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Pour pure wax into linseed oil 108 times, pour it into the oil of Anaco ardium 21-(108) times, pour it into beda of Kukadā (hen) 21 times and into samudravāri 108 times. By giving smearing to the leaf of tin with the oil of Anācardium 108 times, make it into pieces for 8 praharas. It is a vajra mūdrā (hard seal).
(7) Take the powder of gajaveli (iron) which gets attracted to magnetic stone. Take clarified butter, honey and borax in equal portions to that (gajaveli), put it into them by drenching (wetting) it up to 21 days. Next put it into a crucible and cover it with coal and heat it till it becomes red, when it becomes red, put (pour) Dachimiu Somala (a kind of oxide of arsenic) tā. 1. into it, little by little On putting (it) 16 (times ?) there becomes the liquid, take it out. Next melt copper 14 bhār. and mix the essence vāla 4. (Gold of) 13 carats is produced.
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(8) Fill sonehalırasa (a kind of plant) pai. 3 into a cocoanut shell, having water by boring it. Put mercury pai. 1 bhär. into it and seal it up.
When it is). put into the fire of dry wild couwdung cakes-basket-1, if it burn's quickly, put cowdung-2 (baskets), next again put 5. Thus increase and increase the quantity of cowdung, but do not put cowdung at a time. If put at a time, the cocoanut bursts. Give it fire for 8 praharas; put 7. layers of cloth and clay over the cocoanut; the essence is ready, mix 1 rati of it into 1 tola (of copper). There becomes gold ?
(9) Make bread with the powder of wheat in the milk of Euphorbia nivuviia (Thohar). i.e. by mixing it with the milk of Thohar, put the pieces: of Samkhiu somala (oxide of aresenic) into it inside it), cook it and take it out. Next grind killed zinc and Malla (oxide of arsenic) together with the juice of lemon; next give it fire in iron-copper Sampuța (śarab = lids). Mix 1 rati of the essence into 1 tola of copper. (There becomes gold ?)
(10) Quench an iron-leaf into Centipeda orbicularis (Chikání) 108 times. Ash of silver (i.e. calcinated ash of silver.)
Take the leaf of (silver) which falls out and grind it in the juice of Centipeda orbicularis and give it gajaputāgni; give tin into it. If there becomes red ash (rakta bhasma), mix one rati of the essence into 1 tola of copper; gold. If it becomes white, tin gets dried up.
Chikant is two kindsof things.
(1.1) Take somala (oxide of arsenic) sr. and the juice of radish-1 maund, fill a jar with them and make holes under it. Put it on a three
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