A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s6.43

v3.c49.s6.43

Chapter eleven (dhātukautukanirūpaṇa; 135 verses) is mainly concerned with auri- and argentifaction; eighteen ways of making artificial gold (hemakriyā) and seventeen ways of making artificial silver (tārakriyā) are described, as well as some methods to improve the grade of artificial gold (varṇotkarṣakriyā). Additional subjects are the making of artifical pearls, increasing the size of small pearls, and the making of artificial coral.