History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c18.5
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c18.5
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4. Three leaves of ‘laingi’ (*lingini*, called *sivalinga* in Bengal) which is used as a medicine, and plentiful flowers and stalks of ‘katuka’ (*katki* in Bengal, *Picrorrhiza kurrooa*) together with an adequate quantity of the sap of ‘raktaphala’ (Indian fig) poured into a pot, are to be crushed, dried, and made into straight threads