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> — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.5) kharparītutthakaṅkuṣṭhagirisindūraṭaṅkaṇāḥ / kampillaviṣakāsīsagaurīpāṣāṇabhūkhagāḥ // > Calamine, blue vitriol, kaṅkuṣṭha, rock red lead, borax, > kampilla, poison, green vitriol, white arsenic, mica, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.6) poddāraśṛṅgī sindūrastuvariśca rasāñjanam / nīlāñjanaṃ ca sauvīraṃ srotoñjanam aphenakam // > litharge, red lead, tuvarī, rasāñjana, > blue stibnite, sauvīra stibnite, srotoñjana, opium, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.7) puṣpāñjanaṃ śaṅkhaśuktiśambūkāśca varāṭakāḥ / sābuṇī ca navakṣāracīnakṣārākhumārakāḥ // > flower stibnite, conch shell, oyster shell, snails, cowrie shells, > soap-nut, ammonium chloride, Chinese salt, mouse-killer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.8) sarjaguggululākṣāśca kṣārāśca lavaṇāni ca / gorocano'mlavetaśca kācacchagaṇavālukāḥ // > sal resin, bdellium, lac, alkalis, and salts, > gorocanā, amlavetasa, glass, goat dung, and sand: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.9) ete uparasāḥ khyātā rasarājasya karmaṇi / \ svarṇarūpyārkakāntābhrasattvaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ ca muṇḍakam // > these are known as secondary minerals in the operations on the king of mercuries. > \ > Gold, silver, copper, magnetic iron, essence of mica, cast iron, muṇḍa iron, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.10) bhujaṅgaṃ trapusaṃ caiva rītiḥ kāṃsyaṃ ca vartakam / dvādaśaitāni lohāni maṇḍūro lohakiṭṭakam // > Lead and tin, brass, bell metal, and alloy metal; / these twelve are the metals; maṇḍūra is the slag of iron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.11) \ māṇikyamuktāphalavidrumāṇi tārkṣyaṃ ca puṣyaṃ bhiduraṃ ca nīlam / gomedhakaṃ cātha viḍūrakaṃ ca krameṇa ratnāni navagrahāṇām // > \ / Ruby, pearl, coral, emerald, yellow sapphire, diamond, and blue sapphire, / hessonite, and cat's-eye are in order the gems of the nine planets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.12) \ sūryakāntaś candrakāntas tārakāntastu kāntakaḥ / vaikrāntaśca nṛpāvartaḥ sasyako vimalā tathā // > \ / Sūryakānta, candrakānta, tārakānta, kāntaka, / vaikrānta, nṛpāvarta, sasyaka, and likewise vimalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.13) perojaśca navaitāni hyuparatnāni nirdiśet / \ utpattilakṣaṇaṃ jātiṃ gandhakaṃ śodhayedataḥ // > and turquoise—these nine are designated as secondary gems. / \ / Origin, characteristics, variety: one should then purify sulphur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.14) sājyaṃ bhāṇḍe payaḥ kṣiptvā mukhaṃ vastreṇa bandhayet / tatpṛṣṭhe cūrṇitaṃ gandhaṃ kṣiptvā śrāveṇa rodhayet // > Having poured milk with clarified butter into a pot, one should bind its mouth with a cloth. / Having placed powdered sulphur upon that \[cloth\], one should cover it with a shallow earthenware lid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.15) bhāṇḍaṃ nikṣipya bhūmyantarūrdhvaṃ deyaṃ puṭaṃ laghu / tataḥ kṣīre drutaṃ gandhaṃ śuddhaṃ yogeṣu yojayet // > Having placed the pot within the ground, a light puṭa should be applied above. / Then, one should employ the purified sulphur, melted into the milk, in recipes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.16) \ kaṅguṇīsarṣapairaṇḍatailaṃ vātha kusumbhajam / meṣīkṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ vātha gokṣīraṃ cāranālakam // > \ / Celastrus oil, mustard oil, castor oil, or safflower oil, / ewe's milk, clarified butter, or cow's milk and fermented sour gruel— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.17) eteṣvekaṃ tu bhāṇḍāntaḥ kiṃcidūnaṃ prapūrayet / ruddhvā vastreṇa tadvaktraṃ gandhacūrṇaṃ tata upari // > one should fill a pot inside with one of these until slightly short \[of the brim\]. / Having tied its mouth with a cloth, then \[put\] the sulphur powder on top. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.18) lohapātreṇa ruddhvātha pṛṣṭhe sthāpya ca kharparam / sāgnim utpalakaiḥ pūrṇameva drāvya samuddharet // > Having covered it with an iron vessel, and having placed an earthen saucer with fire / full of dried cow-dung cakes upon it, melting it in this way, one should extract it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.19) taddhuttūradravaiḥ piṣṭvā śuṣkaṃ drāvyaṃ ca pūrvavat / punarevaṃ prakartavyaṃ suśuddho gandhako bhavet // > Having ground that with dhuttūra juice, dried it, and melted it as before, / this should be done once again; the sulphur will become thoroughly purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.20) \ yāmaikaṃ gandhakaṃ mardyaṃ bṛhatyā cājagandhayā / bhṛṅgīdhuttūrayorvātha tilaparṇyāśca taddravaiḥ // > \ / Sulphur is to be ground for one watch with bṛhatī and ajagandhā, / or with the juices of bhṛṅgī, dhuttūra, and tilaparṇī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.21) tamādāya ghṛtaistulyair lohapātre kṣaṇaṃ pacet / baddhvāgninā drutaṃ taṃ vai hyajākṣīre vinikṣipet // > Taking it, one should cook it for a moment with equal clarified butter in an iron vessel. / Melted by applying fire, one should surely drop it into goat's milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.22) ityevaṃ saptadhā kuryācchuddhimāyāti gandhakaḥ / \ karañjairaṇḍatailaṃ ca chāgīdugdhaṃ ca bhāṇḍake // > One should do this seven times; sulphur attains purification. / \ / Having put karañja oil, castor oil, and goat's milk into a pot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.23) kṣiptvā tasya mukhaṃ baddhvā svacchavastreṇa buddhimān / gandhakaṃ dhūrtajair drāvairdinaṃ bhāvyaṃ viśoṣayet // > and tied its mouth with a clean cloth, the wise person / should steep the sulphur for a day with dhūrtaja juices and dry it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.24) taccūrṇaṃ pūrvabhāṇḍasya vastropari nidhāpayet / ācchādya śrāvakenaiva pṛṣṭhe deyaṃ puṭaṃ laghu // > One should place that powder on top of the cloth of the aforementioned pot. / Having covered it with a shallow earthenware lid, a light puṭa should be applied above. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.25) drutaṃ gandhaṃ samādāya bhāvyaṃ dhuttūrajairdravaiḥ / tadvaddrāvyaṃ punarbhāvyaṃ drāvayecca punastataḥ // > Taking the melted sulphur, it should be steeped with dhuttūra juices, / melted in the same manner, steeped again, and melted once more thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.26) ādāya matsyapittena saptadhā bhāvyamātape / tataḥ kośātakībījacūrṇena saha peṣayet // > Taking it, it should be steeped seven times in the sun with fish bile. / Then, one should grind it together with the seed powder of kośātakī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.27) bhāvayedbhṛṅgajairdrāvaiḥ saptāhamātape khare / toyena kṣālitaṃ śoṣyaṃ tato mṛdvagninā kṣaṇam // > One should steep it with bhṛṅga juices for a week in the intense sun, / wash it with water, dry it, and then melt it for a moment over a gentle fire > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.28) ghṛtākte lohapātre tu drāvitaṃ ḍhālayettataḥ / bhṛṅgarājadravāntasthaḥ samyak śuddhaḥ sa jāyate // > in an iron vessel smeared with clarified butter, and then pour it out. / Submerged in bhṛṅgarāja juice, it becomes completely purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.29) \ gandhakaṃ yāmamātraṃ vā madyabrāhmyajagandhayoḥ / bhṛṅgadhuttūrayorvāpi tilaparṇīrasena vā // > \ / Sulphur should be ground for merely one watch with brāhmī and ajagandhā, / or with bhṛṅga and dhuttūra, or with the juice of tilaparṇī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.30) tadādāya ghṛtopetaṃ lohapātre kṣaṇaṃ pacet / laghvagninā drutaṃ tacca meṣīkṣīre vinikṣipet // > Taking it together with clarified butter, one should cook it for a moment in an iron vessel. / Melted by a light fire, one should drop it into ewe's milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.31) evaṃ kṛtaṃ saptavāraṃ śuddhaṃ bhavati gandhakam / \ devadālyamlaparṇī vā nāraṅgaṃ vātha dāḍimam // > Done in this manner seven times, the sulphur becomes pure. / \ / Devadālī, amlaparṇī, orange, or pomegranate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.32) mātuluṅgaṃ yathālābhaṃ dravamekasya cāharet / gandhakasya tu pādāṃśaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ dravasaṃyutam // > or citron: one should take the juice of whichever is obtained. / A fourth part of borax relative to the sulphur, combined with the juice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.33) ātape tridinaṃ śuṣkaṃ dravaṃ deyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ / dhuttūratulasīkṛṣṇalaśunaṃ devadālikā // > is dried in the sun for three days; juice should be added again and again. / Dhuttūra, tulasī, kṛṣṇalaśuna, devadālikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.34) śigrumūlaṃ kākamācī karpūraṃ śaṃkhinīdvayam / kṛṣṇāgaru ca kastūrī vandhyā karkoṭakī samam // > śigru root, kākamācī, camphor, both śaṃkhinīs, / black aloe wood, musk, and sterile kārkoṭakī in equal parts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.35) mātuluṅgarasaiḥ piṣṭvā kṣipederaṇḍatailake / anena lohapātrasthaṃ bhāvayetpūrvagandhakam // > ground with citron juice, should be added to castor oil. / With this, one should steep the aforementioned sulphur kept in an iron vessel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.36) trivāraṃ kṣaudratulyaṃ tajjāyate gandhavarjitam / idaṃ gandhakatailaṃ syātsarvayogeṣu yojayet // > Three times \[done\], it becomes honey-like, free of odor. / This is sulphur oil; one should employ it in all recipes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.37) \ athavārkasnuhīkṣīrairvastraṃ lepyaṃ tu saptadhā / gandhakaṃ navanītena piṣṭvā vastraṃ lipettu tām // > \ / Alternatively, a cloth should be coated seven times with the milks of arka and snuhī. / Having ground sulphur with butter, one should coat that cloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.38) tadvartiṃ jvalitāṃ daṃśe dhṛtāṃ kuryādadhomukhīm / tailaṃ patedadho bhāṇḍe grāhyaṃ yogeṣu yojayet // > Ignited and held with tongs, one should hold that wick facing downwards. / Oil falls down into a vessel; it should be gathered and used in recipes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.39) \ gandhakastu kuberākṣītailena ciramarditaḥ / dṛḍhaṃ prakaṭamūṣāyāṃ dhmātaḥ sattvaṃ vimuñcati // > \ / Sulphur, ground for a long time with kuberākṣī oil, / strongly blown with bellows in an open crucible, releases its essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.40) \ yadvā bhāṇḍodare kṣiptvā gandhakaṃ pūrvaśodhitam / pidhāya tāmrapātreṇa tasmiñśītodakaṃ kṣipet // > \ / Or, having placed the previously purified sulphur inside a pot, / and covered it with a copper vessel, one should pour cold water into that \[copper vessel\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.41) mandaṃ prajvālya tadadho vahnimuṣṇaṃ jalaṃ haret / evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ śītajalamūrdhvaṃ vinikṣipet // > Having lit a gentle fire beneath it, one should remove the hot water. / In this way, one should pour cold water above again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.42) gandhakasyāgnitaḥ sattvaṃ svarṇābhaṃ sarvakāryakṛt / na cāsya sattvam ādadyāt sattvarūpo hi gandhakaḥ // > By means of fire, the gold-like essence of sulphur that accomplishes all tasks \[is obtained\]. / But one should not extract its essence, for sulphur is itself essence in nature: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.43) iti gandhakatattvajñāḥ kecidanye pracakṣate / \ yadvā saṃcūrṇitaṃ gandhaṃ kaṭutailasamanvitam // > thus some other knowers of the true nature of sulphur declare. / \ / Or, sulphur thoroughly powdered, combined with pungent oil, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.44) vastre nikṣipya tadvastraṃ kārayedvartikāṃ dṛḍhām / tataḥ sūtreṇa saṃveṣṭya goghṛtena pariplutām // > is placed in a cloth, and that cloth is made into a firm wick; / then wrapped with thread and thoroughly soaked with cow's clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.45) saṃdaṃśenoddhṛtaṃ kṛtvā vartiṃ cādhaḥ pradīpayet / pakvāmraphalasambhūtarasavarṇā bhaveddrutiḥ // > held with tongs, the wick should be lit from below. / A liquid will be formed having the color of juice produced from a ripe mango fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.46) \ gandhakaḥ kaṭukaḥ pāke vīryoṣṇo vimalaḥ saraḥ / visarpakuṣṭhakaṇḍūtikrimigulmakṣayāpahaḥ // > \ / Sulphur is pungent in post-digestive effect, hot in potency, pure, and laxative. / It cures erysipelas, skin diseases, itching, parasitic worms, abdominal lumps, and consumption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.47) akṣirogapraśamano vṛṣyo viṣagadārtijit / sarvasiddhiprado balyastridoṣaghno rasāyanaḥ // > It soothes eye diseases, is aphrodisiac, conquers pains caused by poisons and illnesses, / bestows all alchemical perfections, gives strength, destroys the three humors, and is a rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.48) \ haritālaṃ ca godantī tālakaṃ naṭamaṇḍanam / girijālalitaṃ pītam atigandhaṃ biḍālakam // > \ / Haritāla, godantī, tālaka, naṭamaṇḍana, / girijālalita, pīta, atigandha, and biḍālaka \[are its synonyms\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.49) \ haritālaṃ dvidhā proktaṃ patrākhyaṃ piṇḍasaṃjñakam / \ svarṇavarṇaṃ guru snigdhaṃ tanupattraṃ ca bhāsuram // > \ / Haritāla is declared to be of two kinds: that called patra, and that named piṇḍa. / \ / Gold-colored, heavy, unctuous, with thin sheets, and lustrous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.50) tatpattratālakaṃ proktaṃ bahupatraṃ rasāyanam / \ niṣpatraṃ piṇḍasadṛśaṃ svalpasattvaṃ tathā guru // > that is called patratālaka, having many layers, a rejuvenation therapy. / \ / Devoid of layers, ball-like, possessing little essence, and heavy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.51) strīpuṣpaharaṇaṃ tattu guṇālpaṃ piṇḍatālakam / \ vātaśleṣmapramehādikaram āyurnibarhaṇam // > It eliminates female menses, is inferior in virtues, and is called piṇḍatālaka. > \[Flaws from consuming unpurified orpiment:\] > It causes vāta humor, phlegm humor, urinary disorders, and the like, and destroys lifespan, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.52) tāpasphoṭāṅgasaṃkocaṃ haritālamaśodhitam / \ tālakaṃ kaṇaśaḥ kṛtvā daśāṃśena tu ṭaṅkaṇam // > and brings about fever, eruptions, and contraction of limbs—such is unpurified orpiment. > \[Purification of orpiment; first method:\] > Having broken orpiment into small grains, one should wash it with borax \[amounting to\] a tenth part, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.53) jambīrotthadravaiḥ kṣālyaṃ kāñjikaiḥ kṣālayetpunaḥ / vastre caturguṇe baddhvā ḍolāyantre dinaṃ pacet // > with juice extracted from jambīra citron, and should wash it again with fermented rice-water. > Having tied it in a fourfold cloth, one should cook it for a day in a dolāyantra > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.54) sacūrṇenāranālena dinaṃ kūṣmāṇḍajai rasaiḥ / svedyaṃ vā śālmalītoyaistālakaṃ śuddhimāpnuyāt // > with fermented gruel mixed with lime, or steam it for a day with juice of ash gourd > or with water of the silk-cotton tree; \[then\] orpiment attains purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.55) \ madhutulye ghanībhūte kaṣāye brahmamūlaje / trivāraṃ tālakaṃ bhāvyaṃ piṣṭvā mūtre'tha māhiṣe // > \[Second method:\] > When a decoction made from the roots of the palāśa tree has thickened to resemble honey, > orpiment is to be macerated three times, and having ground it in female buffalo's urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.56) utpalairdaśabhirdeyaṃ puṭaṃ kuryātpunaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ dvādaśadhā pācyaṃ śuddhaṃ yogeṣu yojayet // > one should repeatedly give it a calcination with ten cow-dung cakes. > Cooked in this manner twelve times, the purified \[orpiment\] should be employed in formulations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.57) \ tālakaṃ poṭṭalaṃ baddhvā sacūrṇe kāñjike pacet / dolāyantreṇa yāmaikaṃ tataḥ kūṣmāṇḍaje rase // > \[Third method:\] > Having tied orpiment into a bundle, one should cook it in fermented rice-water mixed with lime > by means of a dolāyantra for one watch; then in juice of ash gourd, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.58) tilataile pacedyāmaṃ yāmaṃ ca triphalājale / evaṃ yantre caturyāmaṃ pācyaṃ śudhyati tālakam // > one should cook it for one watch in sesame oil, and for one watch in triphalā water. > Cooked thus in the apparatus for four watches, orpiment is purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.59) \ lākṣā rājī tilāḥ śigru ṭaṅkaṇaṃ lavaṇaṃ guḍam / tālakārghyeṇa saṃmardya chidramūṣāṃ nirodhayet // > \[Extraction of orpiment essence; first method:\] > Lac, black mustard, sesame seeds, moringa, borax, salt, and jaggery, > having triturated \[these\] with an equal quantity of orpiment, one should seal a perforated crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.60) puṭetpātālayantreṇa sattvaṃ patati niścayam / \ tālakaṃ mardayeddugdhaiḥ sarpākṣyā vā kaṣāyakaiḥ // > One should calcinate it with a pātālayantra; the essence falls out without fail. > \[Second method:\] > One should triturate orpiment with milk, or with decoctions of sarpākṣī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.61) pūrvavajjanayetsattvaṃ chidramūṣānirodhitam / \ lākṣā rājī guḍaṃ śigru ṭaṅkaṇaṃ lavaṇaṃ tilāḥ // > Sealed in a perforated crucible, one should produce the essence just as before. > \[Third method:\] > Lac, black mustard, jaggery, moringa, borax, salt, and sesame seeds— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.62) ebhistulyaṃ sattvatālaṃ mardayed ravidugdhakaiḥ / dinaṃ vā vajriṇīdugdhaiḥ kūśmāṇḍasya dravaiśca vā // > one should triturate orpiment suitable for essence \[extraction\] with an equal quantity of these using milk of the sun-plant, > or for a day with milk of the pencil-cactus, or with juices of ash gourd. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.63) tena kalkena liptvāntaśchidramūṣāṃ nirodhayet / puṭādvā dhamanāt sattvaṃ grāhyaṃ pātālayantrake // > Having smeared the inside with that paste, one should seal a perforated crucible; > from calcination or blowing, the essence is to be taken in a pātālayantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.64) \ tālakādaṣṭamāṃśena deyaṃ sūtaṃ ca ṭaṅkaṇam / kūśmāṇḍasya rasaiḥ snuhyāḥ kṣīrair mardyāddinatrayam // > \[Fourth method:\] > Quicksilver and borax are to be added in an eighth part of the orpiment; > one should triturate for three days with juice of ash gourd and latex of the milk-hedge tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.65) tadgolaṃ chidramūṣāyāṃ grāhyaṃ sattvaṃ ca pūrvavat / \ bhāgāḥ ṣoḍaśa tālasya viṣapāradaṭaṅkaṇāḥ // > Having placed that ball into a perforated crucible, the essence is to be taken as before. > \[Fifth method:\] > Sixteen parts of orpiment, \[and\] poison, mercury, and borax, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.66) śvetābhravaṅgayoścūrṇaṃ pratibhāgaṃ vimiśrayet / samaṃ snuhyarkapayasā mardayeddivasadvayam // > and the powder of white mica and tin: one should mix an equal part of each; > one should triturate for two days with an equal amount of latex of the milk-hedge and sun-plant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.67) tadgolaṃ kācakupyantaḥ kṣiptvā tāṃ kācakūpikām / sarvato'ṅgulamānena limpedvastre mṛdā dṛḍham // > Having thrown that ball inside a glass flask, one should coat that glass flask > firmly all around to the measure of an inch with cloth and clay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.68) śuṣkāṃ tāṃ vālukāyantre śanairmandāgninā pacet / śuṣke drave nirudhyātha samyaṅmṛllavaṇairmukham // > When dried, one should cook it slowly over a gentle fire in a sand-bath apparatus; > then, when the moisture has dried up, having properly sealed the opening with clay and salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.69) caṇḍāgninā pacedyāvattāvaddvādaśayāmakam / svāṅgaśītaṃ samuddhṛtya bhittvā kūpīṃ samāharet // > one should cook it over a fierce fire for as long as twelve watches. > Having taken it out when cool of itself, having broken the flask, one should collect > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.70) ūrdhvalagnaṃ tālasattvaṃ sphaṭikopalasannibham / \<ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakāraḥ\> bhāvitaṃ snukpayaḥ siktaṃ snuhīdrāvairdvisaptadhā // > the essence of orpiment adhering to the top, resembling rock crystal. > \[Sixth method:\] > Macerated and sprinkled with latex of the milk-hedge tree, \[treated\] with juices of the milk-hedge tree fourteen times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.71) tilasarṣapaśigrūṇi lavaṇaṃ mitrapañcakam / ebhistulyaṃ śuddhatālaṃ dinamekaṃ vimardayet // > sesame, mustard seeds, moringa, salt, and the 'five friends'— > with an equal quantity of these, one should triturate purified orpiment for one day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.72) bhūdhare chidramūṣāntardhmātaṃ sattvaṃ vimuñcati / \ tālakaṃ śodhitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kuṣṭhamṛtyujarāpaham // > Blown inside a perforated crucible in a pit hearth, it releases its essence. > \[Properties of orpiment:\] > Purified orpiment is supreme; it cures cutaneous disease, death, and senescence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.73) saubhāgyasaugandhyakaraṃ paramāyurvivardhanam / \ manaḥśilā syātkunaṭī nāgāsyā raktagandhakaḥ // > brings good fortune and bodily fragrance, and greatly prolongs lifespan. > \[Realgar:\] > Realgar is called kunaṭī, nāgāsyā, raktagandhaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.74) nepālikā nāgajihvā kalyāṇī saptanāmakā / \ manaḥśilā tridhā proktā śyāmāṅgī kaṇavīrakā // > nepālikā, nāgajihvā, and kalyāṇī—having seven names. > \[Varieties of realgar:\] > Realgar is