Suvarna Raupya Siddhi Shastra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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36. Lead gets killed, pierces into) the body of mercury. Mercury is not
found killed without lead. Fix (bind) mercury with the ropes of lead.
Carpața says : it becomes gold. 37. Lead drinks (assimilates) calamine (zine carbonate), Zinc carbonate
drinks (assimilales) mercury. When the vessels of zinc carbonate begin
to break up, there is joy in every house (because of making gold ?) 38. Mercury rubbed with the juice of musket (moschus = nāhi), piper beetle
(Nagalatikā.), water lily (Induvallabha) (Soymida febrifuga) and Dronapuspt = Kuba (lotus), (heated) roasted gently in succession (one by one)
seven times, quickly attains the state of ash, i. e., (gets killed). 39. Mix carbonate of soda, chloride of Sodium, alum, Godanti orpiment
and emarald (garuda) - vihamgama by taking them in equal proporation. If one rati (of this essence) is mixed with one tola (of copper) (these
become gold). 40. Drench Sambhara lona (Salt of sambara lake) in the juice of citrus
lemon and the juice of its jadi (roots), make the essence in a burnt
(cooked) earthen pot and destroy the residence of poverty again. 41. Copper combined with sulphur red ochre, mixed with equal portion of
mercury and combined with Andropogon serratus (devadālı) becomes gold. What is the wonder here, if red sulphur mixed with the essence of Butea frondosa (palasa), Liccaris (Tethivana) and cooked (fermented) with wild lotus (utpala) converts silver into gold with Tripuțas
(3 roastings ?)... 43. Take 2 parts of gold, four parts of mercury, six parts of amalsar
sulphur, fix them carefully, (there will be) gold - much quickly. 44. Take equal parts of mineral calamine and mercury, give the juice of
Aloe vera (Barbados Aloes) into them. Then give (add) one guñj of
copper. Take gold by making it with happiness. 45. Combine pure copper ţā. 10 and mineral calamine tā-10, gold tā 4
and melt them together in a covered crucible, there will be gold),
O Pupil ! do not die of starvation. 46. Take silver tā 2, pure copper ţā 3 and mineral calamine tā 5, put
them in a covered (closed) crucible and melt them with copper without
blackness. It becomes gold. This is the art of the intelligent men. 47. Equal parts of mercury and Saussurea lappa ? (Kutha = Kuştha ?) are
to be killed like silver and take double (the quantity of) good (pure)