A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s1.26

v3.c48.s1.26

The list of uparasas of chapter one of the kriyākaraṇaviśrānti is longer than in any other text; items found in this list, but not described in chapter one, are cīnakṣāra, lākṣā and gorocanā (1.7cd–8). The metals (loha) are twelve in number: gold, silver, copper, kānta, abhrasattva, tīkṣṇa, muṇḍaka, lead, tin, rīti (= pittala), kāṃsya, and vartaka (1.9cd–10). 152 The list of the nine gems (ratna) presents the usual series (1.11). The nine uparatnas consist of sūryakānta, candrakānta, tārakānta, kāntaka, 153 vaikrānta, nṛpāvarta (= rājāvarta), sasyaka, vimalā, and peroja (1.12–13ab). 154