A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s2.18

v3.c49.s2.18

Contents Chapter one (rasotpattyadhikāra; 20 verses) has five introductory verses, followed by an account of the origin of mercury (1.6–20). Chapter two (rasendraśuddhyadhikāra; 30 1/2 verses) is concerned with nine defects (doṣa) of mercury (2.3–4ab), the disorders they give rise to (2.4cd–6), and nine saṃskāras and their effects (7–30 1/2). Chapter three (96 verses) is concerned with the purification (śuddhi) of all the lohas and pāṣāṇas (3.1–5ab), 54 the purification of gandhaka and abhraka (3.5cd–8), sattvapātana of all the pāṣāṇas (3.9–15ab), druti of pāṣāṇas, vajra, loha and abhraka (3.15cd–21ab), māraṇa of triloha, i.e., nāga, vaṅga and rasaka (3.21cd–23ab), māraṇa of all the lohas (3.23cd–26), two types of māraṇa of abhraka (3.27–31ab), māraṇa of vajra (3.31cd–34ab), two types of māraṇa of mercury (3.34cd–37), four varieties of rasabhasman and their medicinal properties (3.38–43), a ritual (siddhapūjāvidhi) to pay homage to the eight Siddhas, nine Nāthasiddhas and their spouses, and the nine Durgās 55 (3.44–53ab), the preparation of iṣṭārthasiddhiguṭikā (3.53cd–67), 56 rasadīpana (3.68–71ab), grāsapradāna (3.71cd–78ab), rasamukhabandha (3.78cd–89), vedāmukharasa