A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s16.11

v3.c48.s16.11

Jāraṇa (111–195) 99 makes mercury lose its capalatva (fickleness) and renders it dīpta; several methods are described for the saṃskāra called jāraṇa; one of these renders mercury fit to digest abhraka (gaganagrāsapārada); purified abhraka and mercury are mixed and made into a compound substance; similar processes are described which make mercury digest iron, sulphur, manaḥśilāsattva, and khāparasattva; the way of preparing vāḍavānalaviḍa also forms part of the verses on jāraṇa; this substance, when rubbed with mercury, increases the latter's ability to digest abhraka; purified abhraka and mercury are mixed and made into a compound substance; similar processes are described which make mercury digest gold, iron, etc.; the section on jāraṇa ends with