Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c45.s8.13

v2.c45.s8.13

or boiling milk ‘which does not overflow but rises high like a peak’ (5.95). The surface of *kāntaloha* probably adsorbed odoriferous and organo-leptic compounds, as *gandhaṃ hiṅgum tyajati ca tiktatām nimbalkah* it was stated that asafoetida gives up its odour, and the bitterness of *nima* (Azadirachta indica) decoction is lost when these materials are kept in a vessel made of *kāntaloha* (5.95). Such accurate observations about the non-wetting by oil or milk, and adsorption properties of the *kāntaloha* surface are indeed very fascinating.