A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c50.s1.3

v3.c50.s1.3

Chapter six (abhrakaśodhanamāraṇa; 44 verses) gives an account of the four varieties of mica (abhraka), the purification of its best variety (vajrābhra), resulting in dhānyābhraka, 9 killing of dhānyābhraka, and the amṛtīkaraṇa of the bhasman.