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Thus, in short it may be said that besides eight or eighteen *Saṃskāras* (special processes) of mercury, the *Śodhana*, the *Māraṇa*, the *Sarvapatana*, the *Druti*, the *Jāraṇa*, the *Mūrcchanā* and the *Bhāvaṇa* & *Puṭapāka* etc. are some of the important pharmaceutical processes developed in medieval period for the preparation of mercurial and metallic compounds of therapeutic importance.