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·RASA-JALA-NIDHI
OR
Ocean of Indian
Chemistry & Alchemy.
VOL. I.
COMPILED IN SANSKRIT
BY
Rasacharya Kaviraj BHUDEB MOOKERJI, N. A.
Principal, Bengal College of Ayurveda, and Formerly
Lecturer, Post Graduate Classes in Commerce,
Calcutta University.
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·CONTENTS. PAGE. Introduction ... 3 6 ... CHAPTER 1. Requisites for metallurgical operations Qualifications of a preceptor disciple Construction of a laboratory Phallus made of mercury Details of laboratory » .. ... 7 8 ... IO ... ... ... I2 CHAPTER II. Initiation of disciple Kalini wife ... ... 18 19 ... ... ... .. ... 28 28 II ... ... ... .. 41 51 54 57 58 » ... CHAPTER III. Mercury Attributes of mercury Mercurial operations (1) Purification of mercury (2) Boiling (3) Rubbing (4) Raising (5) Sublimation Upward sublimation of mercury Downward sublimation (6) Confinement (7) Restraint (8) Stimulation (9) Rehabilitation Easy process of absolute purification of mercury. » ... 58 ... .. 60 64 66 69 71 75 " ·ii ... 76 ... ... ... ..a ... ... ... 93 94 98 99 1 30 130 132 142 156 160 176 ... 33 ... » ... ... (10) Swallowing of metals by mercury Order of swallowing of metals by mercury Swallowing of sulphur by mercury ... the essence of mica by mercury (11) Swooning of mercury (12) Movement (13) Internal liquefaction of mercury (14) Exhaustion (15) Killing (16) Incineration without killing Characteristics of incinerated mercury How incinerated mercury is to be used in all sorts of diseases Bajra panjara rasa Panchamrita Preparations for taking mercury Dose of incinerated mercury Special directions for use of mercury Dietary regulations How to cure symptoms due to an improper use of mercury Mrita-sanjivani-gutika Drugs controlling mercury ... ... ... ... ... 178 191 192 193 195 198 199 ... ... ... 206 212 ... ... 214 CHAPTER V. 221 223 224 226 ... ... ... (17) Dyeing of mercury by means of oil Gandharva tailam Seeds of silver Process of Sarana Another process of dyeing of mercury (18) Transformation of base metals into gold by mercury 227 229 .. ... 237 ·iii PAGB. Importance of metals in the above ... Different kinds of transformations of base metals CHAPTER VI. 238 248 ... ... Apparata Crucibles Putams 250 286 ... : : 293 ... ... ... 299 310 312 ... CHAPTER VII, Definitions Measures of weight Different classes of solidification of mercury CHAPTER VIII. Additional processes for transformation of base metals into gold and silver Appendix-Glossary. ... 321

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·PREFACE. It is an almost universal belief with the educated people of modern times that the world was created only a few thousand years ago, and that the oldest civilization cannot date farther back than, say, twenty five thousand years before Christ. This assumption would seem to be most absurd to those who have entered into the spirit of the ancient Indian culture, unbiassed by any judgment passed by modern scholars on the antiquity of such a culture. The idea of the absolute creation of the Universe out of nothing, at a particular point of time, is more than an ordinary human being can conceive, in as much as it involves an attribution to God of such human characteristics as desire, want, and striving for the attainment of an wished for object, and thus reduces him to the level of an imperfec? and human being. We are, therefore, justified in assuming, without entering upon a philosophical discussion of the subject, that the world is eternal with God, and creation means nothing more than the re-construction and re-moulding of matter, which, to a certain extent, takes place every moment, If the world is eternal and it cannot be otherwise what justification there is for the assumption that the civilization of which we can have only a glimpse, through records of a few thousand years only, is the only civilization known to the world ? Is it not quite reasonable tą assume that an infinite number of movements of civilization came upon and passed away from the face of the earth ? We have, of course, no ·ii PREFACE history of these civilizations, and naturally so. Can history have a record of what takis place during an infinite number of years ? Modern people have compiled a history for the last few centuries only. Let them proceed in their present method of compilation for a few thousand years more, then they would find the task to be hopeless. It is physically impossible for a human being to go through a history which contains a detailed survey of all that takes place during, say, 25 thousand years, not to speak of a longer period. We may, therefore, safely assume that the idea of keeping a chronological and detailed history of the world must be given up, after, say, thirty thousand years, if not earlier. What would our historians do then? They would, in all probability, cull out of the past history some of the most important facts, and arrange them in a method which was followed by the authors of the Indian Puranas (i.e., ancient records). The Purans are nothing but records of kings, sages, and important e.ents that took place, in some cases, many thousands of years apart from one another. These records records have been retained in the Puranas only on account of their moral, social, and religious significance. The ancient Indians realized the futility of keeping a detailed history of a world which is eternal and of their own civilization which, we have every reason to believe, was the most ancient known to the modern world, and had therefore to record ancient events of especial importance in a way which differs from the method followed by the modern historians. That being so, we cannot discard the authenticity of the Puranas and consider them as a collection of mythical legends and anecdotes only.

·PRETACE iii That the Puranas are not based on a mere fiction would find corroboration from independent sources. As for instance, I may refer to the phenomenon of Pballic Worship, the introduction of which into Europe, according to European tradition and mythology, is attributed to Bacche or Bacchus of Greek mythology. Now, Bacche or Bacchus, according to Assyrian mythology, was an Indian (see Phallism in Encyclopedia of Ethics and Religion), the event of whose annual return from India used to be celebrated with a great festival on Mount Ymolus in Lydia. The question which now presents itself is, do we find any reference to this Bacche in our Puranas? Yes we do. In Bamana Puranam (chapter VI) we are told that one of the earliest advocates of Phallic Worship was Baka, king of "Creetha" (Crete ?), who was an Indian Vaisya by caste, and was initiated into Phallism by bis Indian preceptor, the sage Apastanba. Here, we have got, I think, data sufficient to warrant the identification of the Greek or Assyrian "Indian Bacchus" with Baka of the Bamana Puranam. Be that what it may, we look upon the Puranas as having a historic basis. They are, with the Vedas and the Tantras, the most ancient literature of the Indians that have been preserved, after countless acts of destruction of books and libraries by ignorant fanatics. The comparative modernness of the language in which the Puranas and the Tantras were written does not justify the conclusion that they are of a comparatively modern origin, in as much as the language of the Tantras and the Puranas have been, for obvious reasons, revised from time time, and new facts introduced into this group of literature. to ·iv PREFACE According to the Puranas, the world is eternal, creation being taken to mean periodical reconstruction after dissolution. The age of the present Kalpa, i.e. of the world from the time of its last reconstruction to the current year is 1955885027 years. This is a figure which is based upon a tradition, as transmitted from generation to generation, through our science, philosophy, history, and scriptures. Rasavidya, or Chemistry including Alchemy, began to be cultivated by the ancient Aryas as early as the beginning of the psesent Kalpa, i. e. more than 1950000000 years back. We have got fragments of two books, the authorship of which has all along been assigned to the great Rama Chandra (the hero of Ramayanam, an epic composed by the sage Valmiki, who was a contemporary of the hero himself), who learnt the science of chemistry from Kalanatha, a sage living in the forests, during the fourteen years of his exile from his father's dominions. Accbrding to the tradition in vogue amongst the siddhas (chemists), King Ram Chandra was also called, Dandaka Nath, on account of his living in the forest of Dandaka for several years. The books said to have been compiled by this king are named, (1) Rama rajiya, and (2) Rasendra Chintamani. (The latter of these is to be distinguished from Rasa Chintamani, a book compiled by Ananta Deva .Suri, not Madananta Deva Suri, as stated erroneously in Dr. Sir PC. Roy's book). Now, Rama Chandra flourished, accorde ing to Iudian history, at least 900,000 years back. It appears from these fragmeuts that chemistry of medicine reached a very high 'state of perfection at the time of Rama Chandra. The authorship of another ·PREFACE V book, viz."Arka Prakasha" has all along been attributed to Ravana, the great king of Lanka, who was killed in battle by king Rama Chandra. This 'Arka Prakasha" is an excellent booklet containing a comprehensive treatment of all sorts of diseases by means of tinctures only. It contains at least one recipe for the preparation of a mineral acid. That being so, we cannot accept as true the assumption of Dr. Sir P. C. Roy that probably Indians came to learn the preparation of mineral acids from the Portuguese. The fact is that mineral acids are not to be used in medicines prepared from mercury and other metals. That is why the Doctor did not find any reference to these acids in ancient books on Rasa Vidya. Innumerable books on chernistry were written from the earliest times. Most of these are no longer available. Only the names of some of them have been preserved. At present we have got only a few compilations, based on older ones and must of them are fragmentary and incomplete. In chemistry of medicine and Alchemy, if not in any other branch of chemical knowladge, the ancient Aryas reached a very high degree of perfection. Herodotus testifies to the fact that there were, at his time, Yogis in India who used to live an unusually long life by the use of some mercurial preparations. My readers may take it from me that, even in our own time, there are many such yogis, living in the forests of the Himalayas, Amarakantaka, etc. who live an incredibly long life by the use of mercurial potions. Preparation of many such inedicines will be found described in the several volumes of the present work. As fur Alchemy, it was a matter of common knowledge with the ancient ·vi PREFACE Indian chemists. Philosopher's stone is not altogether a myth. How it was prepared in ancient times has been described in the present work. The Mahomedan period of the Indian History was the darkest age of Hindu culture and civilization. The whole country was at that time in an almost perpetual state of anarchy and confusion. People were in a state of constant fear for loss of life, property, and honour, with the result that trade, commerce, and learning came to a stand-still. The race of chemist physicians became gradually extinct. Difficulty of procuring rare metals increased with the uncertainty of trade and commerce. Physicians in villages therefore took to the practice of medicines prepared from herbs only, especially in view of the fact that they were much cheaper than medicines prepared from metals. Chemistry of medicine thus came to be almost forgotten by the common run of physicians. It continued, however, to be cultivated, to a certain extent only, by some Yogis in the forests, where there was no chance of meeting with much obstacle. But in the absence of encouragement and patronisation by the state, the science could not be systematically cultivated during the Mahomedan period, All this would explain the present state of deep degradation of Indian Chemistry. Before the publication of Dr. P. C. Roy's History of Indian Chemistry, the majority of our educated countrymen were not even aware of the existence of such a branch of knowledge as Indian Chemistry and Alchemy. Most of the Vaidyas or Kavirajas of the present day (i. e. physicians practising Indian system, of medicine) are ·PREFACE vii ill-educated and content with a very little knowledge of the subject. Especially is this the case in Bengal, where the Kavirajas, for the several centuries past, depended on medicines prepared from herbs, vegetable products, clarified butter, etc. It will be interesting to note that the late Kaviraja Gangadhara Sen of Murshidabad, a physician of remarkable attainments, who died some 50 years back, had no faith in metallic medicines and did not care to acquaint himself with chemistry of medicine. Matters have much improved since the death of the great Kaviraj, but speaking generally, the present day Kavirajas of Bengal are ignorant of the 18 mercurial operations, which can safely be considered to be the pivot round which the whole of the Indian Chemistry rotates. In recent times, some Allopaths, a few of whom are very good scholars too, have taken to the practice of indigenous system of medicines, but, unfortunately, they have not yet come to be aware of the fact that the greater portion of Ayurveda, which deals with chemistry and Alchemy, has for the several centuries past, been a terra incognita to that class of physicians from whom they had to receive their training. They have not yet been aware of the fact that the ancient glory and greatness of Ayurveda was due neither to its progress in Surgery, Anatomy, etc. as taught by Susruta, etc. --which these well-meaning physicians have been trying to revive, by the introduction of western methods, where necessary,-- or to the excellence of herbal drugs, as taught by Charaka, etc. but to the exceptional and unique progress which Ayurveda made in the region of Medical Chemistry.

·viii PROFACE While anxious for the revival of Ayurvedic culture in India, let me sound a note of warning to the authorities of the different Ayurvedic institutions, which have been started during the present decade, that unless and until the greatest stress is laid upon the revival of Indian Chemistry of medicine, as outlined in the present work, there is not the slightest chance of recovering the glory which Ayurveda lost about a thousaad years ago. Let not the teachers of these Ayurveilic Colleges try to perpetuate the state of ignorance of chemitry prevailing among the present generation of the Kavirajas, content with the teaching of only those branches of Ayurvedic lure with which they can claim some acquaintance. An undue importance has been attached by these Ayurvedic teachers to the teaching of modern Surgery, etc., which has the effect of investing the present system of Ayurvedic teaching with a hybrid character, neither Ayurvedic nor Allopathic, but one which partakes of the nature of both. The sense of gratification which I felt a few years ago at the news of the Hindu University of Benares having opened an Ayurvedic Department was followed by a rude shock which I received at what I personally came to know about it at Benares. It is a poor apologia of Ayurveda, and not Ayurveda proper, that is taught at the Benares University. The same remark applies to the Astanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya of Calcutta and similar institutions. In my reference to these seats of Ayurvedic learning, I am not guided by malice or personal grudge but by a real desire to learn that my remarks have made the authorities of these institutions alive to the necessity for an adequate arrangement for the teaching of Indian chemistry in those places.

·PREFACE ix I have been a devout student of Ayurveda even from my boyhood, and I would have naturally followed the same track as beaten by the common run of Vaidyas or Kavirajas of the present day. But Providence willed otherwise. It was a mere accident that I came to be in contact with a Yogi from whom I learnt much more than could be found in the existing books on Indian Chemistry, each of which is incomplete, incoherent, incorrect, and in many cases misleading. The instructions which I received from my preceptor yogi have enabled me to arrange methodically the materials found in the existing books on chemistry, which were mostly in a chaotic state, and have been neglected for several centuries past. There were four different schools of treatment of diseases in ancient India, viz., treatments (1) by rasa, i. e., mercury and other metals. (2) by herbs and vegetable drugs, (3) by charms, incantations, etc., and (4) by surgical instruments, These four different kinds of medical systems were cultivated, side by side, from time out of memory, by different classes of people. Of these, it was believed that the first system was of divine origin, the second and third of human origin, and the fourth of demonjac or barbarous origin. I leave my readers to form their own opinions as to the exact significance of all these remarks, Personally, I consider the chemical system of Indian medicine as of divine origin. It is not a science in the ordinary sense of the term It is not a collection of experiential truths or inductive generalizations, based observation and experiment. It is a super-science, and, as such, is based on something higher than observation and on ·X PREFACE experiment-call it inspiration, revelation, or what you will. It is not possible, even for a very careful and devoted student of Rasa-Vidya, to explain, in many cases, why a certain line of procedure was prescribed with a view to attain an end in view. Neither is it possible for us to make any material addition to what has been transmitted to us from time out of memory. I have no doubt any one who has been able to enter into the spirit of Rasa-Vidya wonld feel constrained to endorse these views. It is Rasa-Vidya which rendered treatinent of diseases by surgical instruments almost useless and superfluous. Even in our own time, boils, carbuncles, etc., are found to be cured by oils and ointments, prepared out of metals and indigenous herbs, more speedily and effectively than they are by surgical operations. The present day people of India have been animated with an intense desire for the attainment of political independence, partial or complete. Let them strive for it by all means, constitutional and legitimate. But they seem to be blind to the fact that cultural independence for India is much more valuable than the attainment of political independence. My attitude to politics is one of absolute detachment, but, if I am to express my views about the present day politics of India, I may say that India, as it is inhabited by a large number of Mahomedans whose sympathy is more with their co-religionists in Afghanistan, Arabia, Persia, etc., than with their Indian neighbours of the same blood, will not be able to retain complete independence for a very long time, even if it ever be granted to us. To be ruled by any other nation than the British would be a worse ·PREFACE X1 lot for the Indians. A dominion status of self- Government, within the Britisb empire, appears therefore to be the safest possible constitution for India. But it is too much to expect that Britain would ever consent to the Indians having such a government, unless she is convinced of the fact that 32 crores of people, contented with British overlordship, cannot but add to the strength of the empire. In the meantime, we should try, I think, to secure the good will of the British people by the exhibition of our greatness-moral, cultural, and intellectual. Be that what it may, personally, I prefer cultural greatness for India to political independence. I think, I should be a little more explicit here, and say that I advocate culturai independence for India, not because I hate western culture and civilization, which our people have been striving hard to follow, but because India can still boast of a culture and civilization of her ow.), which it would be most unfortunate and unwise to allow to be effaced from the face of the earth. The majority of the modern Indians suffer from a peculiar mentality which makes them attach very little importance to their own culture and civilization. They came to realize the importance of their philosophy, only when they were told of it by Schopenhaur, Maxmuller, etc.,—of their medicine, when told by such European physicians as the late Surgeon General Dr. Lukis, etc.-of their tantras, when told by Sir John Woodroffe. It was Lord Ronaldshay, if I remember aright, who advised the Indian youths to turn to Indian culture, and to assimilate it, when possible and desirable, with the best of what we find in western culture and civilization. His advice to us was not to follow blindly the ·xii PR2FACE western culture and civilization. But, I am afraid, it has fallen mostly on indifferent ears. It is generally believed that it was in the field of abstract thought and spirit, and not in the field of science and material progress that the ancient Hindus attained greatness. This assumption is based on a total ignorance of Hindu culture, tradition, and history. The famous iron pillar of Delhi is not the only existing proof of the greatness which the ancient Indians attained in the field of industrial chemistry and metallurgy. In an article contributed to the "Forward" of Calcutta (in its issue of the 4th November 1925), I invited the attention of the public in general to the existence at Hyderabad (H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominion) of a manuscrift Library, perhaps the biggest of its kind in India, which is reported to contain numerous books which have not yet been published. Some of these books are reported to deal with such scientific matters, as (1) process of embalming of dead bodies, (2) making of a kind of glass by means of which it is possible to see through water even the minutest article lying below its surface, (3) arrangement for constant supply of hot water through pipes, without the application of heat, (4) growing cotton of any colour desired, (5) transformation of base metals into gold, (6) smelting of precious stones and letting them bave any shape and colour ; (7) communication between living thousands of miles apart from each other, 'by means of two blocks of stones, especially constructed, (8) construction of a machine by means of which it is possible to ascertain the nature of minerals and bidden treasure deposited under a particular soil. two persons ·PRETACE xiii If would not be quite out of place to repeat bere my appeal to my countrymen for the purchase and preservation of this Library as a national asset. Intending gentlemen may communicate with Dr. Md. Kashim (Jaghirdar, Patharghati, Hyderabad, H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, the Deccan), who is the present owner of the Library. In compiling the present work intended to be completed in to volumes), I have depended mainly upon what I learnt from my ascetic preceptor and upon the existing books on chemistry. The science of Alchemy has all along been an accomplished fact with the ascetic chemists of India. There are many such chemists even in our own times. They are in the habit of preparing from time to time only as much real gold as is actually necessary for the bare subsistence. My readers may be curious to know whether I can transform base metals into gold. My reply to this will be that the process has been demonstrated to me by my preceptor, and I am confident, I can carry on the operations successfully, if I am provided with an well-equipped laboratory and given an opportunity of devoting myself exciu. sively to this line of work, It is a matter of pity that Indian Chemistry, which according to the sage Dandaka Nath or King Ramachandra, is an indispensable pre-requisite for the study of all other subjects of human culture, has Dot yet been considered a subject fit for being taught even in the greatest of the Indian Universities. To this fact I invited a few years ago the attention of the late Sir Ashutosh Mookerji of revered memory, who advised me to wait till the Public came to know ·xiv PREFACE more about this apparently new science. Is it too much for me now to expect that the local governments and the authorities of the different Indian Universities will consider the desirability of teaching this subject in their respective Universities? I cannot conclude the present work without a short notice of Dr. Sir P. C. Roy's History of ladian Chemistry which was written with the object of proving to the world that the ancient Hindus knew a good deal of Chemistry much earlier than the other races of the world. The book is well written, and reflects credit upon the great chemist. It has served its purpose fairly well, but I am afraid, it has failed to convey to its readers the most fundamental and prominent features of Indian Chemistry. With due deference to Dr. Roy's remarkable attainments in the field of modern Chemistry, I feel constrained to observe that Dr. Roy approached the subject as an amateur critic and not as a traiued student of ladian Chemistry of medicine, which differs fundamentally from modern chemistry. Hence is his failure to enter into the spirit of Rasavidya, and to get hold of the central idea upon which the whole structure of the Hindu Chemistry is erected ; viz, the fact that mercury be made to swallow, by special processes, a considerable quantity of gold or other metals, without any appreciable increase in the weight of the swallowing mercury. I have no doubt this statement will appear to my readers to be highly dogmatic, paradoxical, and revolting against the common sense of rational beings; but I cannot help it. The statement is based on a practical experience and ap arduous research carried on for several years.

·PREFACE XV Let my readers perform faithfully the operations deseribed in the present volume, and then form their own judgment as to the truth of the statement, It is earnestly hoped that Dr. Sir P. C. Roy will live to bring out a revised edition of his book, which contains so many misinterpretations of important principles of Hindu Chemistry, due, no doubt, to a hasty and superficial study of the subject. In conclusion, I am to acknowledge the deep debt of gratitude which I owe to the reputed vedic scholar, Prof. Khitish Ch. Chatterji, M.A., Lecturer, Post Graduate classes in Sanskrit, Calcutta University, for the valuable assistance he rendered to me in correcting the proof sheets. I am also very grateful to Mr. M. N. Bose E. A., (Cantab), Bar-at- Law, Mr. Jatish Chandra Mitra M. A., Professor of English, Berhampore College, and some other friends, for the sympathy and encouragement which I received from them in the compilation of this encyclo podic work. BHUDEB MOOKERJI. 172 BOWBAZAR STREET, CALCUTTA. 25th November, 1926,

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·सूचीपत्रम् । पृष्ठम्। मालाचरणम् प्रथमोऽध्यायः। रससाधनस्य प्रयोजनानि aur ... ... आचार्य लक्षणम् शिष्य लक्षणम् ... ६ रसशालानिर्माणम् रसलिङ्गम् रसांकुशीमन्त्रम् रसशालाया विवरणम् द्वितीयोऽध्यायः। १० १२ शिष्योपनयनम् कालिनी स्त्री अघोरमन्त्रम् ६,२१ ... तृतीयोऽध्यायः। ... २७ ... २० ... ... रसप्रसङ्गः रसस्य गुणवर्णनम् रसस्य शोधनम्-प्रथमः संस्कारः रसस्य स्वेदनम्-द्वितीयः संस्कारः रसस्य मईनम्-तृतीयः संस्कारः रसस्य उद्धृतिः-चतुर्थः संस्कार: ... ...