described as threefold: śyāmāṅgī, kaṇavīrakā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.75) khaṇḍākhyā caiva tadrūpaṃ vivicya parikalpyate / śyāmā raktā kharāṅgā ca bhārāḍhyā śyāmikā matā // > and khaṇḍākhyā; its form is determined upon distinguishing \[them\]: > śyāmikā is considered dark, reddish, rough-textured, and heavy; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.76) tejasvinī ca nirbhārā tāmrābhā kaṇavīrakā / cūrṇībhūtātiraktāṅgī sabhārā khaṇḍapūrvikā // > kaṇavīrakā is lustrous, light in weight, and copper-colored; > khaṇḍapūrvikā is powdery, intensely red, and heavy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.77) uttaroktā guṇaiḥ śreṣṭhā bhūrisattvā prakīrtitā / \ aśmarīṃ mūtrakṛcchraṃ ca mandāgniṃ malabaddhatām // > The later mentioned is best in virtues and celebrated as yielding abundant essence. > \[Flaws from consuming unpurified realgar:\] > Urinary calculus, dysuria, impaired digestive fire, constipation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.78) karoti kuṣṭhaṃ tāpaṃ ca śuddhihīnā manaḥśilā / \ ajāmūtraistryahaṃ pacyāddolāyantre manaḥśilām // > cutaneous disease, and fever are caused by realgar devoid of purification. > \[Purification of realgar:\] > One should cook realgar for three days in goat urine using a dolāyantra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.79) saptadhā dadhyajāpittairgharme tāpyaṃ viśuddhaye / jīvantībhṛṅgarāḍraktāgastyadrāvairmanaḥśilām // > for purification, it should be heated seven times in the sun with curd and goat bile. > \[Or,\] realgar \[treated\] with juices of jīvantī, bhṛṅgarāja, and sesbania > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.80) dolāyantre pacedyāmaṃ yāmaṃ chāgotthamūtrakaiḥ / kṣālayedāranālena sarvayogeṣu yojayet // > one should cook in a dolāyantra for one watch, and for one watch in urine obtained from a goat; > one should wash it with fermented gruel, and employ it in all formulations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.81) agastyasya rase bhāvyā saptāhācchodhitā śilā / \ tālavacca śilāsattvaṃ pātanaṃ śodhanaṃ tathā // > Macerated for seven days in the juice of sesbania, realgar is purified. > \[Extraction of realgar essence; first method:\] > The extraction of essence and the purification of realgar are just like those of orpiment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.82) gomāṃsair mātuluṅgāmlair dinaṃ bhāvyā manaḥśilā / tāṃ raktapītapuṣpāṇāṃ rasaiḥ pītaiśca bhāvayet // > Realgar is to be macerated for a day with beef and the sour juice of citron; > one should macerate it with yellow juices and juices of red and yellow flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.83) dinānte mardayedyāmaṃ mitrapañcakasaṃyutam / gulikāṃ kācakūpyantaḥ kṣiptvā tāṃ kācakūpikām // > At the end of the day, one should triturate it for one watch combined with the 'five friends'. > Having placed the pill inside a glass flask, \[and\] having coated that glass flask > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.84) sarvato'ṅgulamānena limpedvastramṛdā dṛḍham / śuṣkāṃ tāṃ vālukāyantre śanairmandāgninā pacet // > firmly all around to the measure of an inch with cloth and clay, > when dried, one should cook it slowly over a gentle fire in a sand-bath apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.85) śuṣke drave nirudhyātha samyaṅmṛllavaṇairmukham / caṇḍāgninā pacedyāvattāvaddvādaśayāmakam // > When the moisture has dried up, having properly sealed the opening with clay and salt, > one should cook it over a fierce fire for as long as twelve watches. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.86) svāṅgaśītaṃ samuddhṛtya bhittvā kūpīṃ samāharet / ūrdhvalagnaṃ śilāsattvaṃ bālārkasadṛśopamam // > Having taken it out when cool of itself, having broken the flask, one should collect > the essence of realgar adhering to the top, resembling the morning sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.87) \ agastyaśigrujaistoyais tryahaṃ bhāvyā manaḥśilā / tālakauṣadhayogena sattvaṃ hemanibhaṃ bhavet // > \[Second method:\] > Realgar is to be macerated for three days with waters of sesbania and moringa; > combined with the drugs for orpiment, its essence becomes like gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.88) \ manaḥśilā kaṭūṣṇā ca satiktā kaphavātajit / kaṇḍūtikṣayakāsaghnī viṣabhūtāgnimāndyahṛt // > \[Properties of realgar:\] > Realgar is pungent, hot, slightly bitter, and conquers kapha humor and vāta humor; > it destroys itching, phthisis, and cough, and removes poison, evil spirits, and sluggish digestion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.89) \ mākṣikaṃ madhudhātu syānmākṣīkaṃ hemamākṣikam / tāpyaṃ ca tāpijaṃ tārkṣyaṃ tāpīdeśasamudbhavam // > \[Pyrite:\] > Mākṣika is madhudhātu, mākṣīka, hemamākṣika, > tāpya, tāpija, tārkṣya, and tāpīdeśasamudbhava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.90) \ mākṣīkaṃ dvividhaṃ hemamākṣikaṃ tāramākṣikam / tatrādyaṃ mākṣikaṃ kānyakubjotthaṃ svarṇasannibham // > \[Varieties of pyrite:\] > Mākṣīka is of two kinds: gold pyrite and silver pyrite. > Among them, the first pyrite originates from Kānyakubja and resembles gold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.91) tapatītīrasambhūtaṃ pañcavarṇaṃ suvarṇavat / pāṣāṇabahalaḥ proktastāpyākhyo'sau guṇātmakaḥ // > that produced on the banks of the Tapatī is five-colored and resembles gold; > rich in stone, it is called tāpya and is endowed with virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.92) suvarṇākārabhedācca pratyekaṃ tatpunastridhā / kādambaṃ kāravellākhyaṃ taṇḍulīyakasaṃjñakam // > And according to variations in its golden form, each is again threefold: > that called kādamba, that named kāravellā, and that known as taṇḍulīyaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.93) \ prāṇaviṣṭambhadaurbalyavahnisādākṣirogakṛt / mākṣikaṃ mārayatyeva śuddhihīnaṃ surārcite // > \ > Unpurified mākṣika causes obstruction of breath, debility, loss of digestive fire, and eye diseases; / it even kills, O goddess worshipped by the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.94) \ mākṣikaṃ naramūtreṇa kvāthaiḥ kaulutthakodbhavaiḥ / vetasenāmlavargeṇa ṭaṅkaṇena kaṭutrikaiḥ // > \ > \[Cooking\] mākṣika with human urine, with decoctions made from kulattha, / with amlavetasa, with the group of acids, with borax, and with the three pungents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.95) ḍolāyantre dinaṃ pācyaṃ sūraṇasyaiva madhyagam / dinaṃ rambhādravaiḥ pacyāduddhṛtaṃ peṣayed ghṛtaiḥ // > placed inside a sūraṇa corm, cooked for a day in a swing apparatus, / one should cook it for a day with the juices of plantain; taken out, one should grind it with ghee > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.96) eraṇḍatailasaṃyuktaiḥ puṭe pacyanviśodhayet / \ mākṣikasya trayo bhāgā bhāgaikaṃ ṭaṅkaṇasya ca // > combined with castor oil, \[and\] cooking it in a pit kiln, one purifies it. > \ > Three parts of mākṣika and one part of borax, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.97) mātuluṅgadravairvātha jambīrotthadravaiḥ pacet / lohapātre pacettāvadyāvatpātraṃ sulohitam // > or cook it with the juices of citron or with juices arising from lime; / one should cook it in an iron vessel until the vessel is thoroughly red > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.98) tāmravarṇamayo vāpi tāvacchudhyati mākṣikam / \ agastipuṣpaniryāsaiḥ śigrumūlaṃ nigharṣayet // > or turns the color of copper; until that happens, mākṣika is purified. > \ > One should rub śigru root with the juice of agasti flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.99) dravaiḥ pāṣāṇabhedyāśca peṣyam ebhiśca mākṣikam / tadvaṭīṃ cātha mūṣāyāṃ daśabhirutpalaiḥ puṭet // > and mākṣika is to be ground with these and with juices of pāṣāṇabhedī; / one should then heat its pill in a crucible with ten cow dung cakes in a pit kiln. