A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.38

v3.c48.38

Chapter eight (218 verses) gives an account of the ratnas (1–166ab) and uparatnas (166cd–218). Its subjects are: māṇikya (4–15ab); muktā (15cd–21); pravāla (22–30); marakata (31–40); puṣparāga (41–46); vajra,³⁰ its names, the places where it is found, its varieties, qualities and blemishes (47–57ab), purification (57cd–66), the killing of its varieties (67–66ab) and of vajra in general (76cd–115; fourteen methods), its mṛdūkaraṇa (116–131; six methods), druti (132–136ab), and properties (136cd–139ab); nīla (139cd–149ab); gomeda (149cd–155ab); vaidūrya (155cd–164); the group of five ratnas and the group of nine ratnas (164cd–166ab); sūryakānta (166cd–171); candrakānta (172–174); sphaṭika (175–176ab); vaikrānta (176cd–193); rājāvarta (194–204ab);