A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s1.53

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v3.c49.s1.53

The subjects of the chapters (adhikāra) of the upakaraṇapāda are: (1) the alchemical apparatus, implements, etc. (yantra; 179 verses); (2) the fire place (culhī), fuel, puṭas, weights and measures, vessels, etc. (culhyādiprakīrṇa; 73 verses); (3) plants used in alchemical operations (vanauṣadhi; 138 verses); (4) major and minor poisons (viṣa and upaviṣa), substances of animal origin (jaṅgamavarga), oils (taila), various groups of substances, salts and caustics, bidas, and rañjana (viṣajaṅgamavasā-pittatailamalamūtraṣāralavaṇabīḍarāga; 311 1/2 verses); (5) the preparation of bījas (bījasādhana; 141 1/2 verses); (6) the making of mixtures (dvandvamelana), krāmaṇa and rañjana (dvandvamelakrāmaṇarañjana; 182 verses); (7) the teacher, the sādhaka and his female companion, the initiation (dīkṣā), the rasaliṅga and its worship, behavioural rules (ācāra) (rasasādhanopāyakathana; 170 verses).