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.100) punaḥ punaśca piṣṭvātha puṭaiḥ ṣaḍbhirviśudhyati / \ kṣaudrakṣīrāranālāśca aṣṭabhāgāḥ pṛthak pṛthak // > Grinding it again and again, it is purified through six pit kilns. > \ > Honey, milk, and sour rice gruel: eight parts of each separately; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.101) gavyaṃ takraṃ caturbhāgaṃ bhāgaḥ kaulutthajo rasaḥ / sarvaṃ sampūrayed bhāṇḍe bhāgaikaṃ mākṣikaṃ pacet // > four parts of cow buttermilk, and one part of liquid decoction made from kulattha; / one should fill all this in a vessel, and cook one part of mākṣika \[therein\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.102) ḍolāyantreṇa mṛdvagnau yāmamātraṃ punaḥ pacet / uddhṛtya mātuluṅgāmlaiḥ piṣṭvā daśabhirutpalaiḥ // > One should cook it again for just one yāma over a gentle fire using a swing apparatus; / taking it out and grinding it with citron acids, with ten cow dung cakes > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.103) puṭe punaḥ punaḥ kuryādevaṃ dvādaśavāsaram / śuddhaṃ bhavati mākṣīkaṃ sarvayogeṣu yojayet // > in a pit kiln, one should do so again and again for twelve days; / mākṣika becomes pure; one may employ it in all preparations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.104) \ mākṣikaṃ kaṇaśaḥ kṛtvā jālinīmeghanādayoḥ / piṇḍe nikṣipya vipaceddolāyantre kulutthaje // > \ > Having reduced mākṣika to small grains, placing it inside a lump / of jālinī and meghanāda, one should cook it in a swing apparatus in a decoction > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.105) kvāthe tacchuddhatāṃ yāti praśastaṃ lohamāraṇe / \<ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakāraḥ\> taile takre gavāṃ mūtre kaulutthe vāmlakāñjike // > made of kulattha; it attains purity; it is praised for the incineration of metals. > \ > In oil, buttermilk, cow urine, kulattha decoction, or sour gruel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.106) mākṣikaṃ śodhayetprājño giridoṣanivṛttaye / \ kulutthakodravakvāthanaramūtrāmlavetasaiḥ // > the wise practitioner should purify mākṣika to remove the mountain defect. > \ > With decoctions of kulattha and kodrava, human urine, amlavetasa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.107) ṭaṅkaṇenāmlavargeṇa kaṭukatritayena vā / ḍolāyantre dinaṃ pācyaṃ sūraṇakandamadhyagam // > with borax, the group of acids, or the three pungents, / placed inside a sūraṇa corm, it is to be cooked for a day in a swing apparatus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.108) dinaṃ rambhādravaiḥ pācyaṃ dhmātamuddhṛtya peṣitam / eraṇḍatailasarpirbhyāṃ puṭaiḥ śudhyati mākṣikam // > cooked for a day with plantain juices, blown with bellows, taken out, and ground; / through pit kilns with castor oil and ghee, mākṣika is purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.109) \ suvarṇavarṇavimalaṃ tāpyaṃ vā kaṇaśaḥ kṛtam / punarnavāyāḥ kalkasthaṃ kaulutthe svedayedrase // > \ > Gold-colored vimala or mākṣika reduced to small grains, / placed in a paste of punarnavā, one should steam in a decoction of kulattha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.110) saindhavair bījapūrāktairyuktaṃ vā poṭṭalīkṛtam / ḍolāyantre dinaṃ svedyaṃ śuddhimāyāti niścitam // > or mixed with rock salt smeared with citron \[juice\], made into a bundle, / to be steamed for a day in a swing apparatus; it definitely attains purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.111) \ godugdhaiśca snuhīkṣīrair bhāvyameraṇḍatailakaiḥ / mākṣikaṃ dinamekaṃ tu marditaṃ vaṭakīkṛtam // > \ > Impregnated with cow milk, snuhī latex, and castor oil, / mākṣika, ground for one day and formed into small balls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.112) abhravaddhamane satvaṃ sasyakasyāpyayaṃ vidhiḥ / \ dolāyantre sāranāle mākṣikaṃ svedayeddinam // > when blown with bellows like mica, \[yields its\] essence; this is also the method for sasyaka. > \ > One should steam mākṣika for a day in a swing apparatus containing sour gruel; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.113) cūrṇitaṃ madhusarpirbhyāṃ lohapātre paceddinam / ādāya bhāvayed gharme vajrīkṣīrairdināvadhi // > powdered, one should cook it for a day with honey and ghee in an iron vessel; / taking it out, one should impregnate it in the heat \[of the sun\] with snuhī latex for the duration of a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.114) gṛhadhūmair ghṛtaiḥ kṣaudraiḥ saṃyuktair mardayeddinam / andhamūṣāgataṃ dhmātaṃ sattvaṃ guñjānibhaṃ bhavet // > One should grind it for a day combined with soot from the house, ghee, and honey; / placed inside a blind crucible and blown, the essence will become resembling a guñjā berry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.115) \ kadalīkandatoyena mākṣikaṃ śatadhātape / bhāvitaṃ pācayedyāmaṃ sājyairvātāritailakaiḥ // > \ > Impregnated a hundred times in the sun with water from plantain corms, / one should cook mākṣika for a yāma with castor oil and ghee; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.116) pūrvavaddhamanāt sattvam indragopasamaṃ bhavet / \ snuhyarkapayasā stanyair mākṣikaṃ mardayeddinam // > by blowing with bellows as before, the essence will be like a cochineal insect. > \ > One should grind mākṣika for a day with latex of snuhī and arka and breast milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.117) kaṅkuṣṭhaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ caiva pratipādāṃśamiśritam / mūkamūṣāgataṃ dhmātaṃ satvaṃ maṇinibhaṃ bhavet // > mixed with a quarter-part each of kaṅkuṣṭha and borax; / placed in a sealed crucible and blown, the essence will become gem-like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.118) \ kadalīkandatulasījambīrāṇāṃ dravaiḥ kramāt / bhāvayenmākṣikaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ pratidrāveṇa saptadhā // > \ > With the juices of plantain corm, tulasī, and citron, in order, / one should impregnate fine mākṣika seven times with each liquid; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.119) ruddhvā dhmāte patet sattvaṃ śukatuṇḍanibhaṃ śubham / \<ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakāraḥ\> mūtravargāmlavargābhyāṃ dvisaptāhaṃ vibhāvayet // > sealed and blown, an auspicious essence resembling a parrot's beak will fall out. > \ > One should impregnate it for two weeks with the group of urines and the group of acids; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.120) mākṣīkaṃ tīvragharmeṇa dinamamlaiśca mardayet / mitrapañcakasaṃyuktaṃ vaṭīkṛtya dhamed dṛḍham // > under intense sun, one should grind the mākṣika for a day with sour liquids; / combined with the group of five fluxes, made into a ball, one should blow it strongly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.121) vyomavadvaṅkanālena sattvaṃ śulbanibhaṃ bhavet / \ snuhīkṣīrair gavāṃ kṣīrair bhāvyam eraṇḍatailakaiḥ // > Through a curved blowpipe, as in the case of mica, the essence will become copper-like. > \ > Impregnated with snuhī latex, cow milk, and castor oil, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.122) mākṣikaṃ pañcamitrāktaṃ saptāhānte vaṭīkṛtam / pūrvavadvidhamettena sattvaṃ lākṣānibhaṃ bhavet // > mākṣika, smeared with the five fluxes, is made into a ball at the end of a week; / when blown as before with this, the essence will become resembling lac. