The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s2.5

v1.c7.s2.5

Four and five recipes respectively of the preparation and ingredients of Vajralepa are given in the ‘Bṛhat Saṃhitā’ and in the ‘Viṣṇudharmottara’. Two of the preparations are purely vegetable, one consists of animalic glue and vegetable substance, the fourth contains metallic substances and into the fifth (V. Dh. l.c., 10-11) a concoction from cowhides, etc., and lime has been mixed.