A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.11

v3.c48.11

Chapter five (86 1/2 verses) is concerned with bhūcarī jāraṇa (2–9),⁶ khecarī jāraṇa (10–16ab),⁷ another type of jāraṇa (16cd–20),⁸ jāraṇa again (21–33ab),⁹ the jāraṇa of gems (33cd–45),¹⁰ dhūmavedhirasa (46–52),¹¹ some methods to achieve vedha (53– 62), 12 grades of vedha dependent on the amount of grāsa assimilated (jīrṇa) by mercury (63–71), 13 the properties of mercury when it has assimilated a sixfold amount of abhraka (72–75ab), the order in which mercury should be made to digest and assimilate other substances, the amount of grāsa to be added, the effects of the addition of each grāsa (75cd–83ab), 14 and, finally, the general effects of each of the saṃskāras (83cd–87ab).