A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c12.t11.4

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(1) Cf. Rasendrachintámani : मिश्रितौ चेद्रसे नागवङ्गौ विक्रयहेतुना । ताभ्यां स्यात् कृत्रिमोदोषः तन्मुक्तिः पातनत्रयात् ॥ "Trades-people fraudulently adulterate quicksilver with lead and tin, hence it is to be freed from these artificial defects [impurities] by means of three distillations" as given above under Tiryakpátaná (p. 124).