Suvarna Raupya Siddhi Shastra

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

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Take (out) the essence. Thus is the process of making the essence of mineral calamine.
(85) Take a cup of the essence of that mineral calamine tā 6, next mercury țā 1, sulphur tā 1, realgar tā, 1 orpiment tā 1 and dadimiyo Somala (oxide of arsenic) tā 1 and combine all these medicines, crush and rub them in a mortar. By reducing them to paste, give them 7 putas (roastings) in the juice of citrus lemon, 7 puțas in the juice of Aloe vera, 7 puțas in the juice of Kavai and sūruyapuța (puța in the sun). Next make tablets of (them). Hold them by the side of medicine, hold the cup of the essence of mineral calamine above. Give a seal on (over) it. Place it into a Vālukāyantra. Make worship, lit (make) fire of (for) 8 praharas. Next take out the thing and make worship; that is the essence.
Combine together pure copper ţā 2, the essence țā 1, silver tā 3, best gold tā 5, and melt them first in an open crucible (Udhamūsā). Next crush them and fill them up, and put the remaining all in a jar. Put valukā (sand) over it srs. 1. give saindhalun salt over it. Melt them into an open crucible, next pour the whole thing, there becomes gold-gotaka (pieces).
(86). Take red samdhava salt-5 srs. and fill that much of it into the belly of a just born child, which may be contained into it; close it and put it into a Ukaraļā (village-dustbin) and take it out after 6 months. It (salt) becomes the essence. Purify silver-1 sr. and melt it. Put the essence into it. There becomes gold.
Some sūtras, are missing here, from 87–101.
(102) Mik: one bread of the fruit of Tamarind, make another bread of Carthamus tinctorius (Kusambha), next make pieces of oxide of arsenic and alum like that of rice, get them parched in the 1st bread and give (put) the second bread over it, close the broder of the breads. Cook it in a pan (earthen) (Kalnaļā). The roţali (bread) is produced (accomplished). With that put together copper ţā 5, best brass ļā 5, silver tā 5:1, this essence oxide of arsenic. tā 5, (There becomes) silver. (103) Take zinc tā 9, make 3 leaves of it, crush cinnabar tā lý, orpiment 14
ir tā 13, green vitriol (sulphate of iron) tā 14 and āmalsār sulphur tā 15 and rub them in the juice of Aloe vera, rub (smear) them on the leaf of zinc. Next put those leaves one above another in an earthen cooking vessel. Give a seal into the mouth of the earthen vessel with the cake of Adad (a kind of pulse). Then melt them and incinerate (reduce) them to ashes. Melt that powder 1 rati, silver vāla 3, & copper vāla 13 together. Melt gold vala 4