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Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.2.19

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.2.19

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Sanskrit

14.2.19

khadyotagaṇḍūpadacūrṇaṃ samudrajantūnāṃ bhṛṅgakapālānāṃ khadirakarṇikārāṇāṃ puṣpacūrṇaṃ vā śakunakaṅgutailayuktaṃ tejanacūrṇam //

The powder of khadyota (fire-fly) and gandúpada (earth-worm) or the powder of ocean animals mixed with the powder of bhringa (malabathrum), kapála (a pot-herb), and khadira (mimosa catechu), and karnikára (pentapetes acerifolia), combined with the oil of sakuna (a bird) and kanka (vulture), is tejanachúrna (ignition powder).

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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