A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.28

v3.c48.28

Chapter twenty-three (749 1/2 verses) deals with the purification (śodhana) of mercury (13–34; seven methods), vaḍavānalabīḍa (35–43ab), the preparation of mercurial ashes (pāradabhasman; 43cd–127: thirty-one methods), the preparation of gandhapiṣṭī (129–149ab; six methods), piṣṭīstambhana (149cd–154ab), piṣṭījāraṇa (154cd–158ab), piṣṭīmāraṇa (158cd–164ab), bandhas of mercury (164cd–211: vaikrānta-, gandhaka-, gandhakasvarṇa-, mūlikābandha), mūrchanā (212–241; nine methods), kalpas resulting in the bandha of mercury (242–408: mūlikābandha), kartarīrasabandha (409–417ab), a number of udakabandhas (417cd–527ab), some ghuṭikās (527cd–557), some rasāyanakalpas (558–584ab), baddhajāraṇa (584cd–586), three types of bandha: mūla-, sāra- and pākabandha (587–593ab), drutibandha (593cd–597ab), drutimelana (597cd–599), types of vajrabandha (600–648ab), bandhas suitable to attain vedha (648cd–727ab), vajrahemadvandvamelāpana (727cd–742ab), and ratnadrutibandha (742cd–750ab).