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.123) \ stanyaiḥ kaṅkuṣṭhakaiścaiva kadalītoyasaṃyutaiḥ / mitrapañcakasaṃyuktairmākṣikaṃ dinasaptakam // > \ > With breast milk, kaṅkuṣṭha, combined with plantain juice, / and combined with the five fluxes, mākṣika, for seven days > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.124) bhāvitaṃ mardayedyāmaṃ dinaṃ vātāritailakaiḥ / mṛdvagninā pacettāvadyāvaddravati golakam // > impregnated, one should grind for a yāma, and for a day with castor oil; / one should cook it over a gentle fire until the ball melts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.125) sattvaṃ kiṃśukapuṣpābhaṃ vyomavaddhamanādbhavet / vimalānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ sasyakasyāpyayaṃ vidhiḥ // > By blowing with bellows as with mica, essence resembling the kiṃśuka flower will appear; / this is also the method for all vimalas and for sasyaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.126) \ saṃcūrṇya mākṣikaṃ śuddhaṃ mardyamamlena kenacit / kṣālayedāranālena hyadhaḥsthaṃ svarṇacūrṇavat // > \ > Thoroughly powdering pure mākṣika, it is to be ground with some sour liquid; / one should wash with sour rice gruel the part that stays at the bottom like gold powder; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.127) jārayettatsamāhṛtya dhamet sattvaṃ vimuñcati / yojayedvāpane cedaṃ bījānāṃ yatra yatra vai // > taking that up, one should digest it; when blown, it yields its essence; / and one should employ this in the projection of seeds wherever \[required\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.128) \ kadalīpatrajairnīrairmākṣikaṃ bhāvayeddrutam / gandharvatailamadhvājyaiḥ pakvamekadinaṃ tataḥ // > \ > One should quickly impregnate mākṣika with water born of plantain leaves; / then, cooked for one day with castor oil, honey, and ghee, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.129) tattāpyaṃ vajramūṣāyāṃ pakvāyāṃ nikṣipettataḥ / lohasaṃdhānakaraṇaṃ tatsamaṃ tatra nikṣipet // > one should then place that mākṣika into a fired vajramūṣā; / one should place therein an equal amount of a metal-bonding flux; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.130) dṛḍhaṃ pramūkamūṣāyāṃ koṣṭhikāyāṃ niveśayet / aṅgāraiḥ khadirodbhūtair dhamedbhastrādvayena vai // > one should place it securely into a sealed crucible inside an extraction furnace; / with charcoals derived from khadira wood, one should blow with two bellows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.131) vaṅkanālayujā sattvaṃ tāpyasya patati dhruvam / \ māṇivandhyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca gṛhṇīyātsamabhāgataḥ // > joined with a curved blowpipe; the essence of mākṣika certainly falls out. > \ > One should take māṇivandhya and vaiṣṇava in equal parts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.132) phalapūrarasaiḥ piṣṭvā sampuṭe sudṛḍhaṃ kṣipet / samyagliptvā vanodbhūtaiśchāṇakaiḥ puṭayettataḥ // > having ground them with citron juice, one should place them tightly into a sealed casing; / having smeared it well, one should then heat it in a pit kiln with forest-born cow dung cakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.133) kukuptotthaṃ tadākṛṣyaṃ svāṃgaśītaṃ pramardayet / phalapūrarasaiḥ pakvairmardayitvātha pūrvavat // > Taking that out from the cock pit kiln and allowing it to cool of itself, one should grind it; / having ground it with ripe citron juices, then, as before, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.134) puṭanaṃ chagaṇenaiva tāvatkuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ / yāvattatpuṭitaṃ kalkaṃ phalapūrāmlamarditam // > the discerning practitioner should perform heating with cow dung cakes for just so long / until that calcined paste, ground with sour citron juice, \[attains the desired form\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.135) śāṇottejitanistriṃśaliptaṃ tattāmratām iyāt / itthaṃ śuddhaṃ ca garuḍaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ nīrajaṃ rasam // > Smeared upon a sword sharpened on a whetstone, it turns into copper. / Thus purified garuḍa, borax, and lotus-born mercury, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.136) ghṛtena madhunā yuktaṃ saguḍaṃ guñjayā samam / prāgvanmūṣāgataṃ kṛtvā dhamettat khadirāgninā // > Combined with ghee and honey, along with jaggery and an equal amount of guñjā, / Placed in a crucible as before, one should blow upon it with a khadira-charcoal fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.137) mṛdusattvaṃ nāgasamam indragopakasannibham / patatyeva na saṃdehaḥ sarvajñavacanaṃ tathā // > A soft essence, resembling lead and colored like an indragopa insect, / Drops down indeed without doubt; such is the word of the Omniscient One. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.138) śukladīptiraśabdaśca yadā vaiśvānaro bhavet / tadā tu sattvaṃ patitaṃ jānīyānnānyathā kvacit // > When the fire becomes white-glowing and soundless, / Then one should know the essence has dropped, never otherwise anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.139) \ kaṣāyatiktamadhuraṃ kaṭukaṃ mākṣikadvayam / uṣṇaṃ rasāyanaṃ kuṣṭhaśoṣahidhmāvamipraṇut // > \ > The two kinds of mākṣika are astringent, bitter, sweet, and pungent; / Heating, rejuvenative, they cure skin diseases, consumption, hiccup, and vomiting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.140) mākṣīkadhātuḥ sakalāmayaghnaḥ prāṇo rasendrasya paraṃ hi vṛṣyaḥ / durmelalohadvayamelakaśca guṇottaraḥ pūrvarasāyanāgryaḥ // > The mineral mākṣika destroys all diseases, is the life-breath of the lord of mercury, and is highly aphrodisiac; / It unites the two metals that are hard to unite, is superior in qualities, and is the foremost among ancient rejuvenatives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.141) \ utpattyādi ghanasyādau kathitaṃ tadrasāyane / adhunā sampravakṣyāmi tatkriyās tadguṇānapi // > \ > The origin and so forth of mica was declared at the beginning in its rejuvenative treatment; / Now I will thoroughly proclaim its practical operations as well as its qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.142) \ dhānyābhrakaṃ meghanādadravaiḥ saṃmardayed dinam / śatāṃśaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ dattvā tato gajapuṭe pacet // > \ > One should grind prepared mica (dhānyābhraka) with juices of meghanāda for a day; / Adding a hundredth part of borax, one should then cook it in an elephant-calcinating pit (gajapuṭa). