Suvarna Raupya Siddhi Shastra

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

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When the essence becomes smokeless, take it out. That table becomes reduced to ashes. By melting silver mā. 6 and brass māsā-6, put this ash into the mixture. There becomes silver.
The process of making medicinal pill (gotiko bādabhavāni vidhih).
5. Bring the fruits of Neem tree (Liboili) { sr. and take out its juice. The ineer part (inside) of it is green. After that, crush the fresh seed of black Datura and take out its juice. Rub mercury 1į tola with that juice for 3 praharas, that is, there becomes the pill and it gets bound. Next put the pill into a sarab (earthen lid) and close it with the second sarab (lid) and put (give) 7 layers of cloth and clay over it. Burn it in the fire of 50 dry wild cowdung cakes. On its getting cooled down, take it out. There it becomes dry. (It is the process of making pill) gotikavidhih (22).
6. The process of making the essence of orpiment :
Combine together equal quantity of godanti orpiment 1/4 sr., Dāli (1) of cinothi (Abrus precatorius linn) 1/4 sr. and the seed of Palāsa Pāpada 1/4 sr. and dipping (drenching) them into the urine of she-goat, give them. 3 pațas (roastings).
Give a strong seal by putting them into an earthen vessel. By making a hole into the inner jar (jar between two jars), put the paạo (parikhā = quantity) of the medicine into that jar, give a strong seal to (with) the earthen jar. By filling the dung of she-goat in the upper jar give fire. The essence of orpiment comes out. (23).
(7). Copper is pierced, silver is pierced. Keep the leaf of orpiment, in the juice of Tripani şādhi (Khāti) (raw Desmodium gangeticum) for 5 or 7 days. Next take it out and put it on fire. If it gets boiled with bubbling sound, it is accomplished. Next put mercury just equal to it and rub with it for 1 or 2 praharas. Then melt copper tola-1 by mixing 1 māsā of the essence with it. Gold (25). i.e. there becomes gold.
(8). (Take) while ciņothi (Abrus precatorius linne) and a wood of Myrobelan (Bahiņā). 24 sr, make a hole into the wood of Bāhiļā and put the powder of Abrus precatorius into it, melt old copper into that, put (it) into the juice. Next (take) 5 srs. of lime, and its fire generated by sprinking water, next make fire of dry cow-dung cakes for 1 prahara and put it on it. Then take it out and filter the thing (essence), put mala phițakii (alum) vāla 2 into copper to. 1. Silver is produced (26).