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Pui tā. 1 of the whole Caryophyllus aromaticus (lavanga) tā 1 or 2 of Visakhāparā Horse purslane and pieces of the root of white datura under and over 1 paisa into a crucible of Būti (herbs). Next make an earthen crucible, put those things into it and close (its mouth,) get it dried up, giue it fire of 2 dry cowdung cakes. White lead settles like silver.1
While going to the temple of Hanumān, first there will come Jalası (a kind of plant) born in the swamps (dubasi). in the drain (mālā). It is called Jalasi. It is bitter and pungent (miri. Tarı & kāthii) like Tulasi (Ocimum Albama), rub butter (or mercury) in it for 7 days. Its flower is of 4 petals. There become two thiugs white & yellow (Silver and gold); copper coin becomes white in khāparā (not explanied) of kālāphul (convovulus microphyllus) i. e silver.
Melt horse tooth, tooth of ass, tusk of elephant and the inner essence of the horn of a cow and the inner essence of the horn of a goat and Abrus precatorius (ciņothi) Take out the essence of these six and put 1 tola of silves inio it, there becomes pure silver.3
Svak : if put into tin, there will be silver.
Grind (or put into pieces) the leaf of Tecomaudulatā (Rohida tree), mix goat's milk into it. Fix mercury by keeping it in an open udhamusa put that mercury 1 masa into 1 tola of tin. There becomes silver."
Crush all these- copper ga. 5, mercury ga. 3, realagar ga. 2, borax (ga) 1 and natron ga. 1 in the juice of Euphorbia pilulifera (vadidudhi) and smear the leaf of lead or copper with the essence and heat it in fire. There becomes silver. 6
Boil the leaf of kathira (Kalai=tin), ga. 16 in the urine of ass, melt 1 kapsas (?) of salt andi tola of lime, combine mercury ga. 8 into tin and boil them. Next melt that leaf by wrapping it. Put the essence ga. 1 into it. Having brought cyperus rotundus and carmaghāsa (a kind of grass) and press their juice. Put mercury into it. Give a covering of cloth and clay over it. Next plaster (wrap) cowdung over it and put it in the fire of dry wild cowdung cakes and cook it (the whole thing). Next crush kadahiu gund
1. SRSS., Ch. 6. 34 2. SRSS., Ch. 6. 36 4. Ibid., 6. SKSS., Ch. 7.20
1x. it may juice. : 3. SRSS., Ch. 6. 39 5. SRSS., Ch. 7. 12
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