A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.729

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244 The Rasopaniṣad omits kaṅkuṣṭha. 245 Zinc is not mentioned. 246 Vaikrānta is the same as vaikrānta. 247 A better reading is amṛtāśman (see ed. b and its commentary), the diamond. 248 A sapphire according to the commentary of ed. b. 249 A pearl according to the commentary of ed. b. 250 A ruby according to the commentary of ed. b. 251 Vaikrānta according to the commentary of ed. b. 252 Vaiḍūrya or sūryakānta according to the commentary of ed. b. 253 Uṣṭrī is the same as pāmśuja lavaṇa according to the commentary of ed. b. 254 Hindī commentary ed. b: = citraka. 255 Hindī commentary ed. b: the white kaner (= karavīra). 256 Hindī commentary ed. b: = mūrvā. 257 Hindī commentary ed. b: = kabābacinī. 258 Hindī commentary ed. b: = vandhyākarkoṭakī. 259 Hindī commentary ed. b: = kṣudrāgnimantha. 260 Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. (Hindī commentary ed. b: kucilā). 261 Hindī commentary ed. b: = kolakaṇḍa. 262 Hindī commentary ed. b: mardana (= kāsamarda) and kodrava. 263 Hindī commentary ed. b: = keśinī. 264 Hindī commentary ed. b: = kṛṣṇaśirīṣa. 265 Hindī commentary ed. b: = śyoṇāka. 266 Hindī commentary ed. b: = dugdhikā. 267 Compare on raktaḥāṭaka: 7.57–62. 268 Mixtures of two, three, or all four kinds of hāṭaka mentioned. Hāṭaka is usually a synonym of gold. 269 These types resemble copper, añjana, or śaṅkha, i.e., they are coppery, black, or white in colour. 270 Caturthasāra contains one fourth part of gold. Compare 12.25. 271 Mātṛkottara, which means better than mātṛkā, is an alloy containing equal amounts of gold and copper (see V. Deshpande, 1994: 323). Mātṛkā is an alloy with one fourth part of gold and three fourths of copper (see 7.56). 272 This alloy contains one sixth part of gold to that of copper (see V. Deshpande, 1994: 324). 273 See about this method, appropriate for the metal tin: V. Deshpande (1994): 319. 274 Compare the avasthās of Rasahṛdaya and Rasārṇava. 275 See on the gatis: 15.98. 276 Agnijihvaviḍa, dāvāgniviḍa, rañjanaviḍas, jāraṇaviḍas. 277 The river Tāptī according to the commentary of ed. b. 278 Vaikrānta is identical with vaikrānta. See on vaikrānta the commentary of ed. b ad 16.60. 279 The Kāverī or Kāśmīrī according to the commentary of ed. b. 280 Bārāmūlā or Balkh according to the commentary of ed. b. 281 Vaikrānta is useful in jyeṣṭhayoga (aurifaction) and madhyamayoga (argentifaction) (16.59). 282 See also 16.55cd–56 and 63–77ab, where five types are distinguished: hema-, tāra-, rasa-, puṣpa-, and vajravaikrānta. 283 Mewār (see N.N. Bhattacharyya, 1991; N. Dey, 1979).