A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c59.380

v4.c59.380

1181 About measures (1.58 and 74; 1.58 is not found in the Rasārṇava); on pratīvāpa, niṣeka and abhiṣeka (1.181–183); circumstances favourable to start processing mercury (1.445); the proper doses of mercurial bhasman, dependent on the way of its preparation (1.461–462); svedana of mercury by means of the dolāyantra (2.38 and 41); tiryakpātana (2.66–67; a quotation also found in the Rasendrasārasaṃgraha); jāraṇa by means of the gaurīyantra (2.105–112); nigaḍabandha (2.133–136; this quotation is also found in the Rasakāmadhenu); nirvīrya and savīrya rasabhasman (2.282–283); the administration of rasabhasman (2.288–289); the eight vegetables called kakāreṣṭaka, which are prohibited during the use of rasabhasman (2.290); other prohibited substances (2.291–295); the female attendants and the woman called kākinī (2.296–300); rules, in particular regarding sexual activity, for those using rasabhasman (2.301–305); the praise of purified mercury (2.319–321); the purification of copper (3.71); the properties of tin (3.118); the characteristics of purified iron (3.204); the mythical origin of mākṣika (4.2–3); the purification of mākṣika (4.20); the properties of mākṣika (4.23); the mythical origin and the explanation of the name of vaikrānta (4.171); the five varieties of kāntaloha (4.191–194); the purification of diamonds (4.232–233); the preparation of a viḍa (4.298); the colour of the flames during the extraction of a