A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s6.8

v3.c49.s6.8

Chapter three (sūtabhasmakathana; 64 verses) is concerned with the preparation of mercurial ashes (sūtabhasman), four varieties of which are distinguished: white, black, yellow, and red (1). The chapter describes the preparation of mercury from cinnabar (2–5), the preparation of rasakarpūra (6–10ab), udayabhāskararasa (10cd–14),⁵⁶ raktarasa (15–18), and rasamāṇikya (19–22), the jāraṇa of sulphur (23–26), the preparation of rasapoṭṭalī (27–31ab), kṛṣṇabhasman (the black type; 31cd–35), śuddharasabhasman (36–38), rasaparpaṭī (two varieties; 39–58ab),⁵⁷ and some more varieties of rasabhasman (58cd–63).