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.143) mustāsūraṇavarṣābhūrasair vyastaiḥ puṭaṃ tridhā / kāsamardarasaiḥ pañca varāgomūtrakairapi // > Three calcinations with the juices of mustā, sūraṇa, and punarnavā separately; / Five with juices of kāsamarda, and also with cow's urine and the three myrobalans (varā); > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.144) nyagrodhasya jaṭākvāthair mardyaṃ daśapuṭaṃ punaḥ / ṣaṭ ca jambīranīreṇa gokṣīreṇa puṭatrayam // > Again it should be ground and given ten calcinations with decoctions of aerial roots of the banyan; / And six with lemon juice, and three calcinations with cow's milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.145) peṣaṇaṃ gharmapākaṃ ca sthālīpākaṃ puṭaṃ kramāt / kuryāccatvāri karmāṇi ṭaṅkaṇaṃ ca puṭe puṭe // > Trituration, sun-heating, cooking in an earthen vessel, and calcination in succession: / One should perform these four operations, adding borax at each calcination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.146) niścandraṃ jāyate hyabhraṃ sarvayogeṣu yojayet / ayaṃ sāmānyasaṃskāro viśeṣastu nigadyate // > Mica indeed becomes lustreless (niścandra); one should use it in all compound recipes. / This is the general refinement process, but the specific one is now declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.147) \ niścandrakaṃ mṛtavyoma sāmānyasaṃskṛtam / tattadrogaharadravyakvāthaiḥ piṣṭvā puṭe pacet // > \ > One should take lustreless, killed mica that has undergone the general refinement, / Grind it with decoctions of substances that cure particular diseases, and cook it in a calcination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.148) yantraistriḥ saptadhā kuryāttattadrogaharaṃ bhavet / ayaṃ viśeṣasaṃskārastattadrogaharo bhavet // > One should do this twenty-one times using apparatuses; it becomes a cure for particular diseases. / This is the special refinement process; it cures those respective diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.149) pūrvāhne peṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ madhyāhne gharmapācanam / sāyāhne sthālikāpākaṃ kuryād rātrau puṭaṃ kramāt // > In the morning trituration should be done, at midday heating in the sun, / In the evening cooking in an earthen pot, and at night calcination, in succession. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.150) saṃskāraḥ pañcadhā prokto ghanasya parameśvari / dhānyābhrakaraṇaṃ sattvapātanaṃ nirmalakriyā // > The refinement process of mica is declared to be fivefold, O supreme Goddess: / Preparation of granular mica (dhānyābhraka), extraction of the essence, purifying operation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.151) sumṛtīkaraṇaṃ caiva tvamṛtīkaraṇaṃ tathā / māraṇe ghanasattvasya ghanapatrasya māraṇe // > Proper incineration (sumṛtīkaraṇa), and likewise rendering non-toxic (amṛtīkaraṇa). / In the killing of the essence of mica, and in the killing of mica sheets, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.152) kramācchreṣṭhatamau proktau śastau daradaṭaṅkaṇau / \ mustākvāthena dhānyābhraṃ pañcaviṃśatpuṭe pacet // > Cinnabar and borax, respectively, are declared to be the best and most commended. / \ > One should cook prepared mica with a decoction of mustā in twenty-five calcinations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.153) gomūtraiśca tathā kvāthaistriphalāyāḥ sureśvari / kāsamardadravairekaṃ gokṣīreṇa puṭaṃ tridhā // > And likewise with cow's urine and decoctions of the three myrobalans, O Ruler of the gods; / One with the juices of kāsamarda, and three calcinations with cow's milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.154) niścandraṃ jāyate hyabhraṃ sarvayogeṣu yojayet / viśeṣasaṃskārayutaṃ tattadrogaharaṃ bhavet // > Mica indeed becomes lustreless; one should use it in all compound recipes. / Endowed with the specific refinement process, it cures those respective diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.155) \ dhānyābhrakasya bhāgaikaṃ bhāgau dvau ṭaṅkaṇasya ca / piṣṭvā tadandhamūṣāyāṃ ruddhvā tīvrāgninā dhamet // > \ > One part of prepared mica and two parts of borax: / Having ground them and sealed them inside a blind crucible, one should blow on it with intense fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.156) svabhāvaśītalaṃ cūrṇaṃ sarvayogeṣu yojayet / viśeṣasaṃskārayutaṃ tattadrogaharaṃ bhavet // > One should use the powder that has cooled naturally in all compound recipes. / Endowed with the specific refinement process, it cures those respective diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.157) \ dhānyābhraṃ mardayedamlairgharme saṃsthāpayettataḥ / puṭaṃ kuryāttato'mlena secanaṃ mardanaṃ punaḥ // > \ > One should grind prepared mica with sours and then keep it in the sun; / One should subject it to calcination, and then moisten and grind it again with sour \[liquid\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.158) viṃśadvāraṃ tato dugdhe puṭanistabdham abhrakam / kṣipettaṃ mardayeddugdhair dugdhe kṣiptvātape nyaset // > Twenty times; then mica rigid from calcination / One should throw into milk, grind it with milks, and having thrown it into milk, place it in the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.159) puṭaṃ triḥ saptavārāṇi kuryādevaṃ punaḥ punaḥ / taṇḍulaṃ vajravallī ca tālamūlī punarnavā // > One should perform calcination twenty-one times, repeatedly in this manner. / Taṇḍula, vajravallī, tālamūlī, punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.160) śārṅgerī maricaṃ caiva balā ca payasā saha / pūrvābhraṃ peṣayedetaiḥ pratyekaiśca tryahaṃ tryaham // > Śārṅgerī, black pepper, and balā, together with milk: / One should grind the aforementioned mica with each of these separately for three days each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.161) kṣiptvātape puṭe pacyātpratyekena punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ niścandrakaṃ vyoma kajjalābhaṃ mṛtaṃ bhavet // > Having placed it in the sun, one should cook it in a calcination with each one repeatedly. / In this way the mica becomes lustreless, resembling collyrium, and killed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.162) \ dhānyābhrakasya śuṣkasya daśāṃśaṃ maricaṃ kṣipet / peṣayedamlavargeṇa amlairbhāvyaṃ dinatrayam // > \ > One should add one-tenth part of black pepper to dry prepared mica, / Grind it with the sour group, and macerate it with sours for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.163) tacchuṣkaṃ sampuṭe dhāmyaṃ khadirāṅgārakairdṛḍham / ūrdhvapātre nivāryātha siñcedamlena kena tam // > When dried, it should be blown firmly in a sealed vessel with khadira charcoal. / Then, checking it in the upper vessel, one should sprinkle it with a certain sour liquid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.164) dhānyaṃ tatraiva ṣaḍvāramamlaiḥ siñcyātpunaḥ punaḥ / agastyaśigruvarṣābhūmūlapatrabhavai rasaiḥ // > The prepared \[mica\] should be sprinkled right there six times repeatedly with sours. / With the juices derived from the roots and leaves of agastya, śigru, and punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.165) piṣṭvābhraṃ secayettena ṣaḍdhā dhāmyaṃ ca secayet / sitāmadhvājyagokṣīrais taddhautaṃ peṣyamabhrakam // > Having ground the mica, one should sprinkle it with that, blow on it six times, and sprinkle it. / That mica, washed with sugar, honey, ghee, and cow's milk, is to be ground; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.166) ruddhvā ṣaḍbhiḥ puṭaiḥ pācyaṃ piṣṭvā caiva punaḥ punaḥ / matsyākṣyāścaikavīrāyā dravaiḥ piṣṭvā tridhā pacet // > Having sealed it, it should be cooked in six calcinations, grinding