A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.37

v3.c48.37

Chapter seven (1111/2 verses) deals with pittala (brass; 1–11ab); kāṃsya (bronze; 11cd–18ab); vartaloha²⁸ (18cd–24ab); alloys (24cd–28); abhrakaśattva,²⁹ its four varieties (29–30ab), the extraction of abhrakaśattva (30cd–34ab), the varieties called kathina, mṛdu and bīja (34cd–60ab), the purification (nirmalīkaraṇa) of abhrakaśattva (60cd–65), the preparation of abhrakaśattvasindūra (66–86ab; four methods), sthalīpāka (86cd–89), the amṛtīkaraṇa of lohabhasman (90–92), the properties of abhrakaśattvasindūra (93–99); māṇḍūra (100–106ab); the quantities of a series of substances to be used in the purification and māraṇa of mercury, metals, etc. (106cd–112ab).