A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.35

v3.c48.35

Chapter five (811/2 verses) is about iron, its origin and three types (1–6), kāntaloha, its names and properties (7–17ab), purification (17cd–28ab), the preparation of its bhasman (28cd–61ab; nine methods), the amṛtīkaraṇa of the bhasman (61cd–66ab), lohapāka (66cd–68ab), the examination of the bhasman and its properties (68cd–82ab).²⁷