under and over the leaf of zinc by grinding it (Anacardium); give it gajapuțāgni for 4 praharas.
When there remains half of it, combine it with silver, give it fire of dry wild cowdung cakes.
Rub mercury, in green tobacco in a Kācalā (pot ?). Mercury gets fixed.
(34) Cook together sulphur pai. 1, sal-ammoniac, pai. 1, and honey pai. 1; mix 1 rati of the essence with silver to. 1. Gold ?
(35) Rub an egg of a hen in the rasa (mineral) of sulphur pai. 1 and sal-ammoniac pai. 1. Fill the whole into the case of the egg and give it fire (dipāgni)-dipa-Jyoti or cook it in the oil of linseed in a Dolikāyantra. Mix the essence 1 ratỊ with silver to. 1. gold?
(36) Grind samgharaph (a kind of cinnabar) mā. 6, seed of Termination chebula (Haritaki), mineral calamine, seed of croton tig. mā. 6, borax ma. 6 and copper mā. 6 separately and combine them together, put į of the whole thing under, of it over the leaf of copper in between (them), heat it in a closed crucible for 6 ghaạis (6x24=96 minutes). There becomes gold.
(37). Make a lump of mercury and zinc and rub them of white oleander (Nerium odorum) for one prahara. Close (plate) by smearing it with the essence. (Gold). ?
in the juice
the copper
(38) Rub mercury, lead, cinnabar and sulphur in equal proportion in the juice of Aloe vera and heat the essence in a copper sampuța (Šarava = lid) on fire of coal. (There become gold).
(39) Rub mercury and lump of zinc in the juice of Elephantosus (gobhi scaber). Close sulphur 1, realgar 1, cinnabar 1, green vitriol and red ochre 1 in a copper sampuța. Give it fire of coal. (Golạ ?)
(40) Rub cinnabai 1, suro (Khara) (nitrate of potash) 1, with the juice of lemon and give it 21 pațas. (roastings) and fire of 4 ghaạıs (4 x 24 minutes). (There becomes) gold.
(41) Quench the leaf of brass in the oil of Butea frondosa or dry it up by smearing it with oil of Butea frondosa. (There becomes) gold.
(42) Give 21 putas (roasting) to orpiment and Rala (resin) in the juice of Aloe vera. Put it into a bottle and take its oil (by boiling it).
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