·६० ६३ ६३ ६६ ७३ ८०, १३५ ... रसस्य पातनम्-पञ्चमः संस्कारः (क) ऊर्द्वपातनम् (ख) अधःपातनम् (ग) तिर्यक् पातनम् रसस्य रोधनम्-षष्ठः संस्कारः रसस्य नियामनम् सप्तमः संस्कारः रसस्य दीपनम्-अष्टमः संस्कार: रसस्य अनुवासनम्-नवमः संस्कारः रसस्य सर्वदोषहर संक्षिप्त शोधनविधिः रसस्य प्रासनम्-दशमः संस्कारः विड़ा रसे धातुजारणायाः क्रमः गन्धकजारणस्य विधिः रसे घनसत्त्वजारणम् रसस्य मूर्च्छना-एकादशः संस्कारः रसबन्धनम् रसस्य सञ्चारणम्-द्वादशः संस्कारः रसस्य गर्भद्रुतिः-त्रयोदशः संस्कारः रसस्य जारणम्-चतुर्दशः संस्कारः रसस्य मारणम्-पञ्चदशः संस्कारः रसस्य भस्मीकरणम्-षोड़शो संस्कारः मारण-व्यतिरेकेणापि भस्मीकरणम् मृतपारदस्य लक्षणम् पारदसेवने अनुपानम् बचपञ्जर-रसः पञ्चामृतम् रससेवाविधिः ६६ ... ... १२६ १२६ १३० ... १४२ १५६ ... ... ... १९० ... શાર ...

·पृष्ठम् ... ... २०५ ... ... रससेवनस्य मात्रा रससेवने पथ्यापथ्यम् अवैधरससेवनजनितविकाराणां निवारणोपायाः रसकर्पूरस्यावगुणः तहोषस्य शान्तिः रससिन्दूरस्यावगुणः मृतसञ्जीवनी गुटिका रसमूलिकाः मारकवर्गः पञ्चमोऽध्यायः। २१० २१० २११ २१२ २१४ ... ... २१७ २२१ ... २२२ ... ... २२३ ... २२४ ... रसस्य रञ्जनम्-सप्तदशः संस्कारः रसस्य सारणा सारणतैलम् गन्धर्वतैलम् तारबीजम् सारणाविधिः प्रकारान्तरेण रसरञ्जनम् वीजग्रासः ... २२५ ... ... २२७ ... ... २२८ .. २३० ... २३१ २३६ ... २३० मारणम् ... संक्रामणम् सस्य वेधनम् -अष्टादशः संस्कार: वेधनाय जारणे धात्वादीनां प्रयोजनम् वेधस प्रकाराः षष्ठोऽध्यायः। यन्चानि २४८ २६० ·10 विषयः मूषादिनिरूपणम् पुटानि २८५ २३४ ... सप्तमोऽध्यायः। २६६-३०८ परिभाषा रसतैलानि, अम्लपञ्चकम्, पञ्चमृत्तिका:, बिषवर्गः, उपविषवर्गः, दुग्धवर्गः, विड़गणः, रक्तवर्गः, पीतवर्गः, श्वेतवर्गः, कृष्णवर्गः, लोहकाठिन्य- नाशनवर्गः, दुर्दावलोहादिद्रावणवर्गः, शोध- नीयगणः, फज्ज्वलीरसपङ्की, रसपिष्टी, पातन- पिष्टी, स्वर्णकृष्टी, रौप्यकृष्टी हेमरती, ताररक्ती परिमाणानि - ... ... ३०६ ३११ रसबन्धाः ... अष्टमोऽध्यायः। अतिरिक्ताः वेधनप्रक्रियाः ३२१ ...

·पृष्ठम् पंक्तिः अशुद्धपाठः मङ्गष्ट १२ शुद्धिपत्रम् । शुद्धपाठः मङ्गुष्ट हिङ्गु तिर्यक् पातनम् कैश्चिद् सहस्रक ५६ ६३ तिर्यक पातनम् कश्चिद् पादटीका सहस्त्रक प्रसस्ता प्रशस्ता ७६ पाटीका ८३ १० १०७ ५ चलिकाम् हिङ्ग दशमः चल्लयां मूच्छना तरिका र्वाङ्गष्टेन मङ्गल वक्रान्त ३ १२४ २४ १२५ २० चुलिकाम् हिङ्ग एकादशः मुल्लयां मूर्च्छना तुरिका र्वाङ्गुष्टेन मङ्गुल वैक्रान्त सूत स्वर्ण पिष्टवा पटुम्ल पिष्ट किन हिङ्ग २५ १२६ १२६ १३४ १३६ सुत १३ खण पिष्टा ३ पटम्ल पिष्ट किटेन हिङ्ग १४० १४२ १४३ १४४ २३ १८ २१ २३ D ·( २ ) पंकि पृष्ठम् १४५ १४८ २५ २३ १५२ १५६ अशुद्धपाठः पिटा तदई कम् किट विधिः पितां तद्गाजां क्षधात्तों स्तलं पिष्टा हरिद्रा जल अष्टाङ्गल दशाङ्गलम् शुद्धपाठः पिष्टा तदर्द्धकम् किटू संस्कारः पिताम् तङ्गुञ्जां क्षुधार्तों स्तैलं पिष्टा हरिद्राजल अष्टाङ्गुल दशाङ्गुलम् १७३ २०२ . २.४ १६ २२३ २४७ १५ " शाइल शांगुल २१ " 8 #.. २५५ २६५ " " १६ २६७ क्षारररम्लेश्च राङ्गलि रंगुल क्षारम्लेश्व रांगुलि दंगुलो ११ २७१

·रसजलनिधिः।
मङ्गलाचरणम् ।
यस्यानन्दस्फुरितनयनोत्क्षेपमात्रेण विश्व
सृष्टं ध्वस्तं मुहुरपि पुनस्तस्य गात्रे विलीनम् ।
मृत्युं जित्वा सकलभुवनं पाति शश्वद् य एव
वन्देऽहं तं सकलविभवागाररूपं महेशम् ॥
त्रेतायां यमुनिकुलवरैः श्रीभरद्वाजदेवैः
स्वर्गान्नीता नरगणहितेप्सेरितैवैद्यविद्या।
तेषां वंशे कृतजनुरहं विप्रभूदेवदेवो
ग्रन्थः पुण्यः रसजलनिधी रच्यते संप्रयत्नात् ॥
अशेषवासनासिद्धय सर्वमङ्गलदायको।
वन्देऽहं पितरौ भक्तया जगतः पितराविव ॥
हरिलालः पिता देवो माता निस्तारिणी तथा ।
मुखोपाध्यायवंशे हि जातोऽहं शङ्कराश्रितः॥
गङ्गाराष्ट्राभिधे राज्ये वङ्गादेशे पुरातने ।
हस्तिशालाख्यके ग्रामे मयूराक्षीनदीतटे।

·२
रसजलनिधिः।
नेषधकाव्यकारस्यान्वये जातावधस्तनो।
सर्वगुणोपपन्नौ च वसतः पितरौ मम ॥
रसविद्या वरा विद्या कल्पादौ शूलिना स्मृता ।
जराव्याधिविनाशार्थ भारते सम्प्रचारिता॥
अधुना मृतकल्या सा सकलार्थप्रदायिनी।
नाद्रियते महीपालैर्देशजैश्च विदेशजैः॥
संख्यातीताः रसग्रन्थाः रचिताः प्रामहर्षिभिः।
अमीषां वहवो नूनं विलोपं नितरां गताः ॥
दुर्लभा इतरे ग्रन्था जाटिल्यविषभूर्च्छिताः ।
संगृह्य यत्नतोऽनेकान् संहिता रचिता मया ॥
कालीक्षेत्रे पुरीश्रेष्ठ मृत्युञ्जयप्रसादतः।
ऋतुपक्षाभ्रवाणाब्दे कलेश्च विषमस्य च ॥
रसरत्नलुहादिभिदैवीति प्रोच्यते बुधैः ।
प्रोषधिभिस्तथा मन्त्रश्चिकित्सा मानुषी स्मृता ॥
राक्षसी ज्ञायते सद्भिः शस्त्रादिभिः कृता तु या।
अतएव रसक्रिया शिक्षणीयातियत्नतः॥
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·मालाचरणम्। INTRODUCTION. I bow down to the Greatest of the great, at the movements of whose blissful eyes the universe comes into being, undergoes dissolution, and is frequently absorbed in Hiinself-I bow down to Him who has conquered death, has been maintaining the universe from all eternity, and is the source of all greatness and magnanimity. This salutary book, entitled Risajalanidhi (the ocean of Metallurgy), is compiled very carefully by me, Bhudeba, a Brahman by caste, and descendant of the great sage, Bharadwaja, who, actuated by the motive of doing good to the suffering humanity, brought down ti Bharat (India), in the Treta age (about five hundred thousand years ago), the science of medicine from the country of Swarga (a country corresponding to modern Mongolia--a region from which the forefathers of the Aryan Indians migrated gradually into the plains of India*). For the fulfilment of all desires, I bow down to my parents, who are the sources of all bliss, and appear to me to be the parents of the universe itself. My father's name is Harilala Deba, and that of my mother is Nistarini Debi. I come of the Mukhopadhyaya (meaning, great preceptor) family, and ann favoured by the three-eyed Deity (i.e., God). My parents are endowed with all good qualities are descendants of the author of Naisadha Charitam (a well-known Sanskrit poem, composed by . Vide 'Original Home of Mankind' written in Bengali by the late Pundit Umesh Chandra Vidyaratga: 3 ·रसजलनिधिः। the great poet Sreeharsa, a savant from whom have descended all the persons bearing the family name of Mukhopadhyaya, or Mookerji, as it is generally written in English for the sake of brevity), and residents of a village, named Hastisala, situated on the banks of the river Maurakshi, in the ancient region of Gangarastra (modern Rarh) in Bengal. Metallurgy is a great science revealed to the world by God Himself at the commencement of the present Kalpa (a mundane period, followed and preceded by a dissolution of the universe--the present Kalpa commenced, according to Indian history, some 160,0000000 years back.)# It was introduced into India for the purpose of preventing desease and premature old age. This science, which is the giver of all wished-for' objects, is now in a moribund condition, and is no longer given attention to by kings, whether Indian or foreign. Numerous were the books written on Metallurgy and Chemistry by ancient Indian sages, Most of these books have completely been lost; those which are extant are mostly very rare, and not very intelligible. The present book is based on many of those which are still extant, and have been collected carefully. It is written by the grace of the conqueror of death at * The theory of the creation of the universe out of nothing is untenable, in as much as it implies want and desire in God, and thus reduces Him to the level of a finite being. God is eternal, and so is the universe, which only undergoes periodical dissolution and change of form. 4 ·मङ्गलाचरणम् । the great city of Kalikshetra (Calcutta) in the year 5026 of the perverted Kalijuga. # Treatment of diseases by Rasa (mercury), gems, metals etc is divine, that by incantations and vegetable drugs humans and that by surgical instruments diabolical. Metallurgy is therefore to be learnt very carefully • According to the Hindus, eternity is measured by the following LormsKalpa, Magwantara and Juga. Kalpa is the period which is followed and preceded by the dissolution of the universe. A Kalpa is sub-divided into so many Manwantaras, each of which is again subdivided into so many Jugas: 5

·रसजलनिषिः।
प्रथमोऽध्यायः ।
अथ रससाधनस्य प्रयोजनानि ।
(१) आचार्यलक्षणम्।
रसाचाय्यों भवेज़ ज्ञानी सुदक्षो रसकर्माणि ।
तेजखी सदयो धीरस्तान्त्रिको शिवसाधकः॥
शिवाभक्तो जितेन्द्रियो सर्बजीबहिते रतः ।
सर्वेन्द्रियोपपन्नश्च बहुविद भक्तवत्सलः॥
CHAPTER I.
Requisites for Metallurgical Operations.
(1) Qualifications of a Preceptor.
The preceptor should be wise, well-versed in
Metallurgy, courageous, kind-hearted, modest, student
of the Tantras, worshipper' of Shiva and Shivá (both
representing the Universal soul in its two aspects,
male and female, worshipped by votaries as Deities
with human forms, which, it is believed, the Universal
Soul assumes whenever it reveals itself to the
devotees), having a cont:ol over the sense-organs
and passions, inclined to doing good to all creatures,
having all his senses well-developed, possessing an
all round knowledge of many things, and fond
of disciples.
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·प्रथमोऽध्यायः।
devoid
(२) अथ शिष्यलक्षणम्।
शिष्यः स्यान् निरहंकारी सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः।
वितर्कस्मृतिसम्पन्नो मेधावी गुरुवत्सलः॥
निरालस्यः सदाचारः कालिकाशिवपूजकः ।
सर्वेन्द्रियोपपन्नश्च सुगठितवपुस्तथा।
रसविद्या वरा विद्या शिक्षणीयातियत्नतः ।
न देया परशियाय नास्तिकाय शठाय च ॥
(2) Qualifications of a Disciple.
A disciple should be modest, truthful, persevering,
endowed with the power of reasoning, memory, and
power of retention, devoted to his preceptor,
of idleness, having healthy habits, worshipper of
Kalika (Shivit) and Shiva, and should have all of
his senses well-developed and well-built.
Metallurgy is a great science which should be
taught very carefully ; but not to those who are not
disciples, who are atheists, and who are dishonest.
(३) अथ रसशाला-निर्माणम् ।
खलाज्ञतस्करादीनां भयं यत्र न विद्यते ।
हरगौरीसमायुक्त शोभने नगरे तथा ॥
विपुलोपवने रम्ये सव्वौषधिसमन्विते ।
निर्मातव्या रसशाला सर्वविघ्नविवर्जिता ॥
बहक्षिद्वारसंयुक्ता निर्मलनीरसन्निधौ।
समाचा रसक्रिया रहसि धीमता तथा ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः।
शालायाः पूर्वदिग्भागे रच्यन्तु रसमण्डपम् ।
वातायनसमायुक्तमर्करश्मिविभासितम् ॥
भूमिस्तत्र समा कार्य्या पाषाणस्फटिकोपमा ।
तन्मध्ये वेदिका रच्या सवलक्षणसंयुता ॥
प्रतिष्ठाप्यं तथा यत्नात् रसज्ञः रसलिङ्गकम् ।
नित्यं पूज्यं यथाशास्त्र सर्वार्थानां सुसिद्धये ॥
(3) Construction of a Laboratory.
The proper place for a laboratory is a wide and
beautiful garden, with all sorts of medicinal plants
grown there-in, in a beautiful town where the images
of the Deities, Hara and Gauri (Shiva and Shiva)
are worshipped, and where there is nothing to fear
from cheats, ignorant people, thieves etc. The
laboratory should be freed from all sorts of distur.
bances, should have a sufficient number of doors
and windows, and should be within the reach of a
sufficient supply of pure water. It is in such a
place that the intelligent should carry on their
metallurgical operations in seclusion. On the eastern
side of the laboratory should be erected what is
called a Rasamandapam (i. e., a big hall for the
storing of metals), which should be furnished with
a sufficient number of doors and windows, and
should have a sufficient quantity of daylight entering
into it. The floor of this hall should be very plain,
strong as stone, and clear as quartz. In the midst
of this hall should be erected a platform or dais
with its best characteristics, in which is to be placed
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·प्रथमोऽध्यायः। a Phallic emblem of God, made of mercury, which should be worshipped by the adept, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the sacred books (and with special reference to the instructions given below). (४) अथ रसलिङ्ग कथ्यते । सार्द्ध कोल सुवर्णस्य पत्रश्च त्रिगुणं रसः । याममेकं विमईयेदम्लरसेन यत्नतः॥ तेन लिङ्ग विनिर्मितं जम्बीरस्थं दिन पचेत् । दोलायामारनाले तु प्रतिष्ठाप्यं ततो मुदा ॥ असंख्यशिवलिङ्गानामर्चनाद् यत् फलं भवेत् । तत् फलं प्राप्यते नूनं रसलिङ्गस्य पूजनात् ॥ दर्शनाजायते पुण्यं स्पर्शनाच्च ततोऽधिकम् । पूजनाल्लभ्यते मुक्तिरिति सत्यं शिवोदितम् ॥ नास्ति परतरं लोके रसलिङ्गस्य पूजनात् । भाग्नेयीं श्रीमघोरेण मन्त्रराजेनचाचयेत् ॥ • तथाहि शिवमहिम्नः स्तोत्रे-"अघोरामापरो मन्त्रः" इत्यादि । मनोऽयं लिख्यते भत्र- ॐहाही अघोरतर प्रस्फुट प्रस्फुट प्रकट प्रकट कह कह शमय समय जात जात यह वह पातय पातय। ॐ हीं हैं हौं ५ मधोराय अघोरेन्योऽय घोरेभ्यो घोरघोरतरभ्य छ। नमो का सर्वसकर्वेभ्यो खपेभ्य एव च। 9

·१०
रसजलनिधिः।
अथ ध्यानम्।
अष्टादशभुजं शुभ्र पञ्चवक्त्रं त्रिलोचनम् ।
प्रेतारूढ़े नीलकण्ठं रसलिङ्ग विचिन्तयेत् ॥
तस्योत्सङ्गे महादेवीमेकवक्त्रां चतुर्भुजाम् ।
अक्षमालांकुशं दक्षे वामे पाशाभयं शुभम् ॥
दधतों तप्तहेमाभां पीतवस्त्रां विभावयेत् ।
एते ध्याने जगत् पित्रोः साधको हृदि धारयेत्॥
अथ रसाङ्कुशीनामा देव्यर्चनामन्त्रः ।
वाङ्मयी श्रीः कामराजशक्तिबीजं रसांकुशा ।
या समा स्याद रसस्यैव ज्ञया विद्या रसांकुशा ॥
मन्त्रेनानेन सम्पूज्या विहितरुपचारकैः ।
नन्दीभृङ्गीमहाकालकुलीरान् पूर्वदिक्क्रमात् ॥
पूजयेन् महामन्त्रैस्तु प्रणबादिनमोऽन्तकः॥
- (4) The Rasalingám, (Phallus made of Mercury).
One Kola * and half of pure gold leaf, and three
times its weighit of mercury ire
10 be rubbed for
three hours with some vegetable sour juice and made
into a Phallic image of the God, Siva. This image
is to be put inside a lemon and boiled in Kanji (gruel);
by means of a Dola Jantra. It is then to be properly
installed with joy. The merit acquired by the worship
of a Rasalingam equals that acquired by the.
worship of innumerable ordinary Phallić images. To
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For explanation of difficult words ses appendix.
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·प्रथमोऽध्यायः। have a look at this image means to acquire some merit, to touch it is to multiply the same, and to worship it means to be entitled to emancipation. There is nothing more meritorious in this world than to worship a Rasalingam. Sree (literally, the beauty of the universe), the fiery Goddess is also to be worshipped with Aghora, the king of mantras (hymns). * The conception of the two Deities. The Rasalingam is to be conceived as having eighteen arms, white complexioned, five-mouthed, three-eyed, mounted on a ghost, and blue-throated. On his laps is seated the great Goddess, having one mouth and four arms with a garland of lotus seeds and a trident in the right hand, and dice and an emblem of assurance of protection in her left hand ; of a complexion resembling gold in the ſurnace, and dressed in yellow. These are the conceptions of the parents of the universe, which are to be meditated upon by a devotee. The Rasankusi Mantra or the hymn to lie recited in connection with the warship of the Goddess is as follows:- The goddess of beauty is in the form of speech or, word ; is the root cause of the energy of the Greatest Object of desire (1. e. God Himself ), page 9 No * The hymn is given in original in the foot note on translation is attempted. † For a derailed procedure to be followed in the worship of both the Deities, a disciple should depend upon the instructions given by his preceptor. II ·१२ रसजलनिधिः and is the sovereign force behind Rasa (mercury). She is equal to mercury. It is therefore worth while to learn how to control mercury. Thus the Goddess is to be worshipped with due offerings; and so also are to be worshipped Nandy, Bhringi, Mahakala and Kulira (followers of Siva). (५) अथ रसशालाया विवरणम् । शालाया पूर्व दिग्भागे स्थापयेद् रसभैरवम् । वहिकर्माणि चाग्नेये याम्ये पेषणकर्म च ॥ नेत्ये शस्त्रकर्माणि वारुणे चालनादिकम् । शोषणं वायुकोणे च वेधकम्मोत्तरे तथा॥ स्थापनं सिद्धवस्तूनां प्रकुर्य्यादीशकोणके। पदार्थसंग्रहः कार्यों शालायाः मध्यभागके। (5) Details of the Laboratory. On the eastern side of the laboratory should be placed the Rasalingam. Metallurgical operations requiring the use of fire should be performed on the south eastern side. Grinding, rubbing, and powdering operations on the southern part; surgical operations on the south-eastern part; washing on the western part; drying on the north-western part; transformation of base metals into gold on the northern part ; and storing of finished products to be done on the north-eastern part. The central part of the laboratory *should be utilized for storing raw materials. 12 ·१३ . प्रथमोऽध्यायः। (६) अथ शालाया उपकरणाणि । सत्त्वपातनकोष्ठीञ्च झरत्कोष्ठी सुशोभनाम् । भूमिकोष्ठी चलत्कोष्ठी जलद्रोणीरनेकधाः ॥ भस्त्रिकायुगलं तद्वन्नालिके वंशलोहयोः। स्वर्णायोघोषशुल्वाश्मकुण्डांश्चर्मकृतान्तथा ॥ करणानि विचित्राणि द्रव्याण्यपि समाहरेत् । कण्डनी पेषणी खल्ला द्रोणीरूपाश्च वर्तुलाः॥ प्रायसास्तप्तखल्लाश्च मह काश्च तथाविधाः। सूचमच्छिद्रसहस्राढ्या द्रव्यगालनहेतवे ॥ चालनी च कटत्रण शलाकया च निर्मिता। सैव हि त्रिविधा प्रोक्ता तत्खरूपञ्च कथ्यते ॥ (6) Equipments of the Laboratory Furnaces for the extraction of essences of metals, those for distillation; those that are movable, and those that are embeded into the ground, water troughs of various kinds, a pair of bellows; tubes made of bamboo as well as of iron; pots ; made of gold, iron, bell-metal, copper, stone, and leather-these and all sorts of other strange and interesting apparata, such as those under-mentioned are to be collected, Iron moktars for powdering drugs, grinding stones, boatshaped as well as circular, stone mortars for rubbing of drugs, iron mortars meant to be placed on fire, 13

