A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c50.s1.26

v3.c50.s1.26

Chapter thirteen (abhrakādisattvapātanādyabhiṣekānta; 105 verses) describes the extraction of the essence of abhraka (5–21), mākṣika (22–32), manaḥśilā (33–41), haritāla (42–50), tuttha (51–55), sauvīra (56), rasaka (57–62), vaikrānta (63–70), gairika (71), saurāṣṭrī (72), sasyaka (73–74), kāsīsa (75–76), rājāvarta (77–78), and śroto'ñjana (79–80). The second part of the chapter is devoted to the making of mixtures of two substances (dvandvamelāpana; 81–98) and to two ways of preparing the fluid used for abhiṣeka (99–103).