The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c4.s7.7
The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c4.s7.7
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c4.s7.7
apply it to the steel after rubbing the latter well with (sesame) oil. Plunge the steel thus treated into fire; and when it is red-hot, sprinkle on it water, or the milk of the horse (or the camel or the goat), or ghee (clarified butter), or blood, or fat or bile. Then sharpen on the lathe.—(Varáhamihira, खड्गलक्षणम्, Chap. XLIX., Ślokas 23–26.)