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Give cüyā (drops) of pueria tuberosa, phyllanthus niruri and white Trianthemā portulacastrum to tin. There becomes silver.1
Make lumps of Kathir (a kind of tin) to. 1 and mercury to I. Next give cüyā (drops) to it by putting it into an earthen vessel with the milk of Holosteemmac Rheedii (Kşiriņinu jhāļa) tā. 9, its sing (Stalk 2), is big,' bigger than Horse radish (and) it is like Horse radish. There be. comes silver.
Rub mercury tā. 10 in the juice of the bark of the root of poinciana elata (Saṁdhesarā) for 4 praharas and in the juice of Euphorbia pilulifera (Dudheli). Next put it into earthen vessel and pour borax, tā. 2 and the juice of ginger tā. 9 into it, close it and heat it for 4 praharas. Rub mercury in the juice of gymnosporia spinosa (Boklar) for 3 days. Then rub it in the juice of yellow Loranthus Longifolia (pili Bandali) for 3 days. Put it into a bottle in a Vālukāyantra and give it fire for 8 praharas. Mix 1 vālā of the essence with tin ţā. 5. There becomes silver.
Reduce to paste mercury tā. 5 in Amaniyavesi Kontoria (Āgiyāno) tā. 10 and purple Lippia-Lippia nodiflora (jala pipar) tā 10, put it into a Kodiāsamputa(a kind of lid) and in Sineyantra and Veluyantra (respectively). Put a good seal to them, give fire to it for 12 praharas., if gajaputāgni is given, give fire to it for 8 praharas, it (essence) generates great appetite Next mix the essence into tin. There becomes silver.
Crush mercury tā. 5 with the flower of Solanum xantho carpum, make pill (ball) of it, close it into an earthen open crucible (udhamāsā). Put it into the sand of a river. Keep the mouth of the crucible open, give it fire by putting dry wild cowdung cakes over it. Mix the essence into tin. There becomes silver. 4
Purify mercury paise 1. Next make a curcible of leaf of Spanish Jasmine=Jasminum radiflorum (Canmbeli) of lova 2; put the juice of Nut meg=Myristica fragram (Jāyaphala) just like phaseolus mung=green gram (maga) into it.
1. SRSS., Ch. 6. 9 2. SRSS., Ch. 6. 20 3. SRSS., Ch. 6. 20 4. SRSS., Ch. 6. 30 5. LRSS., Ch. 6. 31. 7. SRSS., Ch. 6. 33
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