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61 Compare Rasajalanidhi II, 118–119. Dardura is laminated, kāravellaka non-laminated (P.C. Rāy, 1956: 171). 62 The essence of rasaka is said to resemble lead (śīsopama; 5.115); it consists of zinc. 63 Its essence has the colour of the indragopa (5.130). 64 The dala variety is the same as the pattra type, which occurs in the form of bright and thin laminae; the aśma variety is the piṇḍa type, which occurs in dull masses and contains more impurities (see D. Joshi, 1991a: 119). 65 The piṭikā variety may be the same as the type called phaṭakī, which is heavy, brilliant and yellowish (pīta); the phullikā variety is light, brilliant and white (see D. Joshi, 1991a: 119). See on saurāṣṭrī = tuvarī = kāṅkṣī = sphaṭikā (alum, a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium) in general and on its sources: D. Joshi (1991a): 118–119. 66 The raktā variety is usually called kaṇavīrikā. 67 See on these kinds of añjana D. Joshi (1991a): 121–122), who argues that all kinds consist of galena (PbS, lead sulphide), which is beneficial to the eyes, whereas stibnite, an antimony compound, is toxic; he mentions that others regard sauvīra and sroto’ñjana as antimony sulphide (Sb2S3), rasāñjana as the yellow oxide of mercury, puṣpāñjana as zinc oxide, and nīlāñjana as lead sulphide. 68 Gandhakataila is also described (40cd–46ab). 69 See on kaṅkuṣṭha: D. Joshi (1991a): 122–123. 70 The saikata variety is the same as dhātu-, pāmśu-, or vālukākāśisa, which is granular and greenish; the puṣpa variety is yellowish (see D. Joshi, 1991a: 117). 71 The pāṣāṇa type is hard and copper-coloured, the svarṇa type is red, soft and smooth (see Rasajalanidhi II, 146). 72 The five defects of gems are called gharṣa, bindu, rekhā, trāsa and pānīyakṛtā sagarbhatā (28). 73 Types are not distinguished. 74 Synonyms of nīla mentioned are indranīla, vārīnilaka and śakranīla. 75 See on yantras: Rasendracūḍāmaṇi. 76 See Rasaratnasamuccaya 9.41. Compare Pāradasaṃhitā 6.146; Rasajalanidhi I, 261–262. 77 See Rasaratnasamuccaya 9.51 (ghaṭayantra). 78 See Rasaratnasamuccaya 9.31–32. Compare Rasajalanidhi I, 258–259. 79 See Rasajalanidhi I, 279–280. 80 At the end of the list, Yaśodhara claims that it contains the names of thirty-nine yantras. 81 See on types of mūṣā: Rasendracūḍāmaṇi. 82 The Rasārṇava may be quoted under this title (ABI 407). 83 The author of the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi. 84 P. Rāy (1956): 122. 85 Compare the quotation from the Devīśāstra. 86 AVI 459. G.P. Srivastava (1954): 113. See Rasaratnasamuccaya 1.4. 87 Chapter eight appears to be based on a work called Prakāśāmṛta (10.275). 88 See 1.62ab, 115, 139, 149; 2.1, 36, 70; 3.1; 4.1; 6.31; 8.276. 89 See 5.116. 90 Some consider the jalayantra to be identical with what is usually called the kacchapayantra (see the Hindī commentary of ed. d; Satyaprakāś, 1960: 441). Yaśodhara does not mention the kacchapayantra in his list of yantras of chapter ten. Compare on the jalayantra: Pāradasaṃhitā 6.95–109.