A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c50.s1.30

v3.c50.s1.30

Chapter seventeen (drutikaraṇa; 73 verses) describes the liquefaction (druti) of mica (abhraka; 2–30), abhrakasattva (31–39), gold and silver (40–42), tīkṣṇaloha (43–44 and 53–54), all the metals (45–46 and 56–59), gold (47–52), kāntaloha (55), mākṣikasattva (60), all the gems and metals (61–65), diamonds (66–68), vaikrānta, and all the gems (69–71). The chapter ends with two verses on the stabilization (sthāpana) of a druti (72–73).