A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.91.2

v3.c43.s29.91.2

¹⁰³⁰ (9) The *ghṛtātailakalpanā* chapter is concerned with snehapāka (1–19ab), various types of medicated ghees (19cd–92) and oils (93–210), and also has some verses on madhusukta (178cd–180). (10) The *saṃdhānakalpanā* chapter is about preparations made by way of fermentation (saṃdhāna), i.e., the types called āsava and ariṣṭa ¹⁰³¹ (2–3), sīdhu, etc. (4), surā, etc. (5–6), vāruṇī (7ab), śukta (7cd–10), tuṣāmbu, sauvīra, kānjīka and saṇḍākī (11–12). A number of āsavas (13–38) ¹⁰³² and ariṣṭas (39–92) are described. (11) The *dhātuśodhanamarāṇa* chapter describes the purification (śodhana) and killing (māraṇa) of metals and a number of other inorganic substances. After enumerating the seven metals (dhātu) distinguished by Śārṅgadhara, namely gold, silver, brass (āra), copper, lead (nāga), tin (vaṇga) and iron (tīkṣṇa), and describing their purification (1–4), the killing of each of these metals is dealt with (5–53ab). This is followed by a section on the seven upadhātus, which are mineral substances consisting of (53cd–54ab) mākṣika (pyrites), tutthaka (sulphate of copper), abhra (mica), nīlānjana (stibnite or antimonite, Sb2S3), śilā (= manaḥśilā, i.e., realgar, As2S2), ālaka (= haritāla, i.e., orpiment, As2S3) and rasaka (calamine, i.e., an ore of zinc).