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Take a green piece of cloth which is come across on the head of a woman who has not yet given birth to a child, wrap mercury w put it inside the earthen vessel, seal up its mouth. There becomes mercury like makana gamdhima paisi. (not explained). There becomes silver.'
Rub mercury tā. 1, alum 1, sulphur 1 and borax 1 together and heat the whole thing in a crucible and give a puța (roasting) of 4 dry wild cowdung cakes.
Nage po. sa. ra. 12, (not explained)
Put the juice of Sahadevi (Sonchus arnenois), saskhaholi (Ctnolepis cerasiformis) and Bhāngro (Ectlipta alba) ta. 3, into an earthen pan, fill water into it in such a way that there remains 3 fingers less from (the brim).
At Night put it into rasa (juice or mercury), give it fire for 4 ghadis (4x24=96 minutes) by increasing it gradually, next put water into it, go on rubbing it on hands (palms), it becomes hard.?
Take a cup of lead, weighing pai. 15, put tākho (black iron or black) tā. 5 into it, fill four handfuls of sand into it, sprinkle (water) till that cup swells up (fills up ?) By making of lump, rub Khahipo, (not explained), kha., Alpa Javāsi=Alhaj Maurorun) tā. 10. and Takho tā. 5 in the milk of Euphorbia pilulifera for 2 ghdis, close it up and put a layer of cloth and clay over it, give it fire of 3 pieces of dry wild cowdung cakes again on its getting cooled down, take it out and crush it, thus give it 7 putas (roastings) of (Euporbia pilulifera (Dudheli), then give it '7 puțas of Indigofera paucifolia (ghila). Next give kurkapuța of Dodonaea viscosa ? (Bandādi) (li). Next grind pādepāho (not identified) 1} and Tākho 5 in the juice of Ghodarigani, crush the same in the juice of Sonchus aruenois (Sahadevi). Make him and put it into Euphorbia nivuiia, (Thohara), it should be ripe and old, fill the juice of ghodārigani into that and close it with the powder of Euphorbia nivuiia (Thohara), put a layer cloth and clay over it. Burn it in gajapuța. There becomes silver.
Pound this medicine Khahipo I Keapi. (not explained) Rub all the undermentioned medicines in the juice of Aloe vera in a separate mortar-all medicines for 2 praharas, mix the two-Khahipo and the rest.
1. SRSS., Ch. 9. 35. 2. SRSS., Ch. 9. 38. 3. SRSS, Ch. 9. 39.
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