·१४
रसजलनिधिः।
all furnished with adequate rods for rubbing and
hammering. Sieves furnished with thousands of very
minute holes, meant for sifting fine powders, and
made of both leather in tine sticks. Sieves are
of three different kin is as per descriptions given
below.
वैणवीभिः शलाकाभिर्निर्मिता प्रथिता गुणैः ।
कीर्तिता सा सदा स्थूलद्रव्याणां गालने हिता ॥
चूर्णचालनहेतोश्च चालन्यन्यापि वंशजा।
कर्णिकारस्य शाल्मल्या हरिजातस्य कम्बया ॥
चतुरङ्गुलविस्तारयुक्तया निर्मिता शुभा।
कुण्डल्यरनिविस्तारा छागचर्माभिवेष्टिता ॥
वाजिरोमाम्बरानद्धतला चालनिका परा।
तया प्रचालनं कुर्याद्धत्तुं सूक्ष्मतरं रजः॥
The first kind, meant for sifting coarse things, is
made of bamboo sticks and threads. The second
kind, meant for sifting powders, is also made of
bamboo. The third kind, meant for the sifting of
finer powders, consists of a circular cylindrical edge,
made of wood or bamboo, one aratni in height, and
a surface made of horse hair or a piece of cloth.
मूषामृत्तुषकार्पासवनोपलकपिष्टकम् ।
त्रिविधं भेषजं धातुजीवमूलमयं तथा ॥
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·प्रथमोऽध्यायः।
शिखित्रा ® गोर्खरं + चैत्र शर्करा च सितोपला।
काचायोमृदुवराटानां कृपिका चषकाणि च ॥
शूर्पादि वेणपात्राणि खुद्राः क्षिप्राश्चशक्तिकाः ।
खुरप्राश्च तथा पाक्यो यच्चान्यत्तत्र युज्यते ॥
पालिका कर्णिका चैव शाकच्छेदन शस्त्रकाः।
शालासम्मार्जनाय हि रसपाकान्तकर्म यत् ॥
तत्रोपयोगि यच्चान्यत् तत् सर्वं परविद्यया ।
श्रीरसाङ्कशया सव्वं मन्त्रयित्वा समाचरेत् ॥
अन्यथा तद्गतं तेजः परिगृह्णन्ति भैरवाः ॥
॥
Crucibles ; mud ; husk; cotton; cakes made of
cowdung ; three kinds of medicines, viz. of metals,
animals, and plants ; fuel made of burnt wood and
leaves (tikias); cow-dung ; sugar; sugar-candy; jars and
bowls made of glass, iron, mud and cowri ; winnowing
plate ; and other utensils made of bamboo ; all sorts
of cutlery for chopping vegetables (perhaps kshudra
is what in Bengal is called a khunti ; kshipra is
perhaps forceps ; sankika may be an iron rod for
* शिखित्रा पाबकोच्छिष्टा अङ्गाराः कोकिला मताः ।
कोकिलाश्चेति चाडारा निर्वाणा: पयसा विना ॥
+ पिष्टकं छगणं छाणमुपलं चोत्पलन्तथा।
गिरिएडोपलशठी च संशुष्कछगणाभिधा ।
कूपिका कुपिका सिद्धा गोला चैव गिरिण्डिका ।
चषकञ्चकटोरी च पाटिका खारिका तथा।
कचोली प्राहिका चेति नामाग्येकार्थकानि हि ॥

·.१६ रसजलनिधिः। probing the condition of a metallic compound, while it is still on fire, kshurapra is perhaps an iron spoon ; pakya is a ladle ; palika is a small dagger ; and karnika is what in Bengal is called a kurni),--these and all other articles necessary from the sweeping of the laboratory to the termination of a metallurgical operation are to be purified by the supreme mantram referred to before, otherwise Bhairavas (terrible spirits) might take away the inherent potencies of all these things. रससञ्चिन्तका वैद्या निघण्टुज्ञाश्च वार्तिकाः। सर्व्वदेशजभाषाज्ञाः संग्राह्यास्तेऽपि साधकैः। सोद्यमाः शुचयः शूरा बलिष्ठाः परिचारकाः। रसपाकावसानान्तं सदापोरञ्च जापयेत् ॥ धर्मिष्ठः सत्यवान विद्वान् शिवकेशवपूजकः । सदयः पद्महस्तश्च स योज्यो रससाधने ॥ पताकाकुम्भपाथोजमत्स्यचापाकपाणिकः । अनामाधःस्थरेखाङ्कः स स्यादमृतहस्तवान् ॥ अदैष्टिकः कृपामुक्तो लुब्धो गुरुविवर्जितः कृष्णरेखाकरो वैद्यो दग्धहस्तो विवर्जितः॥ ॥ Those who are engaged in metallurgical operations should secure the services of those physicians who are well-versed in the science, in lexicography, and in the commentaries of the difficult books on the subject ; and of those attendants who are persevering and are neat and clean, couragepus and strong. The 16 ·quatszura: 1 Aghora mantram is to be frequently chanted all the time a mercurial operation is carried on. For the purpose of performance of metallurgical. operations, one should engage a chemist of the following description :-pious, truthful, learned, worshipper of Shiva and Keshava (personifications of the two different aspects of the same God), kind-hearted, and having the following marks on the palm :- Alag, vessel, lotus, fish, bow, and a line just below the ring-finger (i.e., on the mount of sun). Such a chemist is called nectar-palmed. A chemist who is unfortunate, cruel, greedy, uninitiated, and has black spots on his palm is called burnt-palmed, and should therefore be avoided in metallurgical operations. शुचीनां सत्यवाक्यानामास्तिकानां मनखिनाम् । सन्देहोज्झितचित्तानां रसः सिध्यति सर्वदा ॥ दशाष्टक्रियया सिद्ध रसेऽसौ साधकोत्तमः। रससिद्धो भवेन् मयों दाता भोक्ता न याचकः॥ जरामुक्तो जगत्पूज्यो दिव्यकान्तिः सदा सुखी॥ Invariably successful are the metallurgical o perations carried on by those who are pure in body and mind, are truthful, believers in God, learned, and full of optimism. That man is the greatest of all metallurgical operators who succeeds in performing all the eighteen different operations with mercury. He is a giver and enjoyer, not a dependant on any one. He is free from physical decay due to old age, is respected by the whole world, looks handsome, and is always happy. 17 3

·द्वितीयोऽध्यायः।
अथ शिष्योपनयनम् ।
रसविद्या शिवेनोक्ता दातव्या साधकाय वै।
यथोक्तेन विधानेन गुरुणा मुदितात्मना ।
सुमुहर्ने सुनक्षत्रे चन्द्रताराबलान्विते ।
कलशं तोयसंपूर्ण हेमरत्नफलैर्युतम् ॥
स्थापयेद् रसलिङ्गाने दिव्यवस्त्रेण वेष्टितम् ।
गन्धपुष्पाक्षते पैने वेद्य श्च सुपूजयेत् ॥
पूजान्ते हवनं कुर्य्याद योनिकुण्डे सुलक्षणे ।
तिलाज्यैः पायसैः पुष्पैः शतपुष्पादिकैः पृथक् ॥
अघोरेण रसाङ्कश्या होमान्ते शिष्यमाह्वयेत् ।
CHAPTER II.
Initiation of Disciple.
Metallurgy is a science which was taught by Siva
(God) himself. It is to be given to an earnest
disciple by the preceptor in accordance with the usual
procedure. In an auspicious moment, when the moon
is in conjunction with a benefic star, and when both
the moon and the star are strong, * an earthen
vessel full of water, and containing gold, gems, and
fruits, is to be placed in front of the Rasalingam,
For a proper understanding of these, the reader is referred
to Indian Astrology.
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·द्वितीयोऽध्यायः।
and covered with a piece of cloth. The image is then
to be worshipped in the usual way with sandal paste,
flowers, fried paddy, incense, and offerings of rice,
fruits, sweets &c. After the worship is over, a
sacrificial fire is to be made in a triangular hole, called
Joni Kunda, characterised by good features, where
offerings are to be duly given of oil, clarified butter,
rice boiled in milk and mixed with sugar, flowers in
general, and lotuses in particular, respectively, uttering
all the while the Aghora and Rasankus'i mantras.
This being done, the disciple is to be called to attend.
अथ कालिनी स्त्री।
यस्यास्तु कुञ्चिताः केशाः श्यामा या पद्मलोचना।
सुरूपा तरुणी भिन्ना विस्तीर्णजघना शुभा ॥
संकीर्णहृदया पीनस्तनभरेण संनता।
चुम्बनालिङ्गनस्पर्शकोमला मृदुभाषिणी ॥
अश्वत्थपत्रसदृशयोनिदेशसुशोभिता।
कृष्णपक्षे पुष्पवती सा नारी कालिनी स्मृता॥
कालिनी शक्तिसंयुक्ता रससिद्धिपरायणा ।
रसबन्धे प्रयोगे च सोत्तमा हि रसायने ।
तदभावे सुरूपा तु या काचिद्वरवर्णिनी।
तस्यै देयं त्रिसप्ताहं गन्धुकं घृतसंयुतम् ।
ककैकं प्रभाते तु सा भवेत् कालिनीसमा ॥
A Kalini wife.
That wife is called Kalini whose hair is curled;
whose body is warm iß winter, and comfortably cold
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·30 The farfa: 1 in summer ; who has a complexion as bright as heated gold ; whose eyes are like lotus flowers ; who is beautiful, young, and has a well-cut physique ; whose thighs are wide ; who is possessed of all good qualities; who has breasts so well-developed as to give her stature a slight stoop; whose kiss, embrace and touch are soft; whose voice is very mild ; whose genital organ is so developed as to give it the configuration of an Aswatha leaf, and who commences her menstruation during the period when the moon is on the wane. Such a lady is powerful, and is capable of success in metallurgical operations. She is efficient in preparing mercurial compounds, in the application of mercury to patients, and in the preparation of medicines for the prevention of premature old age and diseases. In case, such a wife is not available, any beautiful lady may serve the purpose, if she is required for three weeks only, to take every morning one tola of purified sulphur, mixed with clarified butter * एवं शक्तियुतः शिष्यं दीक्षयेत् तं गुरूत्तमः। सुनातमभिषिञ्चत मन्त्रेण कलशोदकैः॥ FERIAE fi faci cenfosolter FGUS: 1 यथाशक्ति सुशिष्यण दातव्या गुरुदक्षिणा ॥ प्रथाज्ञया गुरोर्मन्त्रं लक्ष लक्षं पृथक् जपेत् । * This dose was prescribed more than 5000 years ago. The present day human beings can stand only one fourth to half of the dose prescribed in those days. 20 ·२१ द्वितीयोऽध्यायः। ओं हां ह्रीं ह अघोरतर प्रस्फुट प्रस्फुट प्रकट प्रकट कह कह शमय शमय जात जात दह दह पातय पातय। ओं ह्रीं ह्र ह्रीं हूँ ह्रौं हूँ अघोराय फट- इममघोरमन्त्रन्तु । ओं कामराजशक्तिबीज रसाङ्क- शायै आज्ञायै विद्यां रसाङ्क शाम् ॥ अनया पूजयेद्द वीमिमामङ्कुशविद्यकाम् । दशांशेन हुनेत् कुण्डे त्रिकोणे हस्तमात्रके॥ जातिपुष्पं त्रिमध्वक्तं पूर्णान्ते कन्यकाच॑नम् ॥ ॥ Thus strengthened, the efficient preceptor will initiate the disciple after the latter has bathed well, and sprinkle the water of the vessel upon him with proper chantings, and will then impart to him the sublime science of controlling mercury. The disciple should pay to the preceptor a fee according to his ability. The disciple is then to recite, under orders of his preceptor, for a hundred thousand times, each of the two hymns viz. Aghora and Rasankus'i as given in the text. Thus is to be worshipped the goddess, Ankus'avidya (the science of controlling mercury personified, the same as the goddess of beauty referred to above). Then a fire is to be raised and given offerings of Jati flowers, mixed with honey, clarified butter, and sugar in a triangular pit, having each of its sides one cubit long. After the last and fullest offering is made to the sacrificial fire, one or more virghs are to be worshipped. 21

·२२
रसजलनिधिः।
पूजान्ते वेदिकापार्वे शुद्ध धौते च मण्डपे।
षट्कोणं मण्डलं कार्य सिन्दूरेण द्विहस्तकम् ॥
यत्नतः लिख्यते सम्यक् तबहिश्चाष्टपत्रकम् ।
कमलं चतुरस्त्रश्च चतुरः सुशोभितम् ॥
The next thing to be done is to draw, with red
vermilion, a hexagonal diagram, two cubits long on
the Rasamandapam, by the side of which is to be
drawn carefully a quadrangular and eight petalled
lotus furnished with four door-ways. (Vide figure given
here).
मधचित्र द्रष्टव्यम् ।
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द्वितीयोऽध्यायः।
कर्णिकायां न्यसेत् खल्व लौहजं स्वर्णलेखितम्
तन्मध्ये रसराजं तु पलानां शतमात्रकम् ॥
पञ्चाशत् पञ्चविंशद वा पूजयेद् रसलिङ्गवत् ।
वजवक्रान्तवजाभ्रकान्तपाषाणटंकणम् ॥
भूनागं शक्तयश्चैताः षट्पत्रे पूजयेत् क्रमात् ।
गन्धतालककासीसशिलाकाष्ठमूषणम् ॥
राजावर्ता गैरिकञ्च ख्याता उपरसा अमी।
सम्पूज्या चाष्टमे दले पूर्वादीनां दिशां क्रमात् ॥
रसकं विमला ताप्यं चपला तुत्थमञ्जनम् ।
हिङ्गुलं सस्यकश्चैव ख्याता उपरसाः इमे ॥
पूर्बादीशानपर्यन्तं पत्रामेषु प्रपूजयेत् ।
पूर्वद्वारे स्वर्णरूप्ये दक्षिणे ताम्रसीसके ।
पश्चिमे वङ्गकान्तौ च मुण्डतीक्ष्णौ तथोत्तरे।
सर्वमेतदघोरेण रसास शेन चार्चयेत् ॥
In one of the eight petals should be placed an iron
khalwa (boat-shaped mortar), mounted with gold,
containing 100, 50 or 25 palas of mercury, which is to
be worshipped like the Rasalingam, In six of the other
petals of the lotus are to be placed diamonds, gems,
mica, loadstone, borax and essence of earthworms, res.
pectively, each of these potentialities being worshipped
separately. Gandhaka (sulphur), Harital (orpiment),
Kasisa (green vitriol), silájatu (bitumen), kankustham,
gems, rajabarta, gairika (red ochre)-these important
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·२४
रसजलनिधिः।
uparasas (quasi-mercuries) are to be placed on the
eighth petal, in the order of east to north-east, and
worshipped in order of position. Rasak (calamine),
bimala, tapya (pyrites), chapalam, tuttha (blue vitriol),
anjana (stibnite), hingula (cinnabar), and sasyaka
(a kind of vitriol)-all these uparasas are also to
be placed at the edge of the eight petals and
worshipped from the east to the north east. Gold
and silver are to be placed on the eastern door,
copper and lead on the southern door, tin and kanta
iron on the western door, and Munda (common iron)
and tiksna iron (steel), on the northern door, and all
of these are to be worshipped by means of the
Aghora and Rasankusa hymns.
विड़ः काजिकयन्त्राणि क्षारमृल्लवणानि च ।
कोष्ठिमूषावक्रनाली
तुषाङ्गारवनोत्पलाः
:॥
भस्त्रिका दंशिकानेका शिलाखल्वान्युदूखलम् ।
स्वर्णकारोपकरणम् समस्ततुलनानि च ॥
मृत्काष्ठताम्रलौहोत्थपात्राणि विविधानि च ।
दिव्यौषधीनां वर्गाश्च रञ्जकन हनानि च ॥
एतानि द्वारबाह्य तु मूलमन्त्रेण पूजयेत् ।
भोंवाङमयीं ह्रीं ततःच दमश्चपञ्चाक्षरोमनुः॥
अनेन मूलमन्त्रेण भैरवं तत्र पूजयेत् ॥
Vida, Kanji, apparata, alkalis, mud, salts, furnace,
crucible, bent tube, husk of paddy, char coal, cowdung
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·द्वितीयोऽध्यायः।
cakes, bellows, several tongs, stone mortars, iron
mortars, equipments of goldsıniths, balances and
weights, all sorts of vessels and pots made of mud,
wood, copper, iro.1, good medical ingredients,
colouring oils ; --all these are to be worshipped outside
the four doors of the lotus diagram, with the mantram
referred to above. By the mantrain given here (see
text) the Bhairaba (S'iva) is also to be worshipped.
सम्यक् साधनसोधमा गुरुयुता राजाज्ञयालङ्क ताः।
नानाकर्म पराङ मुखा रसपराश्चाढ्या जनैश्चार्थिताः॥
मात्रायन्त्रसुपाककर्मकुशलाः सर्वोषधे कोविदा-
स्तेषां सिध्यति नान्यथा विधिबलाच्छ्रीपारदः पारदः॥
Mercurial operations prove successful by the grace
of God, if carried on by those who are persevering
in every way; who are instructed by preceptors ; who
are patronised by kings; who avoid the following
of too many pursuits ; who regard mercury as the
greatest of all earthly objects ; who are rich; who are
encouraged by the public; who are efficient in the
knowledge of doses, apparata, and proper heating of
the metals ; and who are acquainted with all sorts
of medicines.
रसविद्या दृढ़ गोप्या शिष्येतराजनाद् ध्रुवम् ।
भवेद वीर्यवती गुप्ता निर्वीर्या च प्रकाशनात् ॥
न रोगिविदितं कायं बहुभिर्विदितं तथा।
रोगिभि बहुभिर्जात भनेद निर्वीर्यमौषधम् ॥
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·28 Tastefafa: 1 The knowledge of Metallurgy is to be kept secret from those who are not disciples. It becomes powerful, if cultivated in secret ; other wise, it loses much of its strength. The preparation and com-- position of a medicine should not be taught to a patient or to the public in general. A medicine which is very familiar to a patient and to the public becomes ineffective. गुरौ तुष्टे शिवस्तुष्येच्छिवे तुष्टे रसस्तथा । रसे तुष्टे क्रियाः सर्वाः सिध्यन्त्य वन संशयः॥ If the preceptor is pleased, Siva is pleased, if S'iva is pleased, Rasa (mercury) is pleased, and if Rasa is pleased, all metallurgical operations become undoubtedly successful. 26

