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(25) Take the juice of Asarvata 1 sr. and the juice of Haḍasakala (cissus quadrangularis)- 13 srs.; give tuya (drops) of mercury to silver; (give) tuya of the two juices to it in an iron cup; make mandagni, put 1 māsa of the essence into 1 tola of tin. (There will be) silver.
(26) Cook tridhari, Haḍusamkali (Cissus Triangularis) on fire for 21 days; next by grinding Kaneriu realgar, smear the leaf of zinc with it; give it layer by layer on the leaf; put it into an earthen bowl and close it up, put 7 layers of cloth (and clay) (over it), put it into Valukayantra. Close it up; make mandagni (slow fire) for 8 praharas. Mix 1 māsa of the essence into 1 tola of silver. (There becomes gold) of 8 carats.
(26x) Take a piece of phatakiu Malla (a kind of oxide of arsenic) ṭā. 6, put it into the hole of Amorphophallus campanulatus by making it into this thing, give a lid (cover) into its mouth by putting the juice of Abrus precatorius (cinothi) into it. By covering it and fiiling sand into an earthen bowl, put Amorphophallus inside it (bowl) and place it on the furnace; give it fire till the juice inside Amorphophallus gets dried up. Thus next close (it) into Indian squvill = Urginoea Indica (Kolikanda) and wrap it up with cowdung and heat it next. Put it into lemon, wrap it up in cowdung, 7 put it into Bhara 2 Thus do seven times. Take out the lemon, melt copper ta. 10, put powder-gadiāno 1. Next give it 7 putas of Babi 3 silver.
(27) Take Phitakiu malla (a kind of oxide of arsenic) 1, mercury ga. 2, thutho (a kind of poison) ga. 2, lime of conch-shell (samkhi cũno) ga 2 and 2 cups of tin, weighing ta. 66. By making powder of the medicine, put it into one cup; next close its mouth by giving (putting) the second cup over it. Next rub green vitriol in the milk of Vajri (Euphorbia antiquorum), smear it on the cup, next give (put) 3 layers of cloth and clay over it. Next fill the jar with sand, put the cup inside it, fill sand over it, measuring 2 fingers. Next seal up the mouth of the jar with a lid, close it with clay and give it fire for 2 praharas. The essence is produced. Mix the essence vala 1 into copper gadi. 1. There becomes 18 carats (Visva) (of gold ?).
(28) Rub mercury ta. 4 and sulphur ta 4 in the juice of Clenolepis cerasiformis (Samkhaholi) for 1 day; grind them in the juice of Horse purslane (Satoḍi) for 1 day, & grind them in the juice of Aloe vera for 1 day in a mortar in good manner. Next put the whole thing into a glass kettle (casket) 1. A kind of fruit, 2. A kind of vessel 3. Not deciphered.
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