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ammoniac at the bottom like silver. Grind it with Aloe Vera and cook it in á Veluyantra by putting it into a bottle on fire for 12praharas.
Give Castor, dātavehara (not identified) sulphur, khadadu gandho, berajo (not identified) (rice) mastaki (cyperus rotundus) and Vamkhe (not identified) to Divāpād.' (not identified)
Grind Cinnabar in the juice of Mukā (a kind of plant) for two days, in the juice of Saresarā (a kind of plant) for two days and in the juice of Aloe Vera for two days. Make tablets of it. Dry them up in the shade. Close them up by putting Indrajava (Kurchi, Conessei bark) under and over-pai bhār (in a vessel) and give it fire of 1 basket of dung of goat for two praharas.
Rub green vitriol sr. and alpa (a kind of mineral ?) i sr. in the juice of the ripe leaf of Calotropis gigantea. Take out the juice by making it hot. Fill it into an earthen vessel. Make lump of the leaf of green, vitriol by drenching it in the juice and put it into a Śarāvasampuța. Put a layer of cloth and clay over it (sarāvsampuța). Give it fire of dry wild cowdung Cakes-3 srs. Thus 21 times. Alpa astryā is produced. *
Chemical process :
Crush together prā du *: bhāg. (part) 3, Sū bhā. (part) 4, astryā bhā. 1, realgar tā l, sulphur tā 1, Caurik 1 (Angelica glauca ?) and mercury 1 (tā). Put the whole thing into an earthen vessel, mix up the juice of Aegale Marmelos with it, as it is mixed up. Sprinkle the juice of Aegale folia. Next rub it and take it out from the fire and again rub prāde lohade. (not identified). Rub borax over (it). Give heat to the whole thing in fire. Success.5
Grind pro, prā. Sa (not identitied), rātó (red) 16 and Thuthu (a kind of poison) to. 3 and put the whole thing into an iron pot (pan). Lit strong fire in the furnace. 1. SRSS., Ch. 10. 11. 2. SRSS., Ch. 10.19. 3. SRSS., Ch. 10.20. 4. SRSS., Ch. X. 21. x. Not identified in the absence of a commentary. But it is a kind of
plant. 5. SRSS., Ch. X. 21
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