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Crush out the juice of Sonchus aruenois (Vernonia cinerea Less (Sahadevi), clitoria tematea (giraņi=garaņi) and Evolvulus alsionoides (Kālāphul) and Eclipta alb (Bhāngrā) and give tūyā to mercury with it, it becomes ash'. Rub mercury with barley, etc., next cook it with milk in Dolikāyantra. It is to be burnt.
Give țüyā (drops) to pāņepo in the juice of Nānāhino for 12 praharas, give it tüya in the juice of Kāsendra3 like that. Give it tüya in the juice of bhasmasūta phudedi (a kind of Vanaspati), give it tüyā in the juice of Udarakani (Ipomaea reniformis), give it tūyā in the juice of best Euphorbia pilulifera (Nāgārjuni-dudhi), give it cūyā (drop) in the juice af Vanakhaļā, mercury is reduced to ashes. 4
Mercury becomes fixed by chārapampoti (a kind of Vanaspati) for 7 days, it is killed with a little puța (roasting).
Cook mercury in Garuda paṁkhiu (not identified). If it is done 3 times, it is reduced to ashes.6
Rub mercury 1 șr. in _sr. of the juice of Achyran-thus aspera (aghādā) for 1 prahara. Keep the essence in the śunshine for 3 praharas. Thus do it for 2 months. Mercury gets killed and incinerated.?
Rub mercury tola 1 in the juice of Uttarāyana tola 1 for 7 days, rub it in the Malakāaṁgani (Celastrus paniculata tree) tola 7 and in the juice of black daturā tola 7 for 7 days, every day tola 1. Next put a cup of long gourd under Sarāva (Kodiyā), put a piece of Daturā over it, close the sarāva (lid) and give it fire for 4 praharas. If red colour is generated, (Mercury) dies. 9
Mix these three things- Kāginel (not identified) 1 sr., mercury 1 sr. and sulphur 13 srs. and put them into a Chinese cup. Cook them into an earthen vessel for cooking rice. Mercury becomes ashes (gets reduced to to ash) i, e. killed. 9
Put mercury pai. 2; into a zinc cup of pal 1. Next fill Sambhara lūna (Salt of Sambhar lake) 3 srs into an earthen bowl, put the cup over that, fill it up with the juice of lemon, lit hathāgni under it, give juice till mercury gets reduced to ash, put it into 1 tola (of copper). 10
1. SRSS., Ch., 6, 24 2. SRSS., Ch, 9. 14." 3. Cassia occidentalis. 4. SRSS., Ch. 9. 32. 5. SRSS., Ch. p. 34. 6. Ibid., Ch. 10. 65 7. Ibid. Ch. 10. 66 8. SRSS., Ch. XI. 20. 9. Ibid,, Ch. XI. 2. 7x 10. SRSS., Ch. XI. 2. 16.
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