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Rub the lime of oyster shell sr and tin sr. I in the milk of Euphorbia nenifolia or in the milk of Calotropis gigantea į sr. up to 14 praharas. Next smear the middle part (Pete) of an earthen vessel (bowl), put a strong seal into the mouth of the bowl and give it fire for 4 praharas. In the morning, on its getting cooled down, take out the whole essence. Tin, getting melted from its belly (peți), comes in the middle (inside).
Grind cinnabar tā. 1, borax tā i and Morthutho (a kind of poison) and mix them and stir them up inside into that bowl. Again close the earthen bowl, give it fire for prahara by putting 7 layers of cloth and clay into the mouth of the bowl. There becomes silver. 4
Melt natron 1, rock-salt 1, somal (oxide of arsenic 1, borax, 'Bāgadādı orpiment 1 and Vajrakhāra 1, (a kind of sodium) in the juice Achyranthus aspera. By melting copper to. 1, put the essence-1 māsā into it. Silver of 19 carats is produced.”
Grind Cinnabar tā. 9, Ferula Asafoetida (Hing) and gum of Butea Frondosa in the juice of Citrus medica (Bijora); smear the essence on the leaf of copper, give it 65 Kurmapuțas, grind Cinnabar with the juice of Bijora (Citus medica), grind also 2 medicines, smear the essence on the copper leaf; pure silver is produced. It is experimented by Rși Samghaji.1
Rub Pegānsı sal-ammoniac-mā. 2 and juice of Jalası (a kind of plant) mā. 1 with equal quantity of milk of Nāgārjuni (Euphorbia pilulifera) and smear the copper leaf. There becomes silver.?
Take natron, Varaji, (not clear) Cūņadanivihu (not clear) double orpiment it will be beautiful and bright, what the famine will do ? By combining all these together in equal portions, give the essence (apply) to the leaf of tin layer by layer. Fill it into a horn of a she-buffalo and close it up, put 7 layrs of cloth and clay over it and give it fire-bhatāgni for 3 days. I. Silver is accomplished.3
Grind Malla Saṁkhiu (a kind of oxide of arsenic) țā. 1, mercury tā. 1, mineral calamine tā. 1, and godantı orpiment tā. 1. 4. SRSS., Ch. 12. 2. 5. SRSS., Ch. 12. 6. 1. SRSS., Ch. 12. 13. 2. SRSS., Ch. 12. 17. 3. SRSS., Ch. 12. 21.
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