A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s2.33

v3.c49.s2.33

Chapter three (uparasaśodhanamāraṇa; 101 verses) is about the uparasas (1–3ab); its subjects are the origin of sulphur (3cd–5ab), its varieties (5cd–6), the disorders caused by impure sulphur (7), its purification (8–13), the preparation of gandhakataila (14–15); the varieties, characteristics and properties of diamonds (vajra; 16–21),⁸⁷ disorders caused by impure diamonds (22), their purification (23–25ab) and māraṇa (25cd–30), the varieties, properties and māraṇa of vaikrānta (31–34), the varieties of mica (abhraka) and their properties (35–38), the preparation of dhānyābhraka (39–43ab), māraṇa of mica (43cd–56), the śodhana and māraṇa of tāla (57–61), the śodhana of manaḥśilā, rasaka, tuttha, vimala, mākṣika, kāsīsa, kāntapāṣāṇa, vārāṭikā, hinguḷa, and śilājatu (62–83), the śodhana of the remaining uparasas (84), the preparation of bhūnāga-, vaikrānta- and abhrakasattva (85–91), the fusing (drāvaṇa) of mica (92), the extraction of various sattvas (93–96), and śodhana and māraṇa of gems (maṇi; 97–101).