A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c50.s1.6

v3.c50.s1.6

Chapter nine (kāntalauhādikiṭṭamāraṇa; 67 verses) is concerned with the purification, killing and amṛtīkaraṇa of the bhasman of iron (1–60), the purification and killing of the upalauhas (61–64), and the purification of maṇḍūra (65–67). One method of killing iron has been borrowed from the Siddhas (47–51ab).