A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s17.t2.4

v3.c43.s17.t2.4

Noteworthy features of the sections on inorganic substances are: the names of the three types of muṇḍa(loha): mṛdu, kaṇṭa, kaḍāra, six types of tīkṣṇa(loha): kharasāra, hartāla, tāla, valla, vajjara, kālaloha, and five types of kānta(loha): bhrāmara, cumbaka, rañjaka, ālocaka, romaka (6.26–29); the eight mahārasas enumerated are: abhra, vaikrānta, mākṣika, adrija, sasyaka, capala, rasāka (6, rasāḥ 1);328 a series of seven dhātus (metals): gold, silver, copper, tin, zinc, lead and iron (7.87), and another series of nine dhātus: gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, tīkṣṇa, kāṃsya, pittala, kiṭṭaloha (7.95); a series of seven upadhātus: svarṇamākṣika, tāramākṣika, tuttha, kāṃsya, rīti (= pittala), sindūra, śilājatu ((7.88); two series of uparasas: (a) gaṇḍha, hiṅgula, abhra, tālaka, śilā, śroto’ñjana, ṭaṅkaṇa, rājāvartaka, cumbaka, sphaṭikā, śaṅkha, khaṭī, gairika, kāsīsa, rasaka, kaparda, sikatā, bola, kaṅkuṣṭhaka, saurāṣṭrī, (b) gandhāśman, gaira, kāsīsa, kāṅkṣī, tāla, śilā, añjana, kaṅkuṣṭha (7.92–93); a series of eight sādhāraṇarasas: kampilla, capala, gaurīpāṣāṇa, navasāgara, kaparda, vahnijāra, girisindūra, hiṅgula, bodāraśṛṅga (7.94–95).329