A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c12.t2.33
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c12.t2.33
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v1.c12.t2.33
It is killed by being roasted ten times with sulphur, bitumen, *artocarpus lakoocha* and the acids. 100 Vimala, rubbed with borax, the juice of *artocarpus lakoocha* and the ash of *schrebera swiet*., and roasted in a covered crucible, yields an essence of the appearance of gold.¹ 101 Vimala digested with alum, green vitriol, borax and the watery liquid expressed from *moringa pter*., *musā s*. and finally roasted in a covered crucible in combination with the ashes of *schrebera swiet*., yields an essence in the shape of chandrārka (lit. copper of gold-like lustre).