A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s2.8

v3.c48.s2.8

Chapter two (uparasasādhanādhyāya; 351 verses and passages in prose) is concerned with the uparasas, because those some of their properties are similar to those of mercury (rasa). The group consists of gandha (sulphur), hiṅgula (cinnabar), abhra (mica), tālaka, (manaḥ)śilā, sroto’ñjana, ṭaṅkaṇa, rājāvartaka, cumbaka, sphaṭikā, śaṅkha, khaṭī, gairika, kāsīsa, rasaka, kaparda, sikatā, bola, kaṅkuṣṭhaka, and saurāṣṭrī (1–2ab).