A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s2.13

v3.c48.s2.13

Chapter four (upadhātukādhyāya; 140 verses and passages in prose) discusses the upadhātus. Its subjects are: svarṇamākṣika, its names, varieties, purification, and the extraction of the essence (1–17); the names, varieties, properties, purification, etc., of tāramākṣika (18–24), vimalā (25–33), tuttha (34–44), bhūnāga (45–55), kāṃsya and pittala (56–81), the alloy called pañcaloha (82–86), sindūra (87–92), and śilājatu (93–136ab).