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Make a cup of silver, put mercury ga. into it, bring the milk of Euphorbia Nerufolia sr. Sprinkle it on mercury by drops. Next give it by putting it in an earthen bowl for 28 praharas, give it bhatagni. Mage fire (i.e. give it fire) up to that time (till) it becomes soft; when pressed by nails, it gets powdered. Put the cup into the earthen bowl. Mix sand with the gruel of old fine grains of rice. Put that sand Into the bowl, put that cup. On that sand, put the essence vala 2 into 9 tolas of tin. There becomes good silver. I
Take mineral calamine ta, 9 and the juice of leaves of good zizyphus sative (achanabori), grind the mineral calamine with that (it) and make a lump together. Next put the hair of a man into the lid (Saravala), put the lump of medicine into it and close the lid, give it fire for three days by placing bhari (bundle of fire stick) into dry wild cowdung cakes. That is, the essence is produced. Mix vala 2 of the essence into copper gadiyana 1. There becomes silver of 14 carats."
Mix mercury tā, 4 and sulphur ta. 4 with the milk of she Sheep (cue) for 1 day, next mix them with the juice of lemon for 1 days, next essence is accomplished. Next melt tin ta. 9 and mix it with the essence, vala2., There becomes silver.3
Take white Tinospora cordifolia (galo) and its five limbs-fruit, flower, bark, leaf and root, make them in the shade. Mix 1 sr. of them with tin ta. 4 There becomes silver+
Rub white glass (Svetakaca) and mercury for 3 days. the copper leaf with their essence (Rasa) and melt it. silver.
Grind together natron ta. 1, hamsapaka (Hingala ?) tā. 1, realgar ṭā. 1 and orpiment ta. 1, put sr, of milk of one-coloured cow in an earthen vessel. give a cover over it. Make dipagni (and heat it) Take out all milk from it (Eaase). Next purify tin and make a leaf of it. Melt it into an open crucible by giving the powder of the essence layer by layer. Silver is accomplished."
1. SRSS., Ch. 12. 29
2. Ibid., Ch, 12. 30
3. SRSS., Ch. 13. 2
4. SRSS., Ch. 13. 4
5. Ibid., Ch. 13. 5
6. SRSS., Ch. 13. 12.
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