A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c50.s1.4

v3.c50.s1.4

Chapter seven (sarvoparasasattvapātana; 56 verses) deals with the purification of tālaka (1–8), manaḥśilā (9–12), rasaka (= kharpara; 13), tuttha (14–15), vimalā (16–18), and mākṣika (19–28); the impurities of the uparasas (called dhātu here; 29–30), the killing of coral (vidruma; 31), the purification and killing of the eight gems and manaḥśilā (32–34), the purification of śaṅkha, nīlāñjana, darada (= hiṅgula), sauvīra, kāntapāṣāṇa, etc. (35–42), and the sattvapātana of guggulu, tālaka, (manaḥ)śilā, mākṣika, and all the uparasas (43–56).