A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s1.6

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Chapter one (2–129) begins with an enumeration of the uparasas, divided into three groups: (a) substances to be purified and killed: vajrābhra, the two kinds of mākṣika, vimala, śilājatu, tutthaka, sasyaka, capala, and rasaka; (b) substances used in mercurial operations: gandha, gairika, kāsīsa, kānkṣī, tāla, śīlā, añjana, and kaṅkuṣṭha; (c) substances having some properties in common with mercury and therefore called sādhāraṇarasas: kampilla, gauripāṣāṇa, navasāraka, kaparda, vahnijāra, girisindūra, hiṅgula, mṛddāraśṛṅga, and bhūnāga.