________________
130
* Takie red, saimdhava salt 5 srs. ånd fill that much' of it into the belly of a just-born child, which may be contained into it; close it and put it into a Ukaraļā (village. dust bin) and take it out after 6 months. It (salt) becomes the essence. Purify silver 1 sr: and melt it; put the essence inito it. There becomes gold.
.
Take zinc ta. 9, make 3. leaves of it, crush cinnabar tā. 15, orpiment, #. 14, realgar ţa. 15, green vitriol (Sulphate of iron) tā. 1, and amalsar sulphur ça th and rub them in the juice of Aloe vera, rub (smear) them on the leaves of zinc, Next put those leaves one above another in an carthen cooking veszol; give a, seal into the mouth of the earthen vessel with the cake of Adad (a kind of pulse). Then melt them and incinerate them to ashes. Melt that powder-1 rati, silver vāla 3 and copper vala 13 together. Melt gold vāla 4 and put Khāra (ash) into it. Melt in a closed crucible, heat, much, Next melt it is an open crucible. That is gold piece. Truc."
Crush lead tā 9, mercury țā., mineral calamine, țā. a Rāvaņa kāca (a kind of glass) ţă. 4, amalasāra sulphure ţā. 9, all these one by one and mix thèm. Next give the mixture 7 putas (roastings) of Āuliphula, *(vanaspativtsesa), 7 putas of Kesu (water chest nut ?), 7 putas of the leaves of three without name (nanamajhada), and 7 putas of - Daạimaphula (vanaspati). Next grind them all with betel leaf (tambola) and put them into 2. Valykāyantra, Place it on fire, give fire of three kinds for 12 praharas; next agair crush th part (of lead ?) and give it 3 putas of Dadimaphụla, then again place ihe bottle (Sisi or. lead on fire) and heat it for 24 praharas. Next give it , 3 putas with the juice of auliphat for 48 praharas. Next give 3 putas, of betel leaf and fire for 96 praharas. Three kinds of fire. That is, the essence is produced. Mix 1 vāla of the essence into 1 gadīyāna “of copper. There becomes gold. 3
Take zinc palsa 5- Bhar, put it in a Sampuça (lid), spread out the leaf of găţaralapati under 'it; put the pieces of zinc at the centre, put the fear of gadatalapați pai 5 bhar over them. Close : the sampüța, make a strong seal (into it), put 5 or 7 layers of cloth and clay. and spread out:coal-5 srs.y put the sampuja at the centre, put again. 5 srs..of coal over it. ; That is, there becomes 10 srs. of coal, give fire to the samputa by litting fire with a 'fan. On getting the whole thing cooled down, take out the sampuța. If the lid (cover) of zinc flics
1. SRSS., Ch. 3. 86. 2. SRSS., Ch. 3. 103. 3. SRSS., Ch. 3. 105.
Jain Education International
For Personal & Private Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
