A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s1.7

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The subjects of chapter one are: mica (abhraka), its four usual varieties, its purification, the preparation of dhānyābhra, the killing of mica, the amṛtīkaraṇa of the ashes, plants and some substances employed in the killing of mica, the medicinal uses of the ashes of mica, the extraction of the essence, its purification and killing, the softening (mṛdūkaraṇa) of essences, the liquefaction (druti) of mica, the transmutation (vedha) of base metals by means of mica (3–60); the varieties, purification, killing, the extraction of the essence, etc., of mākṣika (61–77), vimala (77–83), śilājatu (83–104), tuttha (104–110), sasyaka (110–115), capala (115–118), and rasaka or kharpara (118–129).