Rasadhyaya 221

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śigrunāmno vṛkṣasya pattrāṇi gāḍhaṃ mṛkṣaṇopamānāni vartayitvā teṣāṃ piṇḍena kulhaḍīṃ kṛtvā tasyāṃ kulhaḍikāyāṃ pūrvavidhinā tāmraṃ parityajyodgīnaṃ rasaṃ tathā dvātriṃśattamena bhāgena lavaṇaṃ ca kṣiptvā tāṃ kulhaḍīṃ vastre baddhvā tadvastraṃ davarakeṇa kāṣṭhe baddhvā tatkāṣṭhaṃ sthālyāḥ kaṇṭhe kaṃcana paṭṭaṃ baddhvā sthālīmadhye tribhāganimbukarasasahitakāñjikaṃ kṣiptvā kāñjikopari ñūbamānā tathā vastraṃ baddhvā kulhaḍī moktavyā yathā kāñjikaṃ na lagati kevalaṃ bāṣpo lagati || 1

Having firmly ground the leaves of the tree named drumstick to an ointment-like consistency, and having made a small cup from their lump; having thrown into that small cup the mercury emitted after abandoning the copper according to the previous rule, as well as salt in a thirty-second part; having tied that small cup in a cloth and tied that cloth to a stick with a cord; having bound some cloth strip at the neck of the pot; having poured into the middle of the pot sour gruel with a third part of lime juice; having tied the cloth so that the small cup is suspended above the sour gruel, it should be released so that it does not touch the sour gruel, but only the vapor touches it.