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lead becomes hard silver in the juice of Lumprachoenium microcephalum and gloriosa superba (Jalapipar). The combination of tin 1 part, mercury-2 parts, lead-1 part, lac generated from plumb tree-4 parts, symplocos racemosa-4 parts (together); their blackness is removed. Rub the gathi (lump) of tin and mercury with sugar; their blackness is removed; it is to be quenced in the juice of picuḍi and Lamprachoenium and it is to be quenced in the juice of Amorphophallus campanulatus and Illiodendranaglacum. It is to be quenced in the juice of Ambrosia (Amrtvel) and Tinosporacodifolia galo guḍuci) or white gourd and onion and long piper.?
Take equal portion (of each of) mercury, cyperus pertenulis (nāgara) and mineral calamine; make them calcinated (bhasma=jaro) and kill them by giving Aloe perfoliata and plumbago rosia. Gandu says (that) it will be ana (not explained), silver will be of 10 carats (vāņis).3
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Take one part of tin, two parts of mercury. Blackness of these two is washed away in the juice of Symplos racemosa. Natha says: there is always Divali (light of victory or success and hapiness.)*.
Take a piece of an old pipal wood which is found. Make powder of it by cutting (it into pieces) and crushing it, then infuse or saturate the powder with the urine of a male ass. Next mix tin with Pitetia Itegirinia (Navangi Kākaḍasing) and the spreading. Hogbid (Satoḍi vanaspati)."
Infuse silver (Trilocanacunadi) (not explained) with the juice of Calotropis gigantea. This is the cunadi (formula ?) of Nagarjuna, it does not get destroyed by a year."
Best (red) sulphur, well-cooked in internal smoke, becomes (powerful) for well piercing thousand times into silver, copper or lead."
(It) is to be equally saturated with the milk (sap) of Euphorbia Tragonic (Vajri) like calamine (Kha) mercury (ra) realgar (ma.), borax (tā) 1. SRSS., Ch. II. 1. 49 (Comm.)
2. SRSS., Ch. 1. 1.49 (Comm.)
3. SRSS.. Ch. 1. 11
4. SRSS., Ch. 1. 19
5. SRSS., Ch. 1. 22
6. Ibid., Ch. 1. 23 7. SRSS., Ch. 1. 25
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