A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c63.905.4

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1448: on utensils and apparatus for preparing mercurial medicines. 1279 See on the metals and minerals mentioned in this text (edited by D. Pingree): A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 133–134. 1280 CC and NCC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 123. V. Śukla I, 193: a rasagrantha. 1281 CC II, 112: a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī. STMI 465. 1282 See verse 404. See on the difference between indranīla and mahānīla: A.K. and S. Biswas (1996): 80. 1283 See verse 506. 1284 See verse 507. 1285 See verse 511. 1286 See verse 512. See on rājāvarta: K. Karttunen (1997): 242. 1287 See verse 512. 1288 See verses 59, 66 and 76. 1289 See verse 513. 1290 The bhallātaka is a fake emerald, lighter in colour, and losing brilliance on exposure (A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 88). 1291 Pīlu may be jade (see A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 102–103). 1292 See on stones called pīta and pittaka: A.K. and S. Biswas (1996): 104; pittaka (mentioned at Arthaśāstra 2.11.35) was possibly chrysolite. 1293 Probably the phaṇimuktā; see verses 275–278. 1294 A tittibha is a sapphire with a dash of red (A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 80). 1295 The stone called utpala may be an aquamarine (see A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 80 and 85). 1296 All these stones are collectively called vajra.