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884 Tikṣṇa is steel according to P. Neogi (1914: 46). 885 See D. Joshi (1986): 54. 886 See D. Joshi (1986): 51. 887 See D. Joshi (1986): 51. 888 See D. Joshi (1986): 52. 889 See D. Joshi (1986): 53–54. 890 See D. Joshi (1986): 53. 891 Called auṇḍra at 3.190. 892 Enhancement of the properties of other drugs added. 893 This metal is not mentioned at the beginning of the chapter. See on zinc in India: W. Ainslie (1826): I, 573–578; A.K. Biswas (1996): 352–384; *J.C. Brooke (1850); H.D. Carus (1959): 2; P.T. Craddock (1987); P.T. Craddock et al. (1989), (1998); P.T. Craddock, L.K. Gurjar and K.T.M. Hegde (1983); U.Ch. Dutt (1922): 71; H. Falk (1991); I.C. Freestone et al. (1985); K.T.M. Hegde (1991): 56–83; E.O. von Lipmann (1919): 594–595; B.K. Sarkar (1974): I, 101–102; G. Watt VI, part IV, 356–357; L. Willies (1984); WIRM XI, 84–89. See on the history of zinc: E.O. von Lipmann (1919): 591–600. 894 See on maṇḍūra: D. Joshi (1986): 62–66. 895 Identified as copper pyrite. 896 Chalcopyrite and iron pyrite. 897 Identified as a type of chalcopyrite. 898 Identified as a variety of copper sulphate. See D. Joshi (1986): 129. 899 Identified as stibnite. Galena according to U.Ch. Dutt (1922): 74. See D. Joshi (1986): 159. 900 Rasāñjana is usually regarded as the exudate (niryāsa) of pītacandana, which is the same as dāruharidrā (*Berberis aristata* DC.), or its decoction. See D. Joshi (1986): 160. 901 Identified as galena. 902 Identified as zinc oxide by some, as antimony oxide by others. See U.Ch. Dutt (1922): 74; D. Joshi (1986): 161. 903 Identified as galena (see D. Joshi, 1986: 161) or as antimony. See on the history of antimony: E.O. von Lipmann (1919): 629–646, (1931): 40–42. 904 Not mentioned as one of the upadhātus. See on śilājatu: Ca.Ci.3.48–65. 905 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.48–65. 906 Identified as calamine in the edition, as zinc ore by D. Joshi (1986: 134), as zinci carbonas by A.K. Nadkarni (1954: II, 131–132). 907 Identified as earthworms. See D. Joshi (1986): 179. Not mentioned as an upadhātu. 908 See on haritāla (orpiment): W. Ainslie (1826): I, 499–504; U.Ch. Dutt (1922): 41–42; D. Joshi (1986): 144–149; A.K. Nadkarni (1954): II, 20–23; R.N. Saletore (1975): 161–162; E.H. Schafer (1955); G. Watt V, 496–497; WIRM I, 118–119; WIRM I, rev. ed., 431–433. 909 See on manaḥśilā (realgar): D. Joshi (1986): 149–150; A.K. Nadkarni (1954): II, 19–20; R.N. Saletore (1975): 162–163; E.H. Schafer (1955); G. Watt VI, part I, 399; WIRM I, 118–119; WIRM I, rev. ed., 431–433. 910 Toḍara IX: 4.140–142 = *Rasendracūḍāmaṇi* 11.54–56. 911 This verse, quoted from the *Rasaśindhu*, mentions eight mahārasas, but enumerates only seven of them. 912 Identified as bismuth in the edition, as bismuth ore by D. Joshi (1986: 131–134). 913 See D. Joshi (1986): 132. 914 Identified as tourmaline. See D. Joshi (1986): 115–117. See on tourmaline in India: WIRM X, 264–265.