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put a layer of cloth and clay, spread out bhoḍala, leaf of raw ramica ?) into it; one leaf under and one leaf over large bhoḍala patra 1, spread out Surakhara. (a kind of oxike)- sr. over it, put the leaf of lead over bhoḍala (raw mica ?); Sprinkle collyrium over it; give again the leaf of lead; Sprinkle collrium again, leaf, again, collyrium, thus give (put) (them) layer by layer. Again, crush surakhara sr. (pava) and give (put) it over the leaf of lead and press it, place an earthen pot over it; put 3 or 7 layers of clay and cloth over it and get it dried up, fill sand into it, put it on furnace, give it fire, while increasing gradually, to for 8 praharas. On its getting cooled down, take sand out, take lead. Next make ash of 6 Ajhijhārā (not identified) 4 or 5 srs. Bind it in a piece of red cloth like Kasaṁbha (wild saffron) and put water (into it). Keep that water by filling it into a bottle. Put that lead and that sulphur pai. 24 together and crush it with that water for 4 praharas. Next make tablets of them and put them into an earthen jar. Like the first process give the canda (not identified, it may be layer) raw of bhoḍala (raw mica), crush surakhāra (a kind of oxide) pai. 5 bhar and spread it out.
Crush it and put thikaliya (not clear, tablets ?), give again Surakhara over it. Give a seal into the mouth of the jar by filling sand inte it, give it fire of 8 praharas. On its getting cooled down. take it out. Give sulphur pai. 1 with that water. Do it again like that. Like the previous process, give it fire, etc., Take it out by giving and giving fire, etc. Thus do it sever times. If that thing 1 rati is taken, the appetite will be double. It makes many other benefits, give fire to seven yantras for 8 praharas.1
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Take out the juice of pure gorakha Tambola (beetl piper) pai. 1 bhar and rub mercury with it while rubbing, mercury comes up, take it. By doing thus for 24 praharas, make it ball-like. Make a hole into the stem of Scilla indica-Indian Squvill (Kolikanda) and put it (ball of mercury) there and close the mouth (of the hole). Smear the powder of what over it, cover it with a layer of cloth and clay. Let it dry np. Then remove the layer (of cloth and clay) to the sides and take out mercury (from inside). Feed any body with that mercury rati 2 or 3 together with belt pipar by putting Ficus Tsiela (pipaḍı) and Caryophyllus aromatus (lavang). If a dose equal to 1 or 2 or 3 mandala is taken, (doess of pills) all diseases go away. There will be double appetite.2
Purify mercury is sugar till sugar remains white. It becomes black, Next rub it in the juice of Bhitabhedi (a kind of plant) in a mortar for
1. SRSS., Ch. 4. 30 2. SRSS., Ch. 5. 42
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