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Chapter twenty-two enumerates three groups of lohas (metals): the three lohas: suvarṇa (gold), rajata (silver), tāmra (copper) (22.11); the five lohas: the three lohas, to which vaṅga (tin) and nāga (lead) are added (22.11); the eight lohas: the five lohas, to which kānta, muṇḍaka and tīkṣṇaka (varieties of iron) are added (22.14). The eight mahārasas are: darada, pārāda, sasya, vaikrānta, kānta, abhraka, mākṣika, and vimala (22.15). The eight uparasas are: khecara, añjana, kaṅkuṣṭha, gandha, āla, gairika, kṣiti, and śaileyañjana (22.16). The sāmnyarasas (= sādhāraṇarasas) are: kampilla, gaurī, capala, kaparda, śaila, sindūraka, vahnijāra, and bodaraśṛṅga (22.17). The ten kinds of kṣāra derive from śigru, mūlaka, palāśa, cukrikā, citraka, ārdraka, nimba, ikṣu,