A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s3.7

v3.c48.s3.7

The bandhas of mercury receive much attention (1.351–390). The descriptions of the twenty-five bandhas are taken from the Rasaratnasamuccaya.⁴³ A disagreeing view, distinguishing four bandhas, is quoted from an unspecified source; these types are pāṭa-, khoṭa-, jalaukā- and bhasmabandha (1.363).⁴⁴ Pāṭabandha is the same as parpaṭībandha;⁴⁵ piṣṭībandha results in a khoṭaka;⁴⁶ jalaukābandha⁴⁷ is identical with pakvabandha (1.364);⁴⁸ two varieties of sūtabhasman, the product of bhasmabandha, are mentioned: ūrdhvaga and adhoga; ūrdhvagabhasman is of two kinds: rasasindūra and rasakarpūra (1.365).⁴⁹