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Rub. Samkhiu somal (a kind of oxide of arsenic) tola 1 or 2 here with the milk of Banyan tree for 3 days. Next put the combination into a sampuța (with two lids) and put a layer of cloth and clay over it. Place it into the fire of dry wild cowdung cakes 10 or 15. Somala will become lime. If it is mixed into copper, it will turn into silver. If it is takenvāla 2 or 3 in betel leaf, there will be an appetite; paralytic rheumatism goes away, if it is used.
Make a combination of palevo Pāşāno (a kind of stone) and campakapāşāna (magnetic stone) in equal portion, infuse the mixture with the milk of Srivặkșa for 1 prahara. A strong seal is to be given by rubbing it seven times. There becomes silver.?
Give saturation of the milk of Thohar (Thora) to natron tā 3 and alum tā 3 and orpiment tā. 3; smear a copper leaf with their essence three times, heat it in a closed crucible. It turns into silver.3
Give cūvā (drops) to white oxide of arsenic in the juice of castor leaf; give it fire to the extent till it swells, next heat it. This is the process of piercing of 16 parts. There becomes silver.4 .
Melt oxide of arsenic in between the half part (!) of Aloe vera and get it fermented in the earth-(bhūbhara yantra); give it 64 fires eight or seven or nine or ten times. Mix that essence vāla 1 and copper vāla 16, together. There becomes silver.
Crush mineral calamine and red rock salt of equal quanty, mix the combination in the juice of Aloe vera, put it into sarāvasamputa (samputa of two lids), cover it up with a layer of cloth and clay, and give fire to it in a gajapuța (in a pit measuring 1 cubic yard). The essence becomes of vermilion colour. Next purify lead 6 times with 7 saturation of Citrus Lemon and 7 saturations with the juice of Thohara (Euphorbia). This is the process of purifying lead. Then melt it by giving (mixing) the essence vala-11. (1) into it. There becomes silver. 6
1. SRSS., Ch. 3. 6x. 2. SRSS., 3. 10., 8. Ibid., 3. 11., 4. Ibid., 3. 12., 5. SRSS,, Ch. 3. 13. 6. SRSS., Ch. 3. 14
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