A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.328

v3.c52.328

The forty chapters (adhyāya) of this compilation deal with: (1) rasaśālā; (2) paribhāṣā; (3) vargas (groups of substances); (4) yantras; (5) types of mūṣā and mudrā; lepa; types of koṣṭhī; (6) types of puṭa; (7) kāñjī; (8) māna (weights and measures); (9) pāradotpatti (the origin of mercury), the doṣas (blemishes) of mercury; (10) pāradaśuddhi (the purification of mercury) and the saṃskāras; (11) gandhakajāraṇa, hiṅgulotthāparadāniḥsāraṇavidhi (the extraction of mercury from cinnabar); (12) mūrchanā; (13) nirgandhamūrchanā: mugdharasa, rasakarpūra; (14) sagandhamūrchanā: kajjalī, rasasindūra, candrodaya; (15) kajjalī, parpaṭī; (16) suvarṇajāraṇa; (17) rasabandha; (18) pāradabhasman and its uses; (19) lohasiddhi and suvarṇanirmāṇa (aurifaction); (20) the dhātus (metals); (21) suvarṇa (gold); (22) rajata (silver); (23) tāmra (copper); (24) loha (iron); (25) maṇḍūra; (26) nāga (lead); (27) vaṅga (tin); (28) yaśada (zinc); (29) pittala, kāṃsya, varta; (30) the mahārasas; (31) abhraka; (32) vaikrānta; (33) suvarṇamākṣika; (34) tāramākṣika; (35) vimalā; (36) śilājatu; (37) sasyaka; (38) capala; (39) rasaka; (40) the uparasas.