A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s2.23

v3.c49.s2.23

The nine saṃskāras, leading to a product able to bring about deha- and lohasiddhi are: 65 mardana, utthāpana, (adhah)pātana, dīpana, 66 jāraṇa, sāraṇa, 67 grāsapradāna, 68 rañjana, and krāmaṇa (2.7–30 1/2). The term triloha is used to designate lead, tin and rasaka (3.21cd–23ab). 69 The second type of māraṇa of mercury (3.36–37) does not re-sult in māraṇa, but in mūrchana. 70 Four varieties of rasabhasman are described: kṛṣṇa, pīta, śyāma and karbura in colour (3.38–41); 71 these substances are medicinally valu-able; the kṛṣṇa variety leads to dehasiddhi, the yellow (pīta) one removes kuṣṭha, the śyāma variety removes all the doṣas, the karbura variety has aphrodisiac properties; an added fifth variety, red in colour, abolishes the three doṣas (3.42–43). Eight lohas are referred to (4.1).