History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c29.s1.6
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c29.s1.6
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c29.s1.6
Diamond is digested in the decoction of *kulattha* (*Dolichos biflorus*) or of *kodrava* (*Paspalum scrobiculatum*) for three hours and thus purified. Diamond is to be macerated four times in the blood of the bug and enclosed in a ball made of the flesh of the musk-rat, and then to be roasted in a covered crucible thirty times, or to be heated hundred times and plunged in the decoction of *kulattha*. 34-37