·तृतीयोऽध्यायः।
अथ रसप्रसङ्गः।
(१) तत्रादौ गुणवर्णनम्।
पारदो रसराजश्च रसेन्द्रश्च महारसः।
जीवश्च शिववीर्यञ्च रसः सूतः शिवायः॥
पारदो षड्रसः स्निग्धस्त्रिदोषघ्नो रसायनः ।
योगवाही महावृष्यः सदा दृष्टिबलप्रदः॥
सर्वामयहरः प्रोक्तो विशेषात् सर्वकुष्ठनुत् ।
हतोहन्ति जरां मृत्यु मूर्छितो व्याधिघातकः ॥
बद्धः खेचरतां दत्ते कोऽन्यः सूतात् कृपाकरः।
मोहयेद् यः परान् बद्धो जीवयेच्च मृतः परान् ।
मूर्छितो बोधयेदन्यान् तं सूतं को न सेवते ॥
आयु विणमारोग्यं वहिर्मेधा महबलं ।
रूपयौवनलावण्यं रसोपासनया भवेत् ॥
मारयेजारितं सूत गन्धकेनैव मूर्च्छयेत् ।
बद्धः स्याद् द्रुतिसत्ताभ्यां रसस्यैवं त्रिधा गतिः॥
दोषहीनो रसो ब्रह्मा मूर्च्छितस्तु जनाई नः ।
मारितो रुद्ररूपः स्याद् बद्धः साक्षान्महेश्वरः॥
श्रीमान् सूतनृपो ददाति विपुलां लक्ष्मी वपुः
शाश्वतं
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·रसजलनिधिः खानां प्रीतिकरमचञ्चलमनो मातेव पुंसामिह । नान्यो नास्ति शरीरनाशकगदप्रध्वंसकारी ततः foreet FARTHEISHA: STAAT: gate ay: साधनम् ॥ CHAPTER III. Parada (Mercury). The following are the synonyms of Parada (mercury): Rasaràja, Rasendra, Maharasa, Jiba, Sivabirjam, Rasa, Suta, and all the names applicable to Siva (God) himself. Parada has six different kinds of taste, (viz., sweet, sour, saline, pungent, bitter and astringent). It has a soothing effect upon the human system, and is the destroyer of the three different kinds of doshas (faults).* It is efficacious in preventing disease and arrival of premature old age, and serves to heighten the medicinal properties of anything with which it is compounded. It nourishes all the vital parts of the body and always increases the strength of the eyes. It all sorts of diseases and especially leprosy:I. Parada when itself killed (i.e., reduced to bhasma or ash), becomes a killer of diseases and death; it kills diseases, when itself in a state of swoon (i.e., cures # Diseases are due to an abnormal excess of one or more of the three doshas, viz., aty:, (vayu or air), fun (pittam, i.e., the internal heat of the body), and 74: (kafa or phlegm.) † All these refer to the properties of mercury, as purified according to the processes given here-in-aft@r. 28 ·तृतीयोऽध्यायः। transformed by combination with purified sulphur etc.) It gives a human being the power of flying in the space (like a bird,) if itself tied down (z.e., solidified by conjunction with some special substances). Who else is so kind as mercury? Is there any one who does not serve that mecury which, when entangled or solidified, causes wonder in others; which resuscitates the dead, when dead itself, and which causes the dawn of consciousness in others, when itself in a state of swoon or unconsciousness ? By the worship of mercury are to be obtained longevity, riches, health, power of digestion, power of retention, great strength, beauty, youth, and graceful appearance. Mercury is to be killed (reduced to ash), after being exhausted, to be brought to a state of unconsciousness by being mixed with sulphur, and is to be tied down or solidified by being heated and combined with the essences of particular metals--these the three different courses of mercury. Mercury is compared to Brahma, when it is in a state of purification ; to Bisnu, when it is in a state of swoon: to Rudra, when it is dead; and to Maheswara, when it is in a state of solidification, Mercury gives vast wealth, firm physique pleasing to one's own people, and stable mind-things which are generally given in this world by one's mother. No one else is a better destroyer of diseases which affect our bodies. It is therefore necessary, first of all, to are * Mahes' wara (or S'iva) the universal Being, manifests Himself in three different aspects personified, vis., Brahma (the creator), Visbou (the preserver), and Rudra (the destroyer of the universe). 29

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रसजलनिधिः
strengthen our bodies in right earnest with mercury
every day.]
भक्षणं स्पर्शनं दानं ध्यानश्च परिपूजनम् ।
पञ्चधा रसपूजोक्ता महापातकनाशिनी ॥
अभ्रकं तृटिमात्रं छ यो रसेन परिजारयेत् ।
शतक्रतुफलं तस्य भवेदित्यब्रवीच्छिवः॥
यश्च निन्दति सूतेन्द्र शम्भोस्तेजः परात्परम् ।
स पतेन्नरके घोरे यावत् कल्पविकल्पना ॥
रोगिभ्यो यो रसं दत्ते शुद्धिपाकसमन्वितम् ।
तुलादानाश्वमेधानां फलं प्राप्नोति शाश्वतम् ॥
उदरे संस्थिते सूते यस्योत्क्रामति जीवितम् ।
स मुक्तो दुष्कृताद् घोरात प्रयाति परमं पदम् ॥
मुक्तः परतरं न हि सा हि ज्ञानेन लभ्यते ।
द्वावेव ज्ञानयोगो हि जगाद परमः शिवः ॥
प्राणाणां वा निरोधश्च वासनानोदनञ्च वा।
द्वयमेतन्नलब्धव्यं सुस्थिराच्छरीराहते॥
रसश्च पवनश्चेति देहपो जानीयाद् ध्रुवम् ।
मूर्च्छितो हरते व्याधि जीवयति रसो मृतः॥
वद्धः खेचरतां दत्ते रसो वायुश्च नान्यथा ॥
इह धनशरीर भोगान् मत्त्वाऽनित्यान् सदैव
यतनीयम् ।
• टिः स्यादभिः षड्मिः ।
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·तृतीयोऽध्यायः।
मुक्तौ सा च ज्ञानात् तच्चाभ्यासात् सच स्थिरदेहे ॥
तत् स्थैय्येन समर्थ रसायनं किमपि मूललोहादि।
खयमस्थिरस्वभावं दाह्य क्लयं च शोष्यं च ॥
काष्ठोषध्यो नागे नागो बङ्गेऽथ बङ्गमपि शुल्वे ।
शुल्वं तारे तारं कनके कनकञ्च लीयते सूते ॥
अमृतत्वं हि भजन्ते हरमूत्तों योगिनो यथा लीनाः।
तद्वत् कवलितगगने रसराजे हेमलोहाद्याः॥
परमात्मनीव सततं भवति लयो यत्र सर्बसत्त्वानां ।
एकोऽसौ रसराजः शरीरमजरामरं कुरुते ॥
Eating, touching, giving, meditating upon, and
adoring of mercury are the five different ways of
worshipping it--all of which tend to destroy great
vices. The man who succeeds in subsuming in
mercury even the minutest particle of mica, acquires
the merits arising from performing one hundred
sacrifices. This is what Siva himself said. The
man who vilifies mercury, which is the strength of
Siva himself, and is the greatest of all great things,
rests in hell eternally. The man who gives to patients
mercury, duly purified and duly prepared over the
fire, attains for ever the merits derived from the
performance of Tuladana (a ceremony in which the
performer gives away to the poor his own weight in
gold) and Aswamedha (a ceremony in which a horse
is worshipped and sacrificed). The man who dies
with mercury still in his stomach is freed from great
sins, and attains emancipation.
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·रसजलनिधिः। There is nothing greater in this world than emancipation of the soul, which is obtainable by means of wisdom. The great Siva said that there are two ways of attaining wisdom, viz., stopping of respiration (as prctised by the Jogis), and extinction of the passions. Neither of these can be attained without a strong and healthy physique. Now, mercury and air are the two things which can sustain the body. Mercury, in a state of swoon removes diseases, and, when dead, sustains the body in a healthy condition. Both air and mercury, if bound and rendered incapable of movement, render the body light enough to move in the atmosphere*. It cannot be otherwise. Enjoyment in this world of wealth and physical comforts is to be considered transient; emancipation of soul is therefore always to be aimed at. But emancipation depends upon knowledge which is the result of concentration of mind, this last depending upon a firm physique. Firmness of the body cannot be properly attained by any elixir made of vegetables and metals (except mercury). Being itself unstable nature, combustible, and liable to decomposition and shrinkage, a vegetable drug is subsumed in lead; Lead is similarly subsumed in tin, and so also tin' in copper copper in siver, silver in gold, and gold in mercury. As the souls of Jogis are translated into the being of Siva and thereby attain inmortality, so are the metals of an The ability of expert Jogis to walk upon the surface on Water and to ascend the atmosphere is traditional in this country. Such miracles are reported to have been worked even in our own time. 32

·॥
तृतीयोऽध्यायः।
३३
subsumed in the mercury which has already swallowed
some mica. As the extinction of every being always
takes place in the universal Soul, so the extinction of
every material substance takes place in mercury.
Mercury alone is therefore competent to free the
body from infirmity and disease.
अथ रसस्य प्रकारभेदः।
रसो रसेन्द्रः सूतश्च पारदो मिश्रकस्तथा।
इति पञ्चविधो जातः क्षेत्रभेदेन शम्भुजः॥
रसो रक्तो विनिर्मुक्तः सर्वदोषै रसायनः।
संजातात्रिदशास्तेन नीरुजा निर्जरामराः
रसेन्द्रो दोषनिर्मक्तः श्यावो रुक्षोऽतिचञ्चलः।
रसायिनोंऽभवंस्तेन नागा मृत्युजरोज्झिताः॥
तयोः कूपो पुरा देवेः पूरितो मृद्भिरश्मभिः।
तदा प्रभृति लोकानां तो जातावतिदुर्लभौ ॥
ईषत् पीतश्च रुचाङ्गो दोषयुक्तश्च सूतकः ।
दशाष्टसंस्कृतः सिद्धो देहं लौहं करोति सः॥
अथान्यविधको दोषी चञ्चलः श्वेतवर्णवान् ।
पारदो विविधैर्योगैः सर्वरोगहरः स हि ॥
मयूरचन्द्रिकाच्छायः स रसो मिश्रको मतः।
सोऽप्यष्टादशसंस्कारयुक्तश्चातीव सिद्धिदः॥
Different kinds of Mercury.
Owing to the difference in nature of the soil of
deposit, mercury is of five different kinds, viz., Rase,
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·Thorofafat: Rasendra, Suta, Parada, and Mishraka. Of these Rasa is red, free from all harm, and is the destroyer of senility and diseases. By taking it the inhabitants of Swarga became free from infirmity and early death. Rasendra is free from defects ; is black, coarse, and very subtle. By the use of this mercury, the Naga people (perhaps the inhabitants of the Himalayas of old), came to be free from old age and diseases. Mines of these two kinds of mercury were therefore filled in by the gods with mud and stone. Thenceforward, these two kinds of mercury have been very rare in the earth. Sutaka is a little yellow, coarse, full of some evil properties, but, if subjected to the eighteen different methods of purification, it makes the body as hard as steel. Another kind of mercury, named Parada, is full of many evil properties, is subtle and white, but, by various processes, may be rendered a panacea. The fifth kind of mercury, named Mishraka, has the complexion of a peacock's feather, and becomes very efficacious, if subjected to the eighteen different methods of purification. अथान्यविधः। क्षेत्रभेदेन विज्ञेयं शिववीय्यं चतुर्विधम् । श्वेतं रक्तं तथा पीतं कृष्णं तत्तु भवेत् क्रमात् ॥ श्वेतं शस्तं रुजां नाशे रक्तं किल रसायने । धातुवादे तु तत् पीते खंगतो कृष्णमेव च । Owing to the difference in nature of the soil of deposit, mercury may assume four different colours viz., white, red, yellow, and black. Preference is to be 34

·तृतीयोऽध्यायः।
given to the white in the matter of curing of diseases ;
to the red in the matter of removal of senility and
prevention of diseases ; to the yellow, in the matter of
transformation and incineration of metals ; and to the
black, in the matter of attainment of power to move
in the air.
अथ रसादीनां व्युत्पत्तिः।
रसनात् सर्वधातूनां रस इत्यभिधीयते ।
जरारुङ्मृत्युनाशाय रस्यते वा रसो मतः॥
सकलौषधराजत्वाद् रसेन्द्र इति कीर्तितः।
देहलोहमयीं सिद्धि सूते सूतस्ततः स्मृतः ॥
रोगपङ्काब्धिमन्नानां पारदानाच्च पारदः।
जीवयति जीवान् सर्वान् तेन जीवः प्रकीर्तितः॥
सर्वधातुगतं तेजो मिश्रितं यत्र तिष्ठति ।
तस्मात् स मिश्रकः प्रोक्तो नानारूपफलप्रदः॥
Etymologial significance of the different names
of Mercury.
The name. Rasa (from root 'ras' = to eat), is due
to the fact that mercury can swallow every metal, or
that mercury is eaten by men with a view to being
cured of all diseases. The name Rasendra (from
Rasa + Indra, a king) is due to the fact that mercury
is the king of all medicines. The name, Suta (from
'su' = to give rise to), is due to
fact that mercury
is competent to make the box as strong as steel.
The name, "Parada' (from para-end + da=to give)
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is due to the fact that mercury causes an end of the
suffering of those men who are immersed in the
muddy sea of diseases. The name, Jiva (from root,
jiv=to live), is due to the fact that mercury helps
human beings to live : The name, Mishraka (from
mishra =mixed), is due to the fact that the properties
of all the metals are found combined in Mercury.
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। अथ पारदप्रसङ्गः। पारदस्य नैसर्गाः दोषाः। नागो वङ्गो मलो वहिश्चाञ्चल्यञ्च विषं गिरिः। असह्याग्निमहादोषा नैसर्गाः पारदे स्थिताः॥ वणं कुष्ठ तथा मूर्छा दाहं वीर्य्यस्य नाशनम् । मरणं जड़तां स्फोटं कुर्वन्त्येते क्रमान नृणाम् ॥ CHAPTER IV. Natural blemishes of Mercury, The following are the natural defects of mercury : -(1) evil properties of lead, (2) evil prperties of tin, (3) impurities due to the existence of foreign matters, (4) evil properties of fire (5) subtleness, (6) evil properties of poison, (7) evil properties of stone, and (8) inability to stand the heat of fire. These blemishes give rise to the following ailments in one who takes impure mercury :-(1) carbuncles, (2) leprosy, (3) swoon, (4) inflammation, (5) loss of vigour, (6) death, (7) inertness, and (8) eruptions, respectively. अथ पारदस्य औपाधिका दोषाः । भूमिजा गिरिजा वार्जा दोषा औपाधिका स्मृताः। ते सर्वे सप्तसंख्यकाः कीर्तिताः सप्तकञ्चुकाः॥ 37 ·३८ रसजलनिधिः। पर्पटी पाटली भेदी द्रावी मलकरी तथा। अन्धकरी तथा ध्वाङ्क्षी दोषाश्चैते भयावहाः॥ भूमिजा कुर्वते कुष्ठ गिरिजा जाड्यमेव न । वारिजा वातसंघात दोषाढ्य नागवङ्गयोः॥ तस्माद् रसस्य संशुद्धि विदध्याद भिषजां वरः । शुद्धोऽयममृतः साक्षाद् दोषयुक्तो रसो विषम् ॥ Blemishes of Mercury due to its environment. Mercury acquires three kinds of blemishes by coming in contact with soil, rock, and water. They are therefore due to its environment. They are seven in number, and are called the seven coverings of mercury, viz., (1) parpati (causing roughness of the skin), (2) patali (causing ruptures in the flesh), (3) bhedi (causing holes in the body), (4) drávi (causing decomposition of the body), (5) malakari (causing an increase, in the three doshas, viz. air, heat, and phlegm), (6) andhakari (causing blindness), and () dhwankhshi (causing darkness of the skin). To sum up, the blemish due to contact with soil gives rise to inertness, and that due to contact with water gives rise to a derangement of air in the system, heightened by all the consequences of the first two natural blemishes, viz., those characteristic of lead and tin. The expert physician should therefore, arrange for the purification of mercury, which, when purified, becomes nectar itself. Whereas in its impure condition, it is no better than poison. 38 ..

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। अथ शोधितपारदस्य वायाकृतिः । अन्तः सुनीलो बहिरुज्ज्वलो यो मध्याह्न- सूर्यप्रतिमप्रकाशः। शस्तोऽथ धूम्रः परिपाण्डरश्च चित्रो न योज्यो रसकर्मसिद्धौ Appearance of purified Mercury. The mercury which is deep blue inside, and is as bright as the mid-day sun outside, is to be considered commendable, (on account of its having been duly purified), whereas that which is smoky, yellowish, and multi-coloured is not to be made use of in the preparation of medicines (unless, of course, it is properly purified). अथ रसख्याष्टादश संस्काराः। -शोधनं स्वेदनश्चैव मई नमुद्धति छ स्तथा। पातनं रोधनञ्च व नियामनमतः परम् ॥ दीपनमनुवासनं ग्रासनमपि मूर्च्छणम् । सञ्चारणन्तथा गर्भ ति ॥रणमारणे ॥ भस्मीकरणमेवश्च रञ्जनं वेधनं तथा। अष्टादश रसस्यैते संस्काराः ज्ञायते बुधैः॥ स्वेदनाद्यष्टसंस्कारान् शोधनान्ते भजेत् सुधीः। नहिं शस्तो रसः शुद्ध एतत्काष्टकं विना । * उत्यापनमित्यस्य नामान्तरम् । 39 ·yo Tuefafa: 1 विशिष्यते तु हिंगुलाकृष्टो रसो यथाविधि । विना काष्टकेनैव योज्योऽयं सर्वकर्मणि ॥ Eighteen different kinds of Mercurial operations. Shodhanam (purification), (2) swedanam (boiling), (3) mardanam (rubbing), (4) uddhriti, or utthapanam (raſsing or installation), (5) patanam (sublimation), (6) rodhanam (confinement), (7) niyamanam (restraint), (8) dipanam (stimulation), (9) anubasanam (rehabilitation), (10) grasanam (swallowing of metals), (11) murchhanam (swoon), (12) sancharanam (movement), (13) garbhadruti (internal liquefaction), (14) yaranam (exhaustion), (15) maranam (killing), (16) bhasmikaranam (reduction to ashes or incineration), (17) ranjanam or dyeing, and (18) bedhanam (transforming base metals into gold). The eight operations commencing with boiling should be resorted to as soon as the process of purification is finished. The use of mercury, though purified, is not commendable, unless it is subjected to these eight kinds of operations. There is an exception to this rule in favour of mercury: extracted in the prescribed manner from hingula (cinnabar). This mercury is applicable for all medicinal purposcs, without being subjected to those eight kinds of operations. (१) अथ रसशोधनम्। रसोग्राह्य सुनक्षत्रे पलानां शतमात्रकम् । पञ्चाशत् पञ्चविंशति दश बैकमेव वा॥ to

·४१
चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
पलादून न कर्त्तव्यं रससंस्कारमुत्तमम् ।
अघोरेण च मन्त्रेण रससंस्कारपूजनम् ॥
(1) Purification of Mercury.
At a time when the moon is in combination with
an auspicious star, purification is to be commenced
with mercury, weighing 100, 50, 12, or i palam #. A
lesser quantity than one palam is not suitable for
proper purification. Every mercurial operation
(including purification) and worship of mercury are to
be performed with the Aghora mantram.
अयात्र मई नस्य साधारणविधिः ।
संस्कारे रसराजस्य मर्दनस्य यदा विधिः।
प्रत्येकं प्रत्यहं दत्त्वा सप्तवारं विमई येत् ॥
विशेषविधानाभावात् प्रत्येकस्य विचूर्णकैः ।
रसस्य षोडषांशैश्च मर्दयेत्तु पृथक् पृथक् ॥
General rule for the rubbing of Mercury.
In the matter of mercurial operations, wherever
there is a mention of a thing being rubbed with
mercury, in the absence of special instructions, the
latter is to be rubbed seven times a day, with each
of the articles finely powdered, the quantity of the
prescribed article, taken afresh each time, being one
sixteenth in weight of the mercury.
One palam is equal to 4 rupees in weight. For measures of
metallurgical weight, see page 3io.
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रसजलनिधिः।
अथ प्रथमः शोधनविधिः।
सोणे निशेष्टकाधूमजम्बीराम्बुभिरादिनम् ।
मर्दितस्तप्तखल्वे तु नागदोष रसस्त्यजेत् ॥
विशालाकोठचूर्णेन वङ्गदोषं विमुञ्चति ।
राजवृक्षो मलं हन्ति चित्रको वह्रिदूषणम् ॥
चाञ्चल्यं कृष्णधुस्तूरं त्रिफला विषनाशिनी।
कटुत्रयं गिरिं हन्ति चासह्यानि त्रिकण्टकः॥
प्रतिवारं कलांशेन तत्तच्चूर्ण सकन्यकम् ।
सुवस्त्रगालितं सूतं खल्वे क्षिप्त्वा यथाक्रमम् ॥
सर्वाणि मिलितानि च दिवारानं विमईयेत् ॥
उद्धृ त्योष्णारणालेन मृत्पात्रे क्षालयेत् सुधीः।
एवं संशोधितः सूतः सप्तकञ्चुकवर्जितः॥
अजाशकृत् तुषाग्निश्च भूगर्ने त्रितयं क्षिपेत् ।
तस्योपरिस्थतं खल्वं तप्तखल्वमिति स्मृतम् ॥
The first process of purification of Mercury. *
Mercury renounces its lead blemish by being
rubbed in a hot mortar for the whole day with
ram's fur, powdered turmeric, powdered brick, soot,
and lime juice. It renounces its tin blemish by being
rubbed with powdered root of bisala and of ankothat.
Blemish due to impure foreign matters is removed,
* Any one of these eleven processes is sufficient for the purpose."
# For provincial and Latin names for all tbe plants etc., referred
to in this book, see foot note in Appendix.
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। 8 if mercury is rubbed with the gum-like kernel of the fruit of aragbadha. Evil properties of fire are removed from mercury, by its being rubbed with the powdered root of chitraka. Rubbing with powdered black dhustura plant removes the subtleness of mercury. Its poisonous properties are removed by its being rubbed with the powdered Triphala. The stone blemish of mercury is removed by its being rubbed with the powdered Trikatu; whereas it is purged of its blemish due to inability to stand the heat of fire, by being rubbed with the Trikantaka. For the removal of each of the blemishes, mercury is first of all to be sifted through a fine piece of cloth, and then rubbed with one sixteenth its weight of the powder of each of the things prescribed, including the juice of kanya. After the rubbing is over, the mercury is to be taken out of the hot mortar, and washed each time in an earthen pot, containing hot aranala. -मतान्तरम् अथ द्वितीयः शोधनविधिः। श्रीखण्डदेवदारुककाकजवाजयाद्ववैः । कर्कटीमुषलीकन्याद्ववैः रसं विमद येत् । दिनैकं पातयेत् पश्चात् तं शुद्ध विनियोजयेत् ॥ Second process of purification. Mercury is to be rubbed for one day with the decoction of each of the following :-white sandal, deodar, kakayangha, jayanti, karkati, mushali, and kanya. It is then to be subjected to a process of sublimation. Thus purified, it is to be applied for necessary purposes. 943

