A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s7.5

v3.c48.s7.5

Chapter two (dravyasaṃgrahaṇa; 105 verses) is about the nibandhana of mercury (1–5ab), the eight rasas (5cd–20ab), the eight uparasas (20cd–29), the eight rasalo-has (30–40), precious and semi-precious stones (41–52), a substance of animal origin (53–56), the six kinds of salt (57–59), the three kinds of kṣāra (60ab), poisonous substances (60cd–65a), oils (65b–66), vasā (67–68ab), urine (68cd), semen and menstrual discharge (69), kṣāras (69cd–73ab), jāraka substances (73cd–77), drāvaka substances (78–81), acids (amlāni; 82–85), the rakta-, pīta-, kṛṣṇa- and sitavarga (86–97), and some alchemical operations (98–105).