it again and again; / Having ground it with the juices of matsyākṣī and ekavīrā, one should cook it three times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.167) evaṃ gajapuṭaiḥ pācyaṃ niścandramayate 'bhrakam / pattrābhrakasya sindūraṃ sarvayogeṣu yojayet // > Cooking it thus in elephant-calcinating pits, the mica becomes lustreless. / One should use the red-ash (sindūra) of sheet-mica in all compound recipes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.168) \<ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakāraḥ\> dhānyābhraṃ mardayedyāmaṃ matsyākṣīsvarasaistataḥ / pacedgajapuṭairevaṃ saptadhā tulasīrasaiḥ // > \ > One should grind prepared mica for one yāma with the fresh juice of matsyākṣī; / One should cook it thus in elephant-calcinating pits seven times with tulasī juices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.169) kokilākṣarasaiḥ sapta kumārīsvarasaistathā / śvetadūrvārasaistadvadvyāghrīkandarasaistathā // > Seven times with kokilākṣa juices, and likewise with aloe fresh juice, / In the same way with white dūrvā juices, and likewise with juices of vyāghrī tuber, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.170) punarnavārasaiḥ sapta tadvat pañcāmṛtais tataḥ / niścandraṃ jāyate hyabhraṃ sarvayogeṣu yojayet // > Seven times with punarnavā juices, and then likewise with the five nectars (pañcāmṛta). / Mica indeed becomes lustreless; one should use it in all compound recipes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.171) \ dhānyābhraṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ tulyaṃ gomūtraistulasīdravaiḥ / vākucyā sūraṇairnālyā dinaṃ piṣṭvā puṭe pacet // > \ > Equal parts of prepared mica and borax, ground for a day with cow's urine, juices of tulasī, / Vākucī, sūraṇa, and nālī, one should cook in a calcination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.172) dravaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ piṣṭvā dinānteṣu puṭe pacet // > Grinding it again and again with the liquids, one should cook it in a calcination at the end of each day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.173) ruddhvā ruddhvā puṭaistvevaṃ niścandraṃ cābhrakaṃ bhavet / \ piṣṭvā sāmlāranālena peṭālīmūlajatvacam // > Sealing it again and again with calcinations, mica becomes lustreless. / \ > Having ground the bark born of the root of peṭālī with sour fermented gruel (āranāla), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.174) taddravairmardayedabhraṃ dinaṃ gajapuṭe pacet / evaṃ saptapuṭaṃ kāryaṃ dadhnā ca puṭasaptakam // > One should grind the mica with that liquid for a day and cook it in an elephant-calcinating pit. / Thus seven calcinations should be done, and seven calcinations with curd; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.175) yavaciñcādravaistadvanniścandraṃ jāyate'bhrakam / \ dhānyābhrakaṃ ravikṣīrai ravimūladravaiśca vā // > Likewise with juices of yava and ciñcā, the mica becomes lustreless. / \ > Prepared mica, with latex of arka or juices of the root of arka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.176) mardyaṃ mardyaṃ puṭe pacyātsaptadhā mriyate dhruvam / \ dhānyābhrakaṃ tuṣāmlāntarātape sthāpayeddinam // > Should be repeatedly ground and cooked in a calcination seven times; it is definitely killed. / \ > One should place prepared mica inside husked grain fermented gruel (tuṣāmla) in the sun for a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.177) yāmaṃ mardyaṃ tu tadgolaṃ ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet / evaṃ kārpāsatoyāntaḥ sthāpyaṃ pācyaṃ puṭe pacet // > Having triturated that ball for a yāma and sealed it, one should cook it in an elephant-calcinating pit. / In this way it should be placed in cotton-plant water and cooked in a calcination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.178) evaṃ gokṣīramadhyasthaṃ sthāpyaṃ peṣyaṃ puṭe pacet / paścādamlaiśca gokṣīraiḥ kārpāsaiśca punaḥ punaḥ // > In this way, \[the mica\] should be placed in cow's milk, ground, and roasted in an incineration pit; / thereafter, repeatedly with sour liquids, cow's milk, and cotton \[plant juice\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.179) gharmapākaṃ mardanaṃ ca sthālīpākaṃ puṭaṃ kramāt / ekaviṃśatpuṭe prāpte niścandraṃ jāyate'bhrakam // > cooking in the sun, grinding, cooking in a pot, and incineration in a pit successively: / when twenty-one incinerations have been completed, the mica becomes devoid of luster. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.180) sarveṣāṃ ghātitābhrāṇām amṛtīkaraṇe vidhiḥ / \ abhrakaṃ gaganaṃ bhṛṅgaṃ bahuputram umābhavam // > \[This is\] the procedure for making nectar of all killed micas. / \ / Mica, sky, bhṛṅga, many-childed, born of Umā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.181) patrābhrakasya sindūramamṛtaṃ paramaṃ hitam / tridoṣaghnaṃ balakaraṃ vṛṣyamārogyadaṃ śuci // > the red vermilion preparation of foliated mica is nectar, supremely beneficial, / destroyer of the three humors, strength-giving, aphrodisiac, health-giving, pure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.182) sarvarogaharaṃ saumyaṃ viṣaghnaṃ ca rasāyanam / \ hiṅgulo daradaṃ cūrṇapāradaśca rasodbhavaḥ // > curing all diseases, mild, antitoxic, and a rejuvenation therapy. / \ / Cinnabar, darada, powdered mercury, born of mercury, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.183) rasagarbhaḥ suraṅgaśca lohaghnaḥ siddhipāradaḥ / \ hiṅgulastrividho jñeyaścarmāraḥ śukatuṇḍakaḥ // > mercury-bellied, fine-colored, destroyer of base metals, perfection-giving mercury. / \ / Cinnabar is to be known as threefold: carmāra, śukatuṇḍaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.184) haṃsapādaśca tatrādyaṃ tārakarmaṇi yojayet / adhamaṃ taṃ vijānīyācchukatuṇḍaṃ ca madhyamam // > and haṃsapāda. Among them, the first should be employed in operations with silver; / one should know that to be the lowest, and śukatuṇḍa to be middling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.185) hematārakriyāmārge yojayetparameśvari / haṃsapādo mahāśreṣṭhaḥ sarvakarmakaro hi saḥ // > One should employ it in the practice of gold and silver transmutation, O Supreme Lady! / Haṃsapāda is exceedingly superior; it indeed accomplishes all operations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.186) tasya sattvaṃ sūta eva daradasya tribhedataḥ / \<śukatuṇḍa:: phys. properties\> hemakiṭṭasya sadṛśastadrūpas tīkṣṇamārakaḥ // > Its essence is quicksilver itself, from the three divisions of cinnabar. / \<Śukatuṇḍa: Physical properties\> / Resembling gold dross, having that form, a killer of iron, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.187) carmārastīkṣṇarūpaḥ syātsuprītaḥ śukatuṇḍakaḥ / \ japākusumasaṅkāśo haṃsapādo mahottamaḥ // > carmāra is of sharp appearance, while śukatuṇḍaka is well pleasing. / \ / Resembling a hibiscus flower, haṃsapāda is the most excellent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.188) rasāyane sarvasūtaharaṇe sarvarañjane / lohānāṃ māraṇe śreṣṭho varṇotkarṣaṇakarmaṇi // > In rejuvenation therapy, in the capture of all quicksilver, in all colorations, / and in the killing of metals, it is best, \[as well as\] in the work of enhancing color. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 188 of 366 passages. 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