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रसजलनिधिः।
-मतान्तरम्-
अथ तृतीयः शोधनविधिः।
कुमार्या च निशाचूणैर्दिनं सूतं विमईयेत् ।
पातयेत् पातनायन्त्रे सम्यक् शुद्धो भवेद रसः ॥
Third process of purification.
Mercury is to be rubbed (for one day) with the
juice of kanya and powdered turmeric, and then
subjected to a process of sublimation. It will thus
be'fairly purified.
-मतान्तरम्
अथ चतुर्थः शोधनविधिः।
रसस्य द्वादशांशेन गन्धं दत्त्वा विमई येत् ।
जम्बीरोत्थेद्र वैर्यामं पाच्यं पातनयन्त्रके।
पुनर्मार्य पुनः पाच्यं सप्तवारं विधानतः॥
Mercury, with one twelfth its weight of sulphur,
is to be rubbed with lime juice for three hours, and
then to be subjected to a process of sublimation. All
these are to be properly performed for seven times.
-मतान्तरम्-
अथ पञ्चमः शोधनविधिः।
जयन्त्या वर्द्धमानस्य चाकस्य रसेन च ।
वायस्याश्चानुपूर्विकं मर्द नं रसशोधनम् ॥
एषां प्रत्येकशस्तावन् मई येत् खरसेन च।
यावच्च शुष्कतों याति सप्तवारं क्रमेण च ।
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·चतुर्योऽध्यायः।
उद्ध त्योष्णारणालेन मृदुभाण्डे क्षालयेत् सुधीः ।
सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तः सप्तकञ्चुकवर्जितः।
जायते शुद्धसूतोऽयं युज्यते सर्वकर्मसु ॥
Fifth process of purification.
Mercury is purified by being rubbed with the
juice of each of the following, in accordance with
the order in which they are mentioned#. Jayanti
leaves, castor leaves, ginger, and — bayasi leaves.
The rubbing is to be continued until each of the,
juice is dried up. This process is to be performed
for seven times (i.e., mercury is to be rubbed for
28 times altogether). The mercury is then to be
washed with hot aranala in an earthen pot. It is thus
purified, and freed from all its blemishes and the
seven covers, and becomes fit for use for all purposes.
-मतान्तरम्-
मथ षष्ठः शोधनविधिः।
निशेष्टकाधूमरजोऽम्लपिष्टो विकञ्चुकः
स्याद्धि ततश्च सोर्णः।
वरारणालानलकन्यकाभिः सत्यषणाभि
म॒दितस्तु सूतः॥
In case fresh jnice of herbs is not available, "a decoction
is to be prepared as follows:
The prescribed herb, fresh and well-dried, is to be cut into pieces
and boiled in an earthen sessel, covered with an earthen basin; #ith
sixteen tithes its weight of water, which is to be reduced to one
fourth its quantity. In thią absence of specific instructions, this
drocedure is to be followed everywhtro.
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·.४६ रसजलनिधिः। Sixth process of purification. Mercury is "freed from its seven coverings, if rubbed separately with tacht of the following :- Turmeric, brick, soor a sour vegetabie juice, ram's wool, the Triphala, aranala, chitraka, kanya, and the Trikatu. -मतान्तरम्- अथ सप्तमः शोधनविधिः दिनकं मर्द येत् सूतं कुमारीसम्भवेद्र वैः। तथा चित्रकजैः क्वाथैर्मद येदेकवासरम् । काकमाचीरसैः साद्धं दिनमेकन्तु मईयेत् ॥ Seventh process of purification. Mercury is purified by being rubbed for one day with each of the following :-juice of kanya, and decoction of chitraka ; and then to be rubbed for one day and half with the juice of kakamachi. -मतान्तरम्- अथ अष्टमः शोधनविधिः। रसोनखरसैः सूतो नागवल्लीदलोत्थितैः। त्रिफलायास्तथा काथै रसो मर्यः प्रयत्नतः॥ ततस्तेभ्यः पृथक् कृत्वा सूतं प्रक्षाल्य काजिकैः । सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्त योजयेद रसकर्मसु ॥ Eighth process of purifying Mercury. Mercury is carefully to be rubbed separately with each of the following :-juice of garlic, that of betel, and.decoction of the Triphala, and washed each time with kanji. . Thus, it becomes free from all the blemishes and is fit for use in metallurgical operations. - 46 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। . -मतान्तरम- अथ नवमः शोधनविधिः कुमारिकाचित्रकरक्तसर्षप कृतः कषायव्हतीविमिश्रितः। फलत्रिकेणापि विमर्दि तो रसो दिनत्रयं सर्वमलैर्विमुच्यते॥ Ninth process of purification of Mercury Mercury is freed from all the blemishes, if rubbed for three days, with the decoction of kumari (kanya), chitraka, red mustard, and brihati. -मतान्तरम्- अथ दशमः शोधनविधिः। गृहकन्या मलं हन्यात् त्रिफला वहिनाशिनी। चित्रमूलं विषं हन्ति तस्मादेभिः प्रयत्नतः॥ मिश्चितं सूतकं द्रव्यैः सप्तवारान् विमई येत्। इत्थं संमदितो सूतो दोषशून्यः प्रजायते॥ The tenth process of purification, Mercury is freed from foreign matters by being rubbed with kanya, from fire blemishes . by being rubbed with the Triphala, from poison bý being rubbed with the roots of chitraka. So, mercury, rubbed very carefully with each of these drugs for seven times, becomes free from blemishes. 47

·रसजलनिधिः।
-मतान्तरम्
अथ एकादशः शोधनविधिः।
(हिंगुलाद् रसाकर्षणप्रणाली)।
अथवा हिंगुलात् सूतं ग्राहयेत् प्रयतः सुधीः ।
बहुविधा क्रिया चात्र वर्णिता रससाधकैः ॥
जम्बीरनिम्बुनीरेण मर्दिता हिंगुलो दिनम् ।
ऊर्द्ध पातनयन्त्रेण ग्राह्यः स्यान् निर्मलो रसः।
कञ्चुकैर्नागवङ्गाद्य निर्मुक्तो रसकर्मणि ।
विना काष्टकेनैव सूतोऽयं सर्वकर्मकृत् ॥
दरदं तण्डुलं स्थूलं कृत्वा मृत्पात्रके त्रिदिनम् ।
भाव्यं जम्बीररसैश्चाङ्गेऱ्या वा रसैर्बहुधा ।
ततश्च जम्बीरवारिणा चाव्रसेन परिप्लुतम् ।
कृत्वा स्थालीमध्ये निधाय तदुपरि कठिनीघृष्टम् ॥
चारुशरावे तत्र त्रिंशद्वारं जलं देयम् ।
उष्णे हेयं तथैव तदूर्द्ध पातनेन निर्मलः शिवजः॥
(ख) मतान्तरम्।
(ग) मतान्तरम्।
पारिभद्रसैः पेष्यं हिंगुलं याममात्रकम् ।
जम्बीराणां रसैर्वाथ पचेत् पातनयन्त्रके।
तं सूतं योजयेद् योगे सप्तकञ्चुकवर्जितम् ।
संशुद्धिमन्तरेणापि शुद्धोऽयं रसकर्माणि ॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। The eleventh process of purification, Mercury may also be extracted froin Hingula (cinnabar) in one of the following ways :- (a) Hingula is to be rubbed for one day with lime juice or lemon juice, and then subjected to the process of Urdhapatanam (upward sublimation by means of Vidyadhara Jantram*.. Mercury, thus obtained, is pure and free from all the blemishes and coverings. It may be used in everything without being subjected to the eight indispensable operations of mercury Or (6) Hingula is to be broken into small pieces of the size of rice, kept in an earthen pot, saturated several times with the juice of lime or of changeri for three days, and dried everytime by being exposed to the sun in day time and to open air at night. Then, it is again to be saturated with the juice of lime fruit or of changeri, and kept in an earthen vessel, which is to be covered with an earthen basin, the convex side of which is to be rubbed with powdered chalk, (the joint being cemented with mud). Water is to be put into the basin, and heat applied underneath. The water is to be replaced as soon as it gets heated ; and this is to be done at least for 30 times, before mercury begins to be deposited on the convex side of the water basin, The mercury so obtained is pure. See chapter on Jantram or apparata. † The apparatus described here is called a Vidyadhara, Jantram, 49 7 ·रसजलनिधिः। Or (c) Hingula is to be rubbed with the juice of leaves of paribhadra (meaning two different trees, viz. margo and Erithrina Indica), or with lime juice for 3 hours, and then subjected to a process of sublimation. Mercury so obtained is free from the coverings, and may be used in all things, without being subjected to further processes of improvement. ( N.B. All these processes refer to what is called a process of Urdhapatanam or upward sublimation. The processes, as given in the books, are sometimes found to be tedious, especially in view of the replacement of hot water by co. 1 water, as long as the whole of the mercury does not come up and become attached to the convex side of the basin. The author is aware of a kindred process of sublimation learnt from an ascetic chemist. This which is much simpler, is described below). संक्षेपादूर्द्ध पातनमन्यविधं निगद्यते । खल्पायासेन संसाध्यमेतदेव जलं विना॥ चतुर्भिर्खटिभिधृतश्चाधोमुखन्तु रक्षयेत् । मृतपात्रं बृहदाकारं शरावं तदधो न्यसेत् ॥ शरावे धारयेत्तस्मिन् हिङ्गल वस्त्रमण्डितम् । चीकृतं विशोधितं शुष्कीकृतं प्रयत्नतः॥ तदुपरि न्यसेत् प्राज्ञः शिखित्रानि मृदुप्रभम्। उत्तापालगते चोर्द्ध रसो वायुविचालितः॥ * शिचित्राः पावकोच्छिटा:-टिकिया इति भाषा। This process, 50 ·चतुर्योऽध्यायः। Place an earthen vessel (about two feet in height) upside down on four props made of pieces of stone or brick (with sufficient space kept open for the entrance of air into the vessel). Within the space enclosed by the three props, place an earthen basin (in such a way as not to obstruct the entrance of air into the vessel). Spread the dried and powdered Hingula over a piece of cloth and wrap it in several folds, The cloth, thus folded and made into a bundle, is then to be put into the earthen basin. The bundle is now to be covered with mild tikia fire. When the fire will be extinguished and the apparatus cooled, mercury will be found to be deposited inside the vessel. (२) अथ रसस्य स्वेदनम् एतदस्य द्वितीयः संस्कारः)। gerat fafar: 1 रसं चतुर्गुणे वस्त्रे बद्धा दोलाकृतं पचेत् ।। दिनं व्योषवरावहिकण्याकल्केषु काझिके। दोषशेषापनुल्यर्थमिदं स्वेदनमुच्यते ॥ (2) Swedanam or boiling of mercury (i.e., second mercurial operation). First process* Mercury being bound in a piece of cloth fourfolded (i.e., having four folds) is to be boiled for a day in kanji, mixed with pasted trikatu, triphala, chitraka roots, and kanya. This act of boiling is necessary for the removal of remnants of blemishes. *Any of the four processes may be observed. 51

·५२
रसजलनिधिः।
-
-मतान्तरम्-
द्वितीयो विधिः।
त्र्यूषणं लवणासूय्यो चित्रका कमूलकम् ।
एतैः सह रसो स्वेद्यः काञ्जिके तु दिनत्रयम् ॥
Second process.
Mercury is to be boiled in kanji for three days
with trikatu, rock salt, rajika, chitraka roots, and
ginger.
-मतान्तरम्-
तृतीयो विधिः।
लवणत्रिकटुक्षारैः सव्वं मई यमजाजलैः।
मृन्मये वायसे पात्रे स्वेदयेच्च दिनत्रयम् ॥
चालयित्वाथ त्रिदिन म येत् स्वेदनौषधैः।
राजिकाशिग्रु पत्रैश्च कुर्यात्कुण्डलिकां शुभां ॥
रसं मध्ये विनिक्षिप्य वस्त्रे बद्ध ाथ पोटलीम् ।
क्षाराम्लमूत्रवर्गेण खेदयेच्च दिनत्रयम् ॥
Third process.
Saindhaba, trikatu, all the ksharas (alkalis), and
mercury are to be rubbed together with goat's urine,
and boiled in an earthen or iron vessel for three days.
Mercury is then to be washed and rubbed with all
the materials required for boiling. viz. saindhava
(rock salt), trikatu, ksharas, and goats' urine.
Rajika and leaves of sigru are to be rubbed and
made into a ball, inside which is to be placed the
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
mercury, the whole thing being bound in a piece of
cloth, and boiled again for 3 days with all sorts of
alkalis, sour vegetable juices, and urines.
-मतान्तरम्-
चतुर्थो विधिः।
यषणं लवणं राजी मूलकं त्रिफला कम् ।
महावलानागवलामेघनादपुनर्णवाः ॥
मेषशृङ्गी चित्रकच नवसारं समं समं ।
रसस्य षोडषांशेन सव्वं युज्यात् पृथक् पृथक् ॥
एतत् समस्तं व्यस्तं वा पूर्वाम्लेनैव पेषयेत् ।
प्रलिम्पेत् तेन कल्केन वस्त्रमङ्गष्ठमात्रकम् ॥
तन्मध्ये निक्षिपेत् सव्वं बध्वा तु त्रिदिनं पचेत्
दोलायन्त्रेऽम्लसंयुक्त जायते स्वेदितो रसः ।
Fourth process.
The trikatu, saindhava, rajika, mulaka, the
triphala, ardraka, mahabala, nagabala, meghanada,
punarnava, meshasringi, chitraka, and nabasara-each
of these, one-sixteenth in weight of the mercury, is to
be rubbed with kanji and made into a paste. A piece
of cloth is to be coated, one anguli deep, with this
paste. Mercury is to be put into this cloth, which
is to be made into a bundle, and boiled for three days
in a Dola Jantram.
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·रसजलनिधिः।
(३) अथ रसस्य मदनम् (एतदस्य तृतीयः संस्कारः)।
प्रथमो विधिः।
गृहधूमेष्टकाजाजीदग्धोर्णगुड़सैन्धवैः।
सकाजिकैः षोड़शांशमई में त्रिदिनं शुभम् ॥
(3) Rubbing of mercury (i.e., the third mercurial
operation).
First process.
Mercury is to be rubbed for three days separately
with one-sixteenth its weight of soot, brick, white
jeera, burnt fur of ram, molasses, saindhava, (rock
salt), each being mixed with a sufficient quantity
of kanji.
-मतान्तरम्-
द्वितीयो विधिः।
गृहधूमेष्टकाचूर्ण तथा दधिगुड़ान्वितम् ।
लवणासुरिसंयुक्तं क्षिप्त्वा सूतं विमई येत्।
षोड़शांशं तु तद व्यं सूतमानान्नियोजयेत् ।
सूतं क्षिता समं तेन दिनानि त्रीणि मई येत् ॥
जीर्णाभ्रक तथा वीजं छ जीर्णसूतं तथैव च ।
नैर्माल्यार्थ हि सूतस्य खल्वे धृत्वातु मई येत् ॥
गृह्णाति निम्मलो रागान् ग्रासे ग्रासे विमर्दितः।
मईनाख्यं हि यत् कर्म तत् सूतगुणकृद् भवेत् ।
* शुद्ध वर्णच रूप्यश्च वीजमित्यभिधीयते ।
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·agrissima: 1
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Second process.
Mercury is to be rubbed for 3 days with each of
the following :-Soot, brick powder, curd, molasses,
saindhava (rock salt), and rajika (rye). The quantity
of each of the things is to be one sixteenth the weight
of the mercury. When this is done, for the purpose
of removal of dirt, the mercury is again to be rubbed
with cach of the following ; abhra bhasma (mica
reduced to ash), bijam (purified gold or silver), and
exhausted * mercury.
In course of being rubbed in this way, mercury
assumes a clearer appearance at every rubbing.
N. B.-After each rubbing, mercury is to be
washed, as previously stated, in an earthen vessel
containing hot kanji.
--मतान्तरम्-
Catuit fafat: 1
इष्टिकाचूर्ण लबणं गुडोराजिका तथा ।
गृहधूमसमायुक्तं सूते दद्यात् कलाशिकम् ।
मई येत् त्रिदिनं सूतमम्लवर्गेण संयुतम् ॥
In the absence of a belter terin we make it to mean ofta'ar: 1
Modern Chemistry has got nothing corresponding to opeiaa:
(exliausted mercury), waga: (dead mercury) and Harga: (mercury
reduced to asli). Calomel and sunie olher mercurial preparations
may perhaps be considered to lielung to the class of fragt:
(swooned mercury).
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·५६ रसजलनिधिः। Third process. Mercury, in combination with a sufficient quantity of sour vegetable juice, is to be rubbed for three days with one sixteenth its weight of each of the following :-powdered brick, rock salt, molasses, rye, and soot. -मतान्तरम्- चतुर्थों विधिः। रक्तष्टिकानिशाधूमसागेर्णाभस्मचर्णकैः । जम्बीरद्रवसंयुक्तैर्मुहुर्मयोंदिनत्रयम् ॥ दिनैकं वापि सूतः स्यान्मई नान्निर्मलः परम् । ऊर्द्ध पातनयन्त्रेण गृहीयाच्च पुनः पुनः । पटसारणतोवापि क्षालनाट् वारणालतः॥ Fourth process. Mercury is to be rubbed constantly for one day or three days with the p.wder of each of the following, mixed with lime juice : red brick, haridra, dhumasara (soot), and urna (wool) reduced to ashes. The mercury is then to be subjected to upward sublimation for several times, or to be sifted by means of a thick piece of cloth ; or to be washed oft in kanji. (४) पारदस्य उद्धृतिः (सूतस्यैषा चतुर्थः संस्कारः)। प्रथमो विधिः। मई येत् कण्यकाद्रवैश्चर्णितेरात्रिपादिकैः । पातयेत् पातनायन्त्रे इत्थमुत्थापन मतम् ॥ * उद्धारणमुत्थापनमित्येते नामान्तरे अस्य । 56 ·चतुर्योऽध्यायः। (4) Utthapanam or raising of mercury (i.e, the fourth mercurial operation). Mercury is to be rubbed with one-fourth its weight of powdered turmeric, and a sufficient quantity of the juice of kanya, and then sublimated in a Patana Jantram (an apparatus for the sublimation of mercury). This is what is called the utthapanam or raising of mercury. -मतान्तरम्- द्वितीयो विधिः। तत उत्थापयेत् सूतमातपे निम्बुकार्दितम् । उत्थापनावशिष्टं तु चर्ण पातनयन्त्रके। धृत्वाग्नाबूद्ध, भाण्डस्थं गृहीयात् पारदं भिषक् ॥ Second process, Mercury is to be rubbed in the sun with lime juice, dried, and taken out. The remains of this mercury, incapable of being collected, if anyy, should be sublimated by means of a Damarujantram or Vidyadhara Jantram. (५) पारदस्य पातनम् (एतदस्य पञ्चमः संस्कारः)। (एतत् त्रिविधं यथा-ऊर्द्धपातनम्, ततोऽधःपातनम्, ततः तिर्यक् पातनम्। प्रत्येकं क्रमशः समाचरितव्यं यथाविधि ।) (क) ऊर्द्धपातनम् । प्रथमो विधिः। भागत्रयं रसस्यार्कभागमेकं विमई येत् । जम्बीरद्रवयोगेन यावदापाति पिण्डताम् ॥ 57 ·रसजलनिधिः। तत् पिण्डं तलभाण्डस्थमूर्ख भाण्डे जलं क्षिपेत् । विद्याधराख्ययन्त्रण रसं समुद्धरेद बुधः। (5) Patanam or sublimation of mercury (i.e., the fifth miercurial operation). (a) Urdhvapatanam or upward sublimation. First process. Three parts of and one part of copper are to be rubbed with lime juice till the whole thing turns into a lump. This lump is to be kept inside an earthen vessel on which is to be placed another earthen vessel containing water, forming what is called a Vidyadhara Jantran#, by means of which the mercury is to be sublimated. mercury and -मतान्तरम्- द्वितीयो विधिः । शुल्वेन पातयेत् पिष्टिं त्रिघोद्धं सप्तधात्वधः । तदासौ शुध्यते सूतः कर्मकारी भवेद् ध्रुवम् ॥ Second process. Mercury is to be rubbed with copper, made into a lump, and then subjected to a process of upward sublimation for three times, and to a process of downward sublimation for seven times. Mercury, thus purified, becomies fit for use. * अग्रे यन्वनिरूपणाख्यः अध्यायो द्रष्टव्यः । 58 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। -मतान्तरम्- तृतीयो विधिः। हरिद्राङ कोल्लशम्पाककुमारीत्रिफलाग्निभिः । तण्डुलीयकवर्षाभूहिङ्गसैन्धवमाक्षिकः ॥ पिष्टं रसं सलवणैः सर्पाक्ष्यादिभिरेव वा। पातयेदथवा यत्नाद् व्रणनीयक्षलोचनैः॥ ऊद्धधिः पातनाच्चेत्थं पातितोऽसौ यदाभवेत् तदा रसायने योग्यो भवेद् द्रव्यविशेषतः॥ Third process. Mercury is to be rubbed with the following, inade into a lump, and then subjected to a process of sublimation, both upward and downward :- Haridra, ankolla, sanmpaka, kumari, trifala, chitraka, tanduliyaka, punarnava, hingu, saindhaba, and makshika (pyrites or honey), Or Sanidhava and nakuli, etc, Or Branaghni and jakshalochanam. Mercury, thus sublimated upward and downward, becomes fit for medicine, when combined with other things. -मतान्तरम्- चतुर्थो विधिः। मयूरग्रीवताप्याभ्यां नष्टपिष्टीकृतस्य च । यन्त्र विद्याधरे कुर्य्यादु रसेन्द्ररयोर्द्धपातनम् ॥ 59 ·६. रसजलनिषिः Fourth process. Mercury is to be so rubbed with tutthaka and swarnamakshika as to loose its separate existence. It is then to be sublimated by means of a Vidyadhara Jantram. (ख) अधःपातनम्। प्रथमो विधिः। त्रिफलाशिग्र शिखिभिलवणासुरिसंयुतैः । नष्टपिष्टं रसं कृत्वा लेपयेदूर्द्ध भाजनम् ॥ ततो दीप्तरधः पातमुपलैस्तस्य कारयेत् । यन्त्र भूधरसंज्ञे तु ततः सूतो विशुध्यति । (6) Downward sublimation. First process. Mercury is to be rubbed with triphala, sigru, chitraka, saindhava, and rajika, and made into a lump which will have to be attached to the internal surface of the upper vessel of a Biudhara Jantram, * placed upside down upon another vessel containing water, a glowing fire made of dried cowdung balls being placed upon the external surface of the upper vessel. The downward sublimation of mercury will have to be effected in this way. -मतान्तरम्- द्वितीयो विधिः। नवनीताह्वयंठ सूतं घृष्टा जम्भाम्भसा दिनम् । वानरी शिम शिखिभिः सैन्धवासुरिसंयुतैः॥ + For d-lails see chapter on apparata. - नवनीताईकमिति रसेन्द्रचिन्तामणिघृतपाठः । 6o

