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(5) Rub somala (oxide of arsenic) in the juice of Horse-radish. Rub these two together-the inner bark of Horse radish tree and cow's milk pai 1 bhār, and take out the juice, 'rub somala, (oxide of iron); next make pill of it, put it into an earthen crucible, make a closed crucible, give it gajaputāgni of goat-dung-5 srs. every day; give it fire for 21 days. This process dries up the water of mercury and tin; miš, paisa 2 bhār (of copper) and 2 ratis of the essence. (Gold ?)
(6) Purify the leaf of zinc in the juice of Anacardium, next quench it in Goyalā (a kind of plant), in white oleander (Nerium odorum), in the urine of ass, in Elephantopsus scaber (gobhi), in Āuliphul! 5 in the milk of Euphorbia antiquorum (vajri), in Aloe vera (?) and Niśā.2 Next make leaf of it pai. 1, grind (pound) cinnabar mā. 1, realgar mā. 2, kaņeri-somala (a kind of oxide of iron) mā. 2, orpiment mā. 2, juice of tamarind 1, juice of Aloe vera 1 and juice of Elephantopsus Scaber 2 and close them into a copper sampuța. (Heat it) on fire of dry wild cow-dung cake-10 srs. and coal 3į sr. Rub realgar $ sr. in the essence of grapes and saimdhava salt. The seven processes of taking out the essence
(i) Take out the essence of (metals and minerals) by blowing dirt in a Damaruyantra.
(ii) Rub sulphur į sr. in the asava (essence) of grapes and take it out by blowing dirt.
(iii) Rub somala (oxide of arsenic) sr. and aramgoli = erandi (Ricinus communis) 2 sr. in the white portion of an egg of hen and take out the the essence by blowing dirt.
(iv) Take Samgharapha (somala) sr., keep amla (Phyllanthus emblica) by dipping (drenching) it in the juice of lemon and rub samgharapha in that water. Take out the essence by blowing dirt.
(v) Rub golden pyrite sr. and borax 4 sr. in honey and clarified butter, next there does (should) not remain Jeharau 3 of Bharata. Make construction of the whole thing and rub (it); give coal into the mouth (other oven). By doing thus, take out the thing of the bottom portion.
(vi) Rub sal-ammoniac { sr. and lime of oyster-shell į sr. in the milk of calotropis gigantea į sr, and cow's milk į sr. and take out the essence by blowing dirt.. 1, Not indentified. 2. Not indentified 3. Not indentified.
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