·चतुर्याऽध्यायः।
नष्टपिष्टं रसं कृत्वा लेपयेदूद्ध भाण्डके।
ऊर्द्ध भाण्डोदरं लिप्ताऽधोभागडं जलसंयुतम् ॥
सन्धिलेपं द्वयोः कुत्वा तद् यन्त्रम् भुवि पूरयेत् ।
उपरिष्ठात् पुटे दत्ते जले पतति पारदः।
अधः पातनमित्युक्तं सिद्धायः सूतकर्मणि ॥
Second process.
Nabanitam (sulphur or butter) and mercury are to be
taken in equal quantities and rubbed together for one
day with lime juice, banari, sigru, chitraka, saindhava,
and rajika, and made into a lump, with which is to be
painted the inner part of an earthen vessel. This
vessel is to be put upside down on another vessel
containing water, the joint being tightly closed with
mud etc. The apparatus is to be put inside a hole
cut in the ground, fire being placed upon the surface
of the upper vessel. Mercury falls into the water.
This is what is called the Adhahpatanam or downward
sublimation of mercury.
ऊर्ध्वाधःपातनस्य विभिन्ना प्रणाली।
तस्यामादौ अधःपातनम् ।
द्वौ भागौ तस्य सूतस्य ताम्रचूणैकमेव च।
दत्ताम्लं मई येत् खल्वे विषचूर्णेन संयुतम् ॥
पिष्टिं कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन क्षालयेत्तदनन्तरम् ।
कटाहं नूतनं नीत्वा तस्याधो लेपयेद् रसम्।
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·६२ रसजलनिधिः। वस्त्र तत्र मृदा लिप्त्वा जलं स्थाल्युपरि चिपेत् । स्थालीकटाहयोः सन्धिं लेपयेत् सुदृढ़ मृदा॥ कटाहोपरि कर्त्तव्यं वन्योपलामिदीपनम् । जलमध्ये रसो याति शुल्वं तिष्ठति चोपरि ॥ ततधोर्खपातनम्। शुल्वाद रसं रसात् तानं पातयेच्च पृथक् पृथक् । पुनः पिष्टी प्रकर्त्तव्या दत्ताम्लं ताम्रसंयुतम् । ऊर्द्ध पातनमतस्य यन्त्रे डमरुके छ भवेत् ॥ A reverse process of sublimation, First, downward sublimation. Two parts of mercury and one part of powdered copper (purified) are to be rubbed with a sour vegetable juice mixed with powdered bisham (aconite purified), and made into a lump, which is to be washed very carefully. The inner part of a new earthen pan or bowl is to be painted with the mercury. This pan or bowl is to be put upside down upon a vessel containing water, the joint being cemented with mud and rag. A fire made of dried cowdung balls is to be placed upon the pan or bowl. Mercury will fall into the water, leaving copper attached to the pan or bowl. Then, upward sublimation. Now, mercury and copper are to be carefully separated from each other, and again rubbed together, with lime juice and made into a lump which will be * विद्याधरयन्त्रम् प्रशस्ततरम् । 62 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। subjected to a process of upward sublimation by means of a Damaru Jantram.. (ग) तिर्यकपातनम् । लक्षणीकृतमभ्रदलं रसेन्द्रयुक्त तथारणालेन । खल्वे दत्त्वा मृदितम् यावत्तन्नष्टपिष्टतामेति । कुर्यात् तिर्यकपातनपातितसूत्र क्रमेण दृढ़वहिं। संस्वेद्यः पात्योऽसौ न पतति यावद् दश्चानो। (c) Inclined sublimation. Mica, purified and finely powder:d, is to be rubbed , with mercuy and kanji in a motar, and made into a lump which is to be placed in a Tirjak Patana Jantram. Heat is to be increased gradually till the whole of the mercury is sublimated through the in- . clined passage. (६) अथ पारदस्य रोधनम् (निरोधः) ® (एतदस्य षष्ठः संस्कारः)। प्रथमो विधि: पातैः कदर्थितः सूतः षण्डत्वमधिगच्छति । तन्मुक्तयेऽस्य क्रियते रोधनम् कथ्यते हि तत् ॥ विश्वामित्रकपाले वा काचकूप्यामथापि वा। सृष्टाम्बुजं विनिक्षिप्य तत्र तन्मजनावधि ॥ • Vidyadhara Jantram is more convenient. * कमिद् भ्रान्तिवशादेतद्बोधनम् कथ्यते । ** ष्टयम्बुजमिति पाठान्तरम् । सृष्टाम्बुज विनिक्षिप्य इत्यस्य लाने "सूते जलं विनिक्षिप्य" इत्येष पाठो प्रष्यो रलेन्द्रसारसंग्रहे। 63 ·६४ रसजलनिधिः। पूरयेत् त्रिदिनं भूम्यां गजहस्तप्रमाणतः। अनेन सूतराजोऽयं षण्डभावं विमुञ्चति । (6) Rodhanam or confinement of mercury. (i. e., the sixth mercurial operation.) Mercury is to be subjected to a process of confinement for removal of the impotency which it has acquired by being sublimated. The process is as follows :--Put the mercury into a glass bottle or a shell of a cocoanut. Put over it as much decoction of bala and riddhi (or, a solution of rock salt, according to another version), as is necessary for the immersion of the mercury. The bottle or the cocoanut shell, as the case may be, is then to be kept buried for 3 days in a hole one yard deep, dug out in the ground. By this way mercury is freed from impotency. -मतान्तरम्- द्वितीय विधिः सृष्टाम्वुजैनिरोधेन तदा सुखकरो रसः। स्वेदनादिवशात्सूतो वीय्यं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम् ॥ (b) Second process. Mercury, if confined with the decoction of riddhi and bala (according to another version, if confined असाधुरैष मन्यते यतो वारिसंयोगाद् रसोऽयं पुनर्वारिजदोष लभेत । सृष्टाम्बुज-ऋद्धर्वलायाश्च काथमिति रसेन्द्रचिन्तामणिभाष्यकार- व्याख्या। कैश्चित् स्टाम्बुजं विकशितकमलमिति व्याख्यातम् । सवाम्बुजं तरुणलीरजोमूत्रमित्यपि कैधिद् प्याल्यातम् । सृष्टयम्बुर्ज सैन्धवजलम् । 64 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। with a solution of rock salt becomes a giver of happi- It gains in potency by further heating, etc. ness. -मतान्तरम- तृतीयो विधिः। कदर्थनेनैव नपुंसकत्वमेवं भवेदस्य रसस्य पश्चात् । वीर्यप्रकर्षाय च भूर्जपत्रे स्वेद्यो जले सैन्धवचूर्णगर्भे ॥ (c) Third process. Mercury acquires impotency by being subjected to processes of sublimation. For the purpose of increasing its potency, it is therefore, to be boiled by being confined within bhurja leaves, containing rock salt. -मतान्तरम्- (घ) चतुर्थी विधिः। अथ सूतं समुद्धत्य काचकूप्यां विनिक्षिपेत् । सम्मदर्याम्लेन संपूर्य द्वारमुद्रां प्रदापयेत् ॥ स्थापयेडू डमरुयन्त्रे स्वेदयेदिनसप्तकम् । खांगशीतं समुद्धृत्य पूर्ववत् स्वेदयेत् पुनः ॥ (d) Fourth process. Mercury is to be rubbed with a sour vegetable juice and put into a bottle, the mouth of which is to be hermetically sealed. The bottle is then to be put inside a Damaru Jantram, in which it is to be boiled for seven days. When completely cooled, it is again to be boiled in the same way. 65 9 ·६६ ६ रसजलनिधिः। -मतान्तरम्- (क) पञ्चमो विधिः। जलसैन्धवयुक्तस्य रसस्य दिवसत्रयम् । स्थितिरास्थापनी कुम्भे याऽसौ रोधनमुच्यते। (e) Fifth process. Mercury is said to undergo 'rodhanam' or confinement, if it is kept for 3 days in a vessel containing water and saindhava salt. N. B. In addition to the foregoing processes, a few others are sometimes resorted to, viz., (1) heating of mercury with a solution of rock salt ; (2) Mercury is to be put into a bottle with the menstrual discharge of a young girl, the closed bottle being kept buried for 3 days in a hole cut in the ground ; (3) Mercury is to be heated in a Damaru Jantram for 3 days with the menstrual discharge of a young girl. (७) अथ पारदस्य नियामनम् (एतदस्य सप्तमः संस्कारः)। रोधनाल्लब्धवीर्यस्य चपलत्वनिवृत्तये । क्रियते पारदे स्वेदःप्रोक्तं नियामनं हि तत्॥ (7) Niyamnnam or Restraint of mercury. In order to do away with the subtleness of mercury due to its gaining in strength by confinement, it is to undergo heating in one of the prescribed manners. This operation is called, "niyamanam", or "restraint" of mercury. 66 ·चतुर्थाऽध्यायः। (क) प्रथमो विधिः। साक्षीचिञ्चिकाबन्ध्याभृङ्गाब्जकनकाम्बुभिः । त्रिदिनं महि तो सूतो नियमात् स्थिरतां व्रजेत्॥ First process. Restraint of mercury consists in rubbing it for three days with the decoction of gandhanakuli, bark of tamarind, bitter karkoti, bhringaraja, lotus, and kanaka dhustura. This causes the stability of mercury. -मतान्तरम्- ख) द्वितीयो विधिः। नियम्योऽसौ ततः सम्यक् चपलत्वनिवृत्तये। कर्कटीफणिनेत्राभ्यां वृश्चिकाम्बुजमार्कवैः॥ समं कृत्वारणालेन स्वेदयेच्च दिनत्रयं । (b) Second process. In order to remove the subtleness of mercury, it is necessary to restrain it by rubbing it with karkoti, gandhanakuli, punarnava, lotus, and bhringaraja, and then boiling it for three days with kanji. -मतान्तरम्- (ग) तृतीयो विधिः। मरिचर्भूखगयुक्त लवणासुरिशि टङ्कणोपेतैः । काजिकयुक्त स्त्रिदिनं ग्रासार्थी जायते स्वेदात् ॥ (c) Third process. Mercury, if rubbed for. 3 days with kanji and the following, and then heated, is restrained, and is 67 ·रसजलनिधिः। capable of devouring metals :-maricha, earthworm, saindhaba, rajika, sigru, and tankana. -मतान्तरम्- (घ) चतुर्थों विधिः। स्थूलसैन्धवखोटेन कार्य मूषापुटत्रयम्। स्थापयित्वा रसं तत्र नवसारं कलांशिकम् ॥ द्वारं निरुध्य यत्नेन वस्त्रच वेष्टयेन् मृदा। स्थापयेद् भूधरे यन्त्रे वहिः काव्यों दिनत्रयम् ॥ (d) Fourth process. Three crucibles are to be made out of a thick lump of saindhava (each for use for one day). Mercury, with one sixteenth its weight of nabasara, is to be put inside the crucible, the mouth of which is to be hermetically closed with mud and rags. It is then to be boiled by means of a Bhudhara Jantram for three days (one day in each crucible). -मतान्तरम्- (छ) पञ्चमो विधिः। उत्तरापथजः स्थूलो रक्तसैन्धवलोष्ट्रकः । तद्गर्भ रन्धकं कृत्वा सूतं तत्र विनिक्षिपेत् ॥ ततस्तु चणकक्षारं दत्ता चोपरि नैम्बुकम् क्षिप्त्वा तत्र प्रदातव्यं पटुना द्वारमुद्रणम् । गत्तं कृत्वा ततो भूम्यां क्षिपेत् सैन्धवसम्पुटम् ॥ 68 ·चतुर्थाऽध्यायः। धूलिमष्टाङ्गुलां दत्ता कारोषं दिनसप्तकम्। वहिं प्रज्वाल्य तद् ग्राह्य क्षालयेत् काचिकेन तु॥ अयं नियमनो नाम्ना संस्कारो गदितो बुधैः । अभावे चणकक्षारादर्पयेन्नरसारकम ॥ Fifti: process. Mercury is to be put inside a hole made in a red saindhava lump. Chanaka kshara is then to be put inside the hole. Next is to be poured some lime juice into it. The hole is then to be tightly closed by means of another piece of red rock salt. The samputam, thus prepared, is to be put in a hole made in the earth, which is to be filled in with dust eight angulis in depth deposited upon the salt samputam. A fire made of cow dung, found dried in the pasturage, is to be kept ablaze for seven days. The mercury is then to be washed off with kanji. Narasaram may be made use of, if chanaka kshara is not available. (E) अथ पारदस्य दीपनम् । ( एतदस्य अष्टमः संस्कारः)। धातुपाषाणमूलाधः संयुक्तो घटमध्यगः । पासाथ त्रिदिनं ख बा दीपनं तन्मतं बुधैः । (8) Dipanan or stimulation of mercury, (t. e, the eighth mercurial operation.) The process by which mercury is kept inside an earthen vessel and heated with some metals, stones, and vegetables for three days is called Dipanam or 69

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stimulation of mercury. This process makes mercury
fit for swallowing metals, etc.
(क) प्रथमो विधिः।
कासीसं पञ्चलवणं राजिका मरिचानि च ।
भूशिय बीजमेकत्र टङ्कणेन समन्वितम् ॥
आलोख्य काञ्जिके दोलायन्त्र पाकादिनेत्रिभिः ।
दीपनं जायते सम्यक सूतराजस्य नान्यथा ॥
अथवा चित्रकद्रावैः काञ्जिके त्रिदिनं पचेत् ॥
(a) First process.
Kasisa, five different kinds of salts, rajika, maricha,
sigru seeds, tangana, kanji, and mercury are to be
rubbed together and put into a Dola-Jantram, and
heated for three days; or mercury may be mixed
with the juice of chitraka, and boiled with kanji for
three days.
-मतान्तरम्
खः द्वितीयो विधिः।
त्रिक्षारसिन्धुखगभूशिखिशिग्र राजी
तीक्ष्णाम्लवेतसमुखैलवणोषणाम्लः ।
नेपालताम्रदलशोधितमारणाले
साम्लासवाम्लपुटितं रसदीपनं तत् ॥
(6) Second process.
Mercury is to beʼrubbed together with the three
ksharas (alkalis), Saindhavil, earthworm, chitraka root,
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sigru, rajika, sarsapa, amlabetasa, saindhava, maricha,
and aranala and to be dried by being placed on Nepal
copper plates. This is then to be boiled with kanji or
with sour asava.
() अथ पारदस्यानुवासनम् । (एतदस्य
नवमः संस्कारः)।
क) प्रथमो विधिः।
दीपितं रसराजन्तु जम्बीररससंयुतम् ।
दिनकं धारयेत् घम्र्मे मृत्पात्रे वा शिलोद्भवे ॥
(9) Anubasanain or Rehabilitation of mercury (i, e.
the ninth mercurial operation).
(a) First process.
Stimulated mercury is re-habilitated by being
mixed with lime juice, and exposed to the sun),
for one
day, in a pot made of earth or stone.
-मतान्तरम्-
(ख) द्वितीयो विधिः।
स्वेदयेदासवाम्लेन वीर्यतेजःप्रवृद्धये ।
यथोपयोगसंस्वेद्यः मूलिकानां रसेषु च।
सर्पाक्षी क्षीरिणी बन्ध्या मत्स्याची शङ्खपुष्पिका ।
काकजङ्घा शिखिशिखा ब्रह्मदण्ड्याखुकर्णिका ॥
वर्षाभूः कञ्च की दूर्वा सैय्यकोत्पलशिम्बिकाः ।
शतावरी वज्रलता वज्रकन्दाग्निकर्णिका ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः। श्वेतार्कशि धत्तूरमृगदूर्वारसामुशाः। रम्भारक्तालुनिर्गुण्डी लज्जालुः सुरदालिका ॥ मण्डुकपर्णी पाताली चित्रकं ग्रीष्मसुन्दरा। काकमाची महाराष्ट्री हरिद्रा तिलपर्णिका ॥ जाती जयन्ती श्रीदेवी भूकदम्बः कुसुम्भकः । कोशातकी नीरकणा लाङ्गली कटुतुम्बिका ॥ चक्रमर्दोऽमृता कन्दः सूर्यावर्तेषुपुटिका । वाराही हस्तिशुण्डी च प्रायेण रसमूलिकाः ॥ रसस्य भावने स्वेदे मूषालेपे च पूजिताः ॥ (6) Second Process. For the purpose of intensifying the potency of mercury, it is to be boiled with sour asava or with the juice of some or all of the following - Gandhanakuli, kshirini, bandhya, hilamochika, sankhapuspi, kakajangha, apamarga, bhargi, akhukarni, punarnava, kanchuki, durba, swetajhinti, utpala, simbi, satabari, asthibhanga, agnikarni, sweta arka, sigru, dhattura, mrigadurba ; (these serve to control mercury), rambha, raktalu, nirgundi, lajjalu, devadali, mandukaparni, patali (nagaballi', chitraka, grismasundara, kaka machi, maharastri, haridra, tilaparni, jati, jayanti, shreedevi, bhukadamba, kusumbha, koshataki, jalapippali, langali, katutumbi, chakramarda, gudųchi, shurana, surjabarta, sarapunkha, barahikanda, and hastishundi-all these are what are called rasamulika, These are useful for the purpose of rubbing and 72

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boiling of mercury, as also for making crucibles for
mercurial operations.
अथ सर्वदोषहरसंक्षिप्तशोधनविधिः ।
कुमारिकाचित्रकरक्तसर्षपकृतेः कषायव हती-
विमिश्रितः।
फलत्रिकेणापि विमर्दितो रसो दिनत्रयं
सर्वमलैर्विमुच्यते ॥
कुमार्या च निशाचूणे दिनं सूतं विमद्द येत् ।
एवं कदर्थितः सूतो षण्डो भवति निश्चितम् ।
बहोषधिकषायेण स्वेदितः स बली भवेत् ।
साक्षी चिश्चिकाबन्ध्याभृगब्दः स्वेदितो बली।
ततः स पावकद्रावैः स्विन्नः स्यादति दीप्तिमान् ॥
(अनेन विधिना शोधितसूतस्य स्वेदनाद्यनुवासनान्तकाः
संस्काराः निष्प्रयोजनाः)।
Ah easy process of absolute purification of mercury.
Mercury is stript of all sorts of impurities, if rubbed
for three days with a decoction of kanya, chitraka, red
sarshapa, and brihati, and for 3 days more with the
triphala. Mercury is then to be rubbed for one day with
kanya and powdered haridra. Mercury thus treated
becomes impotent, and is therefore to be boiled with
the decoction of sarpakshi, chinchika, bandhya,
bhringaraja, and mustaka. Thus it becomes powerful.
If it is then boiled with the decoction of chitraka, it
becomes very powerful.
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(Mercury, thus purified, does not require to undergo
all those operations beginning with boiling and ending
with rehabilitation).
अथान्यविधः सर्वदोषहरः संक्षिप्त: शोधनविधिः ।
राजीरसोनमूषायां रसं क्षिप्वा विबन्धयेत् ।
वस्त्रेण दोलिकायन्त्रे स्वेदयेत काञ्जिस्त्रियहम् ॥
दिनकं मई येत् सूतं कुमारीसम्भवैद्र वैः ।
तथा चित्रकजः काथैर्मदयेदेकवासरम् ॥
काकमाचीरसैस्तद्वद दिनमेकञ्च मर्दयेत् ।
त्रिफलायास्तथा क्वाथै रसो मई यःप्रयत्नतः ॥
ततस्तेभ्यः पृथक् कुर्यात् सूतं प्रक्षाल्य काजिकैः ।
ततः क्षिप्त्वा रसं खल्वे रसादद्धश्च सैन्धवम् ॥
मर्दयेन् निम्बूकरसैदिनमेकं निरन्तरम् ।
ततो राजी रसोनश्च मुख्यश्च नरसारकः॥
एतै रससमैस्तद्वत् सूतो मई यस्तुषाम्बुना ।
ततः संशोष्य चक्राभं कृत्वा लिप्त्वा च हिडना ॥
द्विस्थालीसंपुटे धृत्वा पूरयेल्लवणेन च ।
अधः स्थालों ततो मुद्रां दद्याद् दृढ़तरां बुधः॥
विशोष्याग्नि विधायाधो निषिञ्च दम्बुनोपरि।
ततस्तु कुर्यात् तीव्राग्नि तदधः प्रहरत्रयम् ॥
एवं निषिच्य यात्यूद्ध रसो दोषविवर्जितः।
अथोद्ध, स्थालिकामध्ये लग्नो ग्राह्यो रसोत्तमः॥
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Another easy process of absolute purification of
mercury.
Mercury, kept inside a crucible made of rye and
garlic, is to be boiled in kanji for three days by means
of a Dola Jantram. It is to be rubbed for one day
each with the following: juice of kanya, decoction of
chitraka, juice of kakamachi, and decoction of triphala.
The mercury is then to be washed off with kanji, and
rubbed for one day incessantly with half its quantity
of saindhava, and a sufficient quantity of lime juice.
It is then to be rubbed with kanji, rye, garlic, lakucha,
and narasara ; made into a cake ; coated all over with
hingu, and then dried. The cake is to be put into
a samputam consisting of one earthen vessel and
one earthen basin placed upon it, the vessel being
filled with salt. The joint is then to be closed very
tightly. The apparatus is to be placed upon fire and
water is to be put into the basin, as usual. Mercury
sublimates and gets itself deposited inside the basin.
This mercury is free from all defects and may be
used for all purposes.
(१०) अथ रसस्य ग्रासनम् (धातुभोजनम् )
(एतदस्य दशमः संस्कारः )।
अजारयन्नध्रौंच हेमगन्धं
वाञ्छन्ति सूतात् फलमप्युदारम् ।
क्षेत्रादनुप्तादपि शस्यजातं
कृषीवलास्ते भिषजश्च मन्दाः॥
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तुल्ये तु गन्धके जीणे शुद्धाच्छतगुणो रसः ।
द्विगुणे गन्धके जीणे सर्वकुष्ठहरः परः॥
त्रिगुणे गन्धके जीणे सर्वजाड्यविनाशनः ।
तत्र चतुर्गुणे जीणे वलीपलितनाशनः॥
गन्धे पञ्चगुणे जीणे नित्यं क्षयहरो भवेत् ।
पड़ गुणे गन्धके जीणे सव्वरोगहरो रसः ।।
अवश्यमित्युवाचेन्द्र देवः श्रीभैरवः स्वयं ।
गन्धपिष्टिकया तत्र गोलः स्याद् गन्धजारणे ॥ ®
यथा स्याज्जारणा वह्नौ तथा स्याद् गुणदो रसः ।
तस्माच्छतगुणो व्योमसत्ते जीर्णे तु तत्समे ॥
ताप्यखर्परतालादिसत्तु जीर्णे गुणाधिकः ।
हेनि जीर्णे सहस्र कगुणसंघप्रदायकः॥
वज्रादिजीर्णसूतस्य गुणान् वेत्ति शिवः स्वयम् ॥
(10) The
grasanam (or swallowing of metals) of
mercury (i. e. the tenth mercurial operation).
Those physicians who expect good results from
mercury without letting it swallow mica, gold, and
sulphur, are as bad as farmers who expect crops from
a field which has not been sown.
The
potency pure mercury increases hundred
times, if it is made to consune an equal quantity of
pure sulphur. Mercury can cure all sorts of leprosy,
* जारणाख्ये यन्त्रे वहिसंयोगाद् गन्धकजारणा प्रसस्ता।
यन्वाध्याये चान्यत्र सविस्तरं वर्णितषा प्रक्रिया।
of
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। if it is made t') consume double its quantity of sulphur ; it cures all sorts of inertness, if it is made to consume three times its weight of sulphur; it cures premature falling of teeth and greyness of hair, if it consumes four times its weight of sulphur ; it cures consumption, if it consumes five times its weight of sulphur ; and it cures all sorts of diseases, if it is made to consume six times its weight of sulphur All this was said by Mahadeva himself to Indra, (the king of Svarga). If sulphur is to be consumed by mercury, it is first of all to be brought in contact with mercury. increases according to the number and quantity of metals and semi-metals it consumes. Mercury increases in potency by hundred times, if it consumes an equal quantity of mica (purified and reduced to ashes); it becomes more efficacious if it is made to consume the essences of makshika (pyrites), kharpara, and haritala ; it acquires a thousand attributes if it is made to consume gold, and Siva alope knows the qualities of mercury which has consumed diamond and other similar gems (such as Vaidurya etc.) The potency of mercury (*) TERI YA aterafafa: 1 वजकण्टकवजाङ्गं विद्धमष्टाङ्गलं मृदा fafancy tiragterutat geanta gua: Il * For the best process of consuming of sulphur by mercury, see Jarana Jantram under apparata, 77 ·रसजलनिधिः। व्यहं वजे विनिक्षिप्तो प्रासार्थी जायते रसः। असते गन्धहेमादि वजसत्तादिकं क्षणात् ॥ (c) The first process of swallowing of metals, etc., by mercury. A hole, eight angulis in length, is to be cut in the strong and thorny branch of a bajra tree into which will be put mercury, well covered with mud, and heated for three days by means of fire made of dried cowdung. This mercury becomes capable of swallowing sulphur, gold, essence of diamond, etc., in a very short time. (ख) रसस्य द्वितीयो ग्रासनविधिः। त्रिगुणमेव रसेन्द्रमेकमंशं कनकपयोधरतार- पङ्कजानां। रसगुणबलिभिर्विधाय पिष्टिं रचय निरन्तरम- म्बुभिः कुमार्याः॥ पड़ गुणबलिजीर्णोऽयं रसः पिष्ट्याः समुत्थितः । असति वज्रमादि ग्रासार्थी जायते सदा ॥ (6) Second process of swallowing of metals by mercury. Three parts of mercury, and one part each of gold, mica, and silver (all of these properly purified and reduced to ashes), with sulphur six times in weight of mercury, are to be rubbed together with the juice of kanya and made into a cake. The mercury which is 78

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obtained from the cake, and which has consumed
six times its weight of sulphur, becomes capable of
swallowing diamond, gold, and other metals.
(ग) रसत्य तृतीयो प्रासनविधिः।
सतुत्थटङ्गणवर्जि पटुताम्र यहोषितम् ।
कालिकं रसगन्धयोर्भावनार्थ नियुज्यते ॥
अथवा सविड़ः सूतः कालिके तु निमज्ज्यते ।
प्रसति सूतराजोऽयं वज्रधनलुहादिकम् ॥
(c) Third process of swallowing of metals by mercury.
Mercury and sulphur are to be subjected to
bhavana with kanji which has been for 3 days in a
copper pot with tuttham, tanganan, and swarji kshara.
Mercury may also be immersed with bida in kanji.
Mercury thus qualified, is capable of swallowing
diamond, mica, and other metals.
(घ) रसस्य चतुर्थों प्रासविधिः।
शङ्खचूर्ण रविक्षीरेश्चातपे भावयेदिनम् ।
तवजम्बीरजै वैदिनैकं धूमसारकम् ॥
सुवर्चलमजामूत्रः क्वाथ्यं यामचतुष्टयम् ।
कण्टकारी च संकाथ्या दिनैकं नरमूत्रकैः ॥
'सर्जिक्षारस्तिन्तिडीकं कासीसश्च शिलाजतु ॥
जम्बीरोत्थद्रवैर्भाव्यं
पृथग यामचतुष्टयम्॥
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रसजलनिधिः।
जयपालस्त्वचा हीनो मूलकानां द्रवैर्दिनम् ।
सैन्धवं टङ्गणं गुञ्जा शिग्र मूलद्रवैर्दिनम् ॥
एतत् सव्वं समांशेन मयं जम्बीरजैद्रवः।
तद्गोल रक्षयेद् यत्नाद्विडोऽयं वड़वानलः॥
असते मर्दितः सूतो ह्यनेन तप्तखल्लके।
वर्णाभ्रादीनि लोहानि यथेष्टानि च जारयेत् ॥
(a) Fourth process of swallowing of metals by mercury.
(1) Powdered conch shell, (2) soot, (3) subarchala
salt, (4) kantakari, (5) sarji kshara, (6) tintidi bark,
(7) kasisa, (8) silajatu, (9) jayapala seeds (stript of
husks), (10) saindhava salt, (11) tangana, and (12)
gunja seeds are to be subjected to bhavana for one
day with (1) milk of arka plant, (2) lime juice,
(3) goat's urine, (4) man's urine, (5) lime juice, (6)
ditto, (7) ditto, (8) ditto, (9) juice of mulaka, (10) juice
of sigru roots, (11) ditto, and (12) ditto, respectively.
All of them are then to be put together and
rubbed for one day with lime juice and made into a
lump. Mercury, rubbed with this mixed substance in
a hot mortar, swallows a sufficient quantity of gold,
mica, and other metals.
विड़ोऽन्यविधः।
मूलका कवीनां क्षारं गोमूत्रलालितम् ।
वस्त्रपूतं द्रुतं ग्राह्य गन्धकं तेन भावयेत् ॥
शतवारं खरे घर्मे विडोऽयं हेमजारणे ॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। ॥ Another kind of bida. Gandhaka (sulphur) is to be saturated for a hundred times with a solution made of mulaka, ardraka, and chitraka-all burnt into ashes, then, dissolved in cow's urine, and dried each time by being exposed to the intense heat of the sun. Mercury, rubbed with this gandhaka, is competent to swallow gold, etc. The gandhaka, thus prepared, is called a bida. विड़ोऽन्यविधः। गुञ्जासैन्धवयोश्चूर्ण देवदालीदलद्वैः । टंकणं किंशुकरसैर्जम्बीराम्लेन चलिकाम् ॥ मूलकक्षारगोमूत्रप्रसादेन च गन्धकम्। स्वर्जिकाभूखगव्योषशिग्र मूलरसेन च ॥ शतशो भावयेत् सव्वं विडोऽयं वड़वानलः॥ Another kind of bida. (1) Powdered gunja seeds and saindhava salt, (2) tankana, (3) Chulika salt (4) gandhaka, (5) swarji, (6y earthworm and (7) the trikatu are to be subjected to bhavana for hundred times with (1) the juice of deodali leaves, (2) juice of kinsuka leaves, (3) lemon juice, (4) mulaka burnt into ashes and dissolved in cow's urine, (5) juice of the root of shigru, (6) ditto, and (7) ditto, respectively. विडोऽन्यविधः । गन्धकं भावयेद् रौद्रे गवीमूत्रेण सप्तशः । दग्धशशतं भाव्यं शिम मूलरसेन च ॥ 81 a II

·रसजलनिधिः
प्रतिवारं सुशोष्यं तत् खरे धर्मे प्रयत्नतः।
द्वयमेतत् तथा विषं सैन्धवञ्च समांशतः।
एतैर्विमर्दितः सूतो असति सर्बधातुकम् ॥
Another kind of bida.
Gandhaka is to be subjected to bhavana in hot
sun with cow's urine for seven times; burnt conch
shell is similarly to be subjected to bhavana for a
hundred times with the juice of shigru roots-it being
well dried every time in hot sun. These two things
combined with bisham (aconite) purified, and
saindhava, each equal in quantity, form what is called
a bida. Mercury, rubbed with these things combined;
swallows every metal.
विड़ोऽन्यविधः।
टंकणं भावयेत् शतं किंशुकोत्थद्रवैः शतम् ।
वह्निमुखाख्यको सोऽयं विड़स्तु सर्वजारणे ॥
Another kind of bida.
Tankana is to be subjected to bhavana for a
hundred times with the juice or decoction of kinsuka
and well-dried
every
time in hot sun. This is what is
called "fire-mouthed” bida, and is fit for swallowing
every thing.
विडोऽन्यविधः।
वास्तुकरण्डकदली देवदाली पुनर्णवाः ।
वासापलाशनिचुलतिलकाञ्चनमोक्षकाः॥
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·८३
चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ।
सर्वाङ्ग खण्डशश्छिन्न नातिशुष्कं शिलातले।
दग्धं काण्डं तिलानाञ्च पञ्चाङ्ग मूलकस्य च ॥'
प्लावयेत् मूत्रवर्गेण जलं तस्मात् परिनु तं ।
लौहपात्रे पचेद यन्त्रे हंसपाकाग्निना सुधीः॥
बाष्पाणां वुवुदानाञ्च वहूनामुद्गमो यदा ।
तदा काशीससौराष्ट्रीक्षारत्रयकटुत्रयम् ॥
गन्धकश्च सितो हिङ्गलवणानि च षट् तथा ।
एषां चूर्ण निपेत् यत्नात् लोहकपुटमध्यतः ॥
सप्ताहं भूगतः पश्चात् धार्यस्तु प्रचुरो विड़ः।
(अत्र सकलक्षारैश्च साम्यं तिलकाण्डानां)। ®®
Another kind of biida.
Bastuka, erania, kndali, ievndali, punarnava,
basaka, palasi, nichuia (jalatsetasa ), tila, kanchana,
and mokshaka-these are to be cut into pieces and
kept upon a stone pot. With these will have to be
mixed the burnt tila plant combined with five different
factors of a mulaka plant, ivi.s., its root, stem, flower,
seeds, and leaves). All of these drugs will have to
* गोजाविमहिषीणां तु स्त्रीणां मूत्र प्रशस्यते।
खरोष्ट्र भनराश्वाणां पुंसां मूत्रं हितं स्मृतम् ॥
** खर्परं सिकतापूर्ण कृत्वा तस्योपरि क्षिपेत् ।
तुल्यञ्च खर्परं तत्र शनै म॒द्वग्निना पचेत् ।
पञ्चक्षार तथा मूत्रं लवणञ्च विडं ततः ।
हंसपार्क समाख्यातं यन्त्रं तद् वार्त्तिकोत्तमः ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः। be saturated with all the urines (i.e. urines of elephant, camel, ass, horse, and man-all of these male, and those of goat, ram, cow, buffallow—all of these female), and distilled. This distilled water will have to be kept in an iron pot, placed upon an earthen vessel filled with sand, mild fire being applied below the earthen vessel. Kashisa, saurastri, jabakshara, swarji kshara, tankanam, trikatu, white gandhaka, hingula, and six salts, -all of these are to be powdered and mixed with the heated water, at a time when a sufficient quantity of vapour and froths will arise. The mixture is then to be covered well by means of two iron pots, the joint being tightly closed. This is then to be kept for seven days, inside the earth, well covered with mud. The liquid, thus prepared, is an excellent bida. (The quantity of the three ksharas should be equal to the burnt tila plant). faşisaufast: 1 काशीशं सैन्धवं माची सौवीरं व्योषगन्धकम् । सौवर्चलं खर्जिका च मालती रससंभवम् । शिग्र मूलरसैः सिक्तो विडोऽयं सर्वजारणः॥ Another kind of bida. Kasisa, saindhava, makshika, saubira, the trikatu, gandhaka, sauvarchala, sarjika, and juice of malati flowers,--all of these are to be saturated with the juice of the root of sigru and dried. The bida, thus produced, is used in the exhaustion of every metal. -84 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। तथान्यविधः। गन्धतालकसिन्धत्थचूलिकाटकणं तथा । क्षारैमूत्रैश्च पाचयेत् तदा ज्वालामुखो विड़ः ॥ Another kind of bida. Sulphur, haritala, saiadhava, chulika, and tankanam are to be boiled with ksharas and urines. The product is called a Jwalamukha (meaning, fire-mouthed) bida. विड़वटी। खोटकं स्वर्णसंतुल्यं समावत्तन्तु कारयेत् । माक्षिकं कान्तपाषाणं शिलागन्धं समं समम् ॥ भूनागैर्मद येद् यामं वल्लमात्रं बटीकृतम् । एषा विड़वटो ख्याता योज्या सर्वत्र जारणे ॥ Bidabati. Equal quantities of makshika, chumbaka, and gandhaka, are to be rubbed together for three hours with earthworm and made into pills, six ratis in weight. These pills, called bidabatis, are used in the exhaustion of all sorts of metals. The quantity of the gold meant to be swallowed by mercury should be equal to the bidabati, which is to be rubbed well with the mercury and the gold. रसस्य पञ्चमो ग्रासविधिः। चतुःषष्ट्यं शक हेमपत्रं मायुरमायुना । विलिप्तं तप्तखल्लस्थे रसे दत्ता विमईयेत् ॥ 85 ·॥ ८६ रसजलनिधिः। दिनं जम्बीरतोयेन ग्रासे ग्रासे त्वयं विधिः । शनैः संवेदयेद भुर्जे बद्धा सपटकाञ्जिके ॥ भाण्डके त्रिदिनं सूतं जीर्णस्वर्ण समुद्धरेत् । अधिकस्तोलितश्चेत् स्यात् पुनः स्वेद्यः समावधि । द्वात्रिंशत् षोड़शाष्टांशक्रमेण वसु जारयेत् । रूप्यादिषु च सत्त्वेषु विधिरेवंविधः स्मृतः॥ चुल्लिकालवणं गन्धमभावे शिखिपित्ततः॥ (e) Fifth process of swallowing of metals by mercury. Mercury is to be rubbed, for one day, in a hot mortar, with one sixty-fourth part of its weight of gold leaves besmeared with the bile of peacock, all these substances being immersed in lemon juice. The same procedure is to be repeated, if it is intended that the mercury would be required to swallow another morsel of gold (i.e. gold weighing another one sixty fourth part of the mercury). After the rubbing is over, the mercury is to be covered with bhurja leaves, kept inside a vessel containing kanji, mixed with salt, boiled for three days. It will then be found that mercury has swallowel the gold with which it was rubbed.* If the weight of the mercury is greater than Gold leaves are sometimes us-d in the prrparation of Swarnasinduram or Makaradhwajı, tic., but the process how the gold is to be swallowed by the mercury does not appear to be known to the modern chemists who are under a wrong impression that gold cannot be chemically combined with mercury. Instead of making the mercury swallow the gold by one of the processes described bere, the modern kavirajas and their followers rub the mercury and 86 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। part, etc. what it was originally, it is again to be boiled until it reverts to its original weight. The quantity of gold to be swallowed by mercury may be increased to one thirty-second part, one sixteenth part, one eighth Essences of silver and other metals may also similarly be swallowed by mercury. Chulika salt and gandhaka are to be used only in the absence of peacock's bile. (च) रसस्य षष्ठो ग्रासविधिः । शश्वन्मृदम्बुपात्रस्थः शिवजश्छिद्रसंस्थितः। पक्को मूषाजले तस्मिन् रसाष्टांशविड़ावृतः। संरुद्धो लोहपत्रयाथ ध्मातो असति काञ्चनम् ॥ The eighth process of swallowing of metals by mercury. Mercury, with one eighth its weight of bida, is to be put into a crucible, strong and well burnt, and is to be closely covered with some metal leaf. The crucible is then to be placed upon a hole at the bottom of an earthen vessel, which contains water, and is to be heated, placed on fire. The mercury, thus heated, is competent to swallow gold. (छ) रसस्य सप्तमो ग्रासविधिः । कुण्डाम्भसि लोहमये सविड़ सग्रासमीशजं पात्र । अतिचिपिटलौहपत्रया पिधाय संलिप्य वहिना योज्यम् ॥ इति कच्छपयन्त्रम् ॥ the gold leaves with sulphur and the prescribed juices; and thus prepare the compound by means of a Baluka Jantram, failing to have ibe mercury combined with the gold, which is found separated from the compound. For preparation of Makarndiwaji, etc., see the next mercurial operation, 87

·रसजलनिधिः।
The ninth process of swallowing metals, etc., by
mercury.
Mercury with bida and the metal, etc., meant to
be swallowed by the mercury, are to be kept in a
metallic bowl containing water. This bowl is to be
closely covered with a very broad iron leaf, the joint
being carefully plastered, and put inside a metallic
vessel which is to be heated. Thus heated, the
mercury swallows the metal, etc., mixed with it. The
apparatus is called a Kachhapa Jantram. (See the
chapter on Jantram).
(ज) रसस्य अष्टमो ग्रासविधिः।
बीजपूरफलं गृह्य त्वचमुत्सृज्य कारयेत् ।
नवसारयुतं सूतं तस्य मध्ये विनिक्षिपेत् ॥
स्वेदयेद्दोलिकायन्त्रे चाम्लव दिनत्रयम् ।
भूनागं तुवरी लोध्र बासाया नैम्बुकं जलम् ॥
स्त्रीपुष्पं नरशुक्र च क्रमेण भावितं रसम् ।
ग्रसते सर्वलोहानि युक्तियोगाद रसेश्वरः।
त्रहं सप्तदिनं वाऽथ चतुर्दशैकविंशतिः।
संस्काराः सूतराजस्य श्रेष्ठाः स्युरुत्तरोत्तराः॥
The eighth process of swallowing of metals, etc., by
mercury.
A part of the skin of a bijapura fruit is to be
removed and a hole made into it. Put mercury with
navasara into this hole (which is to be closed with
that part of the kernel and of the skin which were
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। removed in making the hole, a piece of cloth being also used to cover the whole fruit, if necessary). The fruit is then to be boiled for three days in all sorts of sour vegetable juice. The mercury is then to be subjected to bhavana for one day each with earth worm, tuvari, lodhra, juice of basaka, lemon juice, menstrual discharge, and semen, respectively. If properly applied, this mercury devours all sorts of metals. Each of the bhavana may be performed for three days, seven days, fourteen days, or twenty one days continuously. The more mercury is subjected to such operations the more does it wax in potency. (झ) रसस्य नवमो ग्रास विधिः । कीटिका तिलिनी नाम नवसारोऽथ सूतकः । गृह्यते चूर्यते गाढ़े सूतको मई यते ततः ॥ अष्टवासरपर्यन्तं बुभुक्षा पारदे भवेत् । निर्मलोऽपि च निर्दोषः कामकारी भवेद रसः॥ पश्चाच्च जारणं कुर्य्याद गन्धादीनां च सूतके । रागग्राही भवेन्नूनं राक्षसः सर्वभक्षकः ॥ वड़वाग्निरयं साक्षात् पारदोऽप्यतिरिच्यते ॥ The ninth process of the swallowing of metals etc. by mercury. A small worm, named tilini (Bengali, telenga), navasara, and mercury are to. mercury are to be rubbed very well for eight days, causing hunger in mercury. Thus 89 12 ·रसजलनिधिः। rubbed, the mercury becomes pure, faultless and giver of all wished for objects. This is then to be used for the purpose of swallowing of sulphur etc. This mercury, which is capable of being coloured, is very powerful, and can swallow every thing like a monster, (अ) धातुजारणाया दशमो विधिः । समर्पितः सैन्धवखण्डकोटरे विधाय पिष्टिं सिकताख्ययन्त्रे। विशुद्धगन्धादिभिरीषदग्निना समस्तमन्नात्य- शनीयमीशजः॥ The tenth process of swallowing of metals by mercury. Mercury, rubbed with pure sulphur etc., and then kept in a cavity made in a piece of saindhava, and heated by a very mild heat hy means of a Baluka Jantram, is enabled to eat everything fit for being swallowed. (ट, एकादशो ग्रासविधिः । कालकूटो वत्सनाभः शृङ्गकश्च प्रदीपनः । हालाहलो ब्रह्मपुत्रो हारिद्रः शुक्तकस्तथा । सौराष्ट्रिकः इति प्रोक्ता विषभेदा अमी नव ॥ अकसेहुण्डधुस्तुरलाङ्गलीकरवीरकाः गुआहिफेणमित्येताः सप्तोपविषजातयः॥ एतैर्विमतिः सूतश्छिन्नपक्षः प्रजायते । मुखश्च जायते तस्य धातूंश्च असते तदा ॥ 90 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। ६१ The eleventh process of swallowing of metals etc. by mercury. There are nine different kinds of poison, viz., Kalakuta, batsanabha, shringaka, pradipana, halahala, brahmaputra, haridra, shuktaka, and saurastrika ; There are seven different kinds of semi-poison, viz, arka, sehunda, dhustura, langali, karabira, gunja, and ahiphena. Mercury rubbed with these poisons and semipoisons, becomes deprived of its wings (i. e., unable to sublimate), and is provided with a mouth. It can then swallow metals. (ठ) द्वादशो ग्रासविधिः । अथवा त्रिकटुक्षारौ राजी लवणपञ्चकम् । रसोनो नरसारश्च शिग्रुश्चै कत्र चूर्णितः ॥ समांशैः पारदादेतैर्जम्बीरस्य रसेन वा। निम्बुतोयैः कास्त्रिकैर्वा सोष्णखल्वे विमई येत् ॥ अहोरात्रत्रयेण स्याद रसो धातुचरमुखः। The twelfth process of swallowing of metals by mercury. Mercury is enabled to swallow metals, if rubbed in a hot mortar for seventy two hours, with lime juice, lemon juice, or kanji, and. an equal quantity of the following (powdered and combined) :-trikatu, two ksharas, rye, five salts, rasona, narasara, and shigru. 91

·१२
रसजलनिधिः।
ड) त्रयोदशो ग्रासविधिः।
अथवा विन्दुलीकीटेः रसोमई यस्त्रिवासरम् ।
लवणाम्लैः सुखं तस्य जायते धातुघस्मरम् ॥
The thirteenth process of swallowing of metals by
mercury.
Mercury is provided with a mouth swallowing all
sorts of metals, if rubbed for three days with binduli
insect, salt, and sour vegetable juice.
(ढ) चतुईशो ग्रासविधिः।
सहस्रनिम्बुफलतोयघृष्टो रसो भवेद् वह्नि
सम प्रभावः।
Fourteenth process,
Mercury rubbed with the juice of a thousand lemon
fruits becomes as hungry as fire.
(ण) पश्चदशो ग्रासविधिः ।
क्षारा मुखकराः सर्वे सर्वे ह्यम्लाः प्रवोधकाः ।
Fifteenth process.
Since ksharas create hunger and amlas (sour
vegetable juices) create consciousness (removal of
swoon) in mercury, it is to be rubbed with all the
ksharas, if it is intended to create hunger in mercury.
(त) षोड़शो ग्रासविधिः
क्षाराम्ललवणैर्मविषैरुपनिषैस्तथा ।
दिव्यौषधिसमूहेन मद्द येद् दिवसत्रयम् ॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। पारदस्य कलांशेन भेषजेन प्रमई येत। अनेन हि प्रकारेण वुभुक्षा जायते रसे ॥ Sixteenth process. Mercury gets hungry, if it is rubbed for three days, with ksharas, amlas (sour juices), salts, urines, poisons, semi-poisons, and divine herbs (sixty four in number). Each of these things should be one sixteenth in weight of mercury. धातुजारणायाः क्रमः। गन्धकं जारयेत् पूर्व रसे कच्छपयन्त्रके। पश्चाटु वै जारयेद् व्योमहेम प्रभृति यद् भवेत् ॥ पश्चान् नागादयः सर्वे जाय॑ते रत्नसंकराः। नागं मृतं च पित्तं च समं वै जारयेद् रसे ॥ पूर्वप्रोक्तप्रयोगेण तथा लोहं मृदुश्च वै। तथैव च भवेत्तानं मारितं सूक्ष्मतां गतम् ॥ तथा समं मृतं बङ्गमतिसूक्ष्मं च तद्रसे। क्रमोऽयं विद्यते सर्वजारणासु न संशयः॥ विना गन्धेन कर्त्तव्या नैव हि धातुजारणा । न क्षुधा जायते सूते जरयन्ति न धातवः ॥ तस्माद् गन्धः पुरा जायः सूतवह्रिविवृद्धये ॥ Order of swallowing of metals by mercury. Gandhaka is first of all to be swallowed by mercury by means of the Kachchạpa jantram. Then are 93 ·रसजलनिधिः। to be swallowed mica, gold etc. Last of all lead and other metals, etc. are to be similarly swallowed. The following metals, reduced to ashes and each equal in quantity to mercury, may be swallowed by mercury in the order of their occurrence :-lead, brass, iron, copper, and zinc. This is the order in which metals, etc. are to be swallowed by mercury. Metals are not to be swallowed by mercury, unless, sulphur is first of all made to be swallowed ; otherwise, no appetite is roused in mercury. Sulphur is therefore to be swallowe.i, first of all, for the p.rpose of increasing the appetitee of mercury. गन्धकजारणस्य प्रथमो विधिः । कृतच्छिनां समादाय मध्ये सत्पालिका नवीम् । रसपोटलिकां कृत्वा सुदृढ़ां तत्र धारयेत् ॥ अष्टादशांशभागेन गन्धकं चूर्णितं भृशम् । घृतशोधितमादाय तत्र दत्ताथ पालिकाम् ॥ हण्डिकोपरि विन्यस्य ह्यधश्चूर्ण सुवर्चिकम् । काचिकेन समं दत्ता त्रिदिनं स्वेदयेद् रसम् ॥ तृतीयेऽहनि तं गन्धं पश्यसि हि सुजारितम् । क्रमशो जारयेदित्थं गन्धकं षड़ गुणादिकम् ॥ Swallowing of sulphur. Mercury, with eighteenth part its weight of sulphur, finely powdered and properly purified with ghee (clarified butter), is to be contained in a piece of cloth, securely tied. This bundle is to be placed upon a new 94 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। earthen basin having a hole at the centre, the latter being placed upon an earthen vessel containing powdered subarchika mixed with kanji. The vessel is to be subjected to a mild heat for three days, after which the sulphur will be found to have been swallowed. Thus is to be swallowed gradually sulphur lo the extent of six times in weight of the mercnry. राक्षसेश्वररसः। समग्रतः कृतं पूर्व गन्धजारणमुत्तमम् । अथ स्त्रीदुग्धकाञ्जीकलवणेन रसेश्वरम् ॥ मर्द येत तेन तं गाद निम्बुकद्रवमिश्रितम् । तेनायं जायते सम्यग् रसोऽयं राक्षसेश्वरः॥ Mercury, the king of monsters. First of all, mercury is to be made to swallow sulpher in the way just described. Then it is to be rubbed steadily with human nilk, kanji, and saindhava salt, mixed with lemon juice. Thus rubbed, mercury hecomes hungry like the king of monsters. गन्धकजारणस्य द्वितीयो विधिः । सामुद्रकं द्विखण्डं स्यात् तिलखण्डस्य मध्यगम् । कुर्यात् कुण्डलिक्रां प्राज्ञो मृन्मयीं तां द्रढ़ीयसीम् । तस्यां च गन्धकं दध्यात् स्थाने स्थाने चचूर्णितम् । तदधः पारदं दध्याद्वितीयं खण्डमूद्ध गम् ॥ कुर्य्याच्च घण्टिकायुक्त द्वयमेकत्र योजयेत् । चुल्लिकायां तदा दध्यात् सरसं ते समुन्नतम् ॥ 95 ·रसजलनिधिः। संहतं मुद्रितं गाढ़ काचलित महोत्तमम् । वह्निसह वलिं दत्ता पश्चाञ्चाति सुभक्तितः॥ गुरु पूजादिकं कुर्य्यात् तथा च रसपूजनम् । अधो वहिर्विधातव्यो मध्ये चोद्ध समुद्गतः ॥ गन्धको जाय॑ते शुद्धो यावच्छक्यन्तु सत्वरम् । रसस्तं ग्रसते गन्धं शीघ्रमेव न संशयः॥ अनेन विधिना सूतो गंधकं ग्रसते नवम् । क्रमशो जार्य्यत इत्थं गन्धको षड़ गुणादिकः॥ Second process. Two pieces of sea salt are to be hollowed into two pots, each plastered, first of all, with pasted tila (sesamum) and dried, and then with mud on the outside. Purified and powdered sulphur is to be scattered here and there over the inner surface of one of the salt pots, into which is to be kept mercury, the other pot being placed over the first, and the joint closed tightly with cowdung, mud etc. The whole thing is then to be plastered all over with the mixed substance out of which glass is prepared. * It is then to be placed in such a mild fire as to let the glass substance turn into glass. Fire is then to be placed all over the spheroid. Thus heated, the mercury is enabled to swallow the sulphur in a short time. A fresh quantity of sulphur may similarly be swallowed by the very same mercury. * कचलिप्तमिति पाठान्तरम् । * According to another version, it is to be plastered all over with mud mixed with human hair. 96

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
१७
गन्धकजारणस्य तृतीयो विधिः ।
जारणायन्त्रयोगेन जारयेट रसविद सदा ।
वलिञ्चव तथा धातून कच्छपसंज्ञकेन वा ॥
Third process.
Sulphur and metals are to be caused to be
swallowed by mercury by means of the Jarana
Jantram or Kachchapa Jantram.
गन्धकजारणस्य चतुर्थोविधिः ।
प्रक्षिप्य तोयं मृत्कुण्डे तस्योपरि शरावकम् ।
सचूर्ण मेखलायुक्त स्थापयेत्तस्य चान्तरे ॥
रसं क्षिप्त्वा गन्धकस्य रजस्तस्योपरि क्षिपेत् ।
समभागं ततो दद्याच्छरावेण पिधापयेत् ॥
लघीयसीं भस्ममुद्रां ततः कुर्य्याद भिषग्वरः ।
आरण्योपलकैः सम्यक् चतुर्भिः पुटमाचरेत् ॥
एवं पुनः पुनर्गन्धं दत्ता दत्ता भिषगवरः ।
सम्यक् कुर्वीत सूतस्य यत्नात् षड्गुणजारणम् ॥
Fourth process.
In a vessel containing water an earthen basin is
to be placed upon a stand. Mercury is to be kept in
this basin, powdered sulphur, equal in quantity to the
mercury, being placed upon the mercury. The basin
is ther to be covered with another earthen basin.
The vessel is then to be closed by means of a plaster
of ash. It is then to be subjected to putam for four
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·१८ रसजलनिधिः। times by means of cowdung cakes found dried in the pasturage. Mercury is thus gradually to swallow sulphur to the extent of six times its weight. घनसत्वजारणम्। घनरहितबीजजारणासंप्राप्तदलादिसिद्धि कृतकृत्याः। कृपणाःप्राप्य समुद्र वराटिकालाभेन सन्तुष्टाः॥ विनैकमनसत्त' नान्योरसपक्षकर्त्तनसमर्थः । तेन निरुद्धप्रसरो नियम्यते वध्यते च सुखम् ॥ रक्तं पीतञ्च हेमार्थे कृष्णं हेमशरीरयोः । तारकम्मणि तच्छुक्ल काञ्चने तु सदा त्यजेत् ॥ Swallowing of the essence of mica by mercury, Those chemists who score partial success in mercurial operations, by making mercury swallow gold and other metals minus mica, are as frugal as those divers who, getting at the bottom of the ocean, are satisfied with cowries only. Nothing but the essence of mica can cut the wings of mercury ; hence mercury, when once controlled by mica, can easily be killed. Red and yellow micas are meant for transforming base metals into gold ; black mica is meant for the same purpose, as well as for the purpose of medicines ; white mica is to be made use of in transforming base metals into silver. This last should be avoided in the preparation of gold. . 98 ·६६ चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। अनजारणमादौ गर्भद्र तिजारणञ्च हेनोऽन्ते । यो जानाति न वादौ वृथैव सोऽर्थक्षयं कुरुते ॥ Mica is first of all to be swallowed by mercury and then is gold to be similarly swallowed ; and last of all, is to be effected what is called garbhadruti or internal liquefaction of mercury. The chemist who does not know this makes a waste of his money. (११) अथ रसस्य मूर्च्छना (अस्यैष दशमः संस्कारः)। मईनादीष्टभेषजैनष्टपिष्टत्वकारकम् । मूर्छनं ज्ञायते प्राज्ञैः सर्वदोषविनाशनम् ॥ (11) Swooning of mercury (i. c. the eleventh mercurial operation). Rubbing and other acts performed with prescribed drugs leading to the transformation of mercury into a cake-like substance is what is called 'murchhanam', or swooning of mercury. This operation frees mercury from all sorts of evil properties. -मतान्तरम्- व्यभिचारं विना रसः व्याधि हन्ति यदा शुभः। सर्वदोषविमुक्तोऽसौ मूर्च्छितो कथितो बुधैः ॥ मूर्च्छनं बहुविधन्तु ज्ञायते रससाधकैः । षड्गुणबलिना पाकप्रक्रिया प्रेयसी तथा। 99 ·१०० रसजलनिधिः। (Another version) Mercury is in a state of swoon, when it succeeds in curing diseases without producing any after-effect. The processes of causing swoon of mercury, as known to the expert chemists, are many; of all these, heating with six times its weight of sulphur is the best of all. (Mercury may be brought to a state of swoon, by. any of the following and other processes):- (क) प्रथमो विधिः। गन्धकेन रसं प्राज्ञः मुदृढ़ मई येद भिषक् । कज्ज्वलाभो यदा सूतो विहाय घनचापलम् ॥ दृश्यतेऽसौ तदा ज्ञ यो मूर्छितो रसकोविदः । रोगचयमसौ हन्यादनुपानस्य योगतः ॥ (a) First process. Mercury, duly purified by the foregoing processes, is to be rubbed steadily with an equal quantity of purified) sulphur ; and ill course of this rubbing, it gives up its dense subtleness and assumes a black appearance. (The rubbing is to be made in stone mortar and to be continued till the whole of the mercury is reduced to black dust). It is then said to be in a state of swoon, and is able to cure diseases by being combined with suitable anupanam (accompaniments). (ख) द्वितीयो विधिः। षड़ गुणबलिजारणं विनायं न खलु रुजाहरणक्षमो रसेन्द्रः। IOO ·१०१ चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। न जलदकलधौतपाकहीनः स्पृशति रसायनतामिति प्रसिद्धिः॥ कुपीकोटरमागतं रसगुणैर्गन्धं तुलायां विभुं विज्ञाय ज्वलनं क्रमेण सिकतायन्त्र शनैः पाचयेत् । वारंवारमनेन वहिविधिना गन्धक्षयं साधयेत् सिन्दुरा तितोऽनुभूय भणितः कर्मक्रमोऽयं शुभः॥७ (6) Second process. Mercury is not able to curc diseases promptly without consuming six times its weight of sulphur. Neither can it be effective in preventing disease and old age, if it is not combined chemically with mica and gold (both reduced to bhasma or ashes). Mercury (properly purified) is to be rubbed with six times its weight of sulphur (purified), and put into a glass bottle or flask, which is to be placed in a Baluka Jantram, and properly heated. The heating is to be continued till the surplus sulphur is burnt out and the compound assumes the appearance of red vermilion (noticeable from outside the flask). * रसमन्तरेण हिङ्गुलगन्धाभ्यामपि सिन्दूरं सम्पाद्यमत्र हिङ्गल- परिमाणं रसस्य द्विगुणम् । अत्र षडू गुणगन्धकेन सह रसस्य सिन्दूरपाकः कथ्यते। अनेनैव प्रकारेण षडू गुणबलिजारणा न सम्पद्यते॥ * The general rule is not to use any metal for medicinal purposes without purifying and reducing it to asl:es. Mercury may, however, be made use of, after it passes through all the stages up to "swoon". Sulphur may be used after purification. IOI ·१०२ रसजलनिधिः। N. B. The compound, thus prepared, is what is called Rasa sindura, prepared with six parts of sulphur. This compound can be used in all sorts of discases with suitable anupanam (accompaniment). The compound, thus prepared, is however to be distinguished from mercury exhausted with six times its weight of sulphur. (ग) तृतीयो विधिः। त्रिगुणमिहरसेन्द्रमेकमंशं कनकपयोधरतार- पङ्कजाना। रसगुणबलिभिर्विधाय पिष्टिं रचय निरन्तरमम्बुभिः कुमार्याः॥ (c) Third process. Three parts of mercury, and one part each of gold, mica and silver (all of these properly purified and reduced to ashes), with sulphur six times in weight of mercury, are to be rubbed together with the juice of kanya and made into a lump, which is to be roasted properly by means of a Baluka Jantram, घ) चतुर्थों विधिः। सूतप्रमाणं सिकताख्ययन्त्रे दत्ता वलिं मृदुघटितेऽल्पभाण्डे । तैलावशेषेत्र रसं निदध्यात् मनार्द्ध कार्य प्रविलोक्य भूयः॥ IO2 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। आषड़ गुणं गन्धकमल्पमल्पं क्षिपदसौ जीर्णवलिबली स्यात् । रोगेषु सर्वेषु नियोजितोऽय- मसंशयं हन्ति गदं जवेन ॥ नागादिशुल्वादिभिरेषः पिष्टः रोगेषु सर्वेषु प्रयुज्यते हि ॥ (d) Fourth process. Into a small earthen pot, placed on a Baluka Jantram, put sulphur, equal in quantity to mercury. On the sulphur being reduced to a liquid, put the mercury also into the pot. As soon as the sulphur will be found reduced to half the level of the mercury, put more sulphur into the pot. This is to be done again and again, till the total quantity of sulphur, being six times in weight of the mercury, is consumed. This mercurial compound, which consumes six times its weight of sulphur, becomes very powerful. It is efficacious in all sorts of diseases, and may be used in all sorts of diseases by being mixed with lead, copper etc., (purified and reduced to ashes). (ङ) पञ्चमो विधिः-सर्वरोगहरी कर्पूरप्रक्रिया । स्थाल्यां दृढ़घटितायामद्धं परिपूर्य तुर्यलवणांश- रक्तष्टकारजोभिस्तदुपरि सूतस्य तुऱ्यांशम् । सितसैन्धवं निधाय स्फटिकारि तत्समञ्च तस्योद्ध। स्फटिकारिधवलसैन्धवशुद्धरसैः कण्याम्वुपरिघृष्टैः 103 ·१०४ रसजलनिधिः। कृत्वा पर्पटमुचितं ॥ तदुपर्याधाय तद्वदेव पुन स्फटि- कारिसैन्धवरसं दद्यादितः स्खलतो रसस्य लाभाय तदुपरि खर्परखण्डकान् धृत्वा परया दृढस्थाल्या- च्छाद्य मुद्रयित्वा दिवसत्रितयं विपचेद्विधिना ॥ (अत्रानुनमपि भल्लातकं ददाति वृद्धाः पारदतुल्यम् ।) (e) Fifth process---preparation of a camphor-like compound, which cures all discases. The lower half of a strong earthen pot is to be filled with the following:-powdered saindhava, one fourth in quantity of mercury. Upon that, red brick powder, upon that, white saindhava powder, each one fourth in quantity of mercury; and upon that, powdered alum, equal in quantity to each of the above. Upon all of these is to be superposed a paste made of alum, white saindhava, and purified mercury, rubbed with the juice of kanya. The arrangement is to be repeated in filling in the second half of the pot (i. e., saindhava, red brick powder, white saindhava, alum, and last of all, a paste made of alum, saindhava, and mercury). At the top of all these layers is to be placed broken pieces of earthen pots in order to stop the escape of surplus mercury out of the pot, which is then to be closely covered with a strong earthen basin, the joint being carefully cemented, and the pot being kept on fire for 3 days. N. B. It is usual with the expert chemists to make use, in this case, of bhallataka, one fourth in quantity of mercury, although it is not mentioned in the original text. I04

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
१०५
(च) षष्ठोविधिः (रससिन्दूरम् )।
भागो रसस्य त्रय एव भागा गन्धस्य माषः
पवनाशनस्य । संमईच गाई सकलं सुखल्ले तां
कज्ज्वली काचघटे निदव्यात् । संरुध्य मृतकपटके
घटीं तां मुखे सचूणा खटिकाञ्च दत्ता। क्रमाग्निना
त्रीणि दिनानि पक्ता तां वालुकायन्त्रगतां ततः
स्यात् ॥ वन्धूकपुष्पारुणमीशजस्य चूर्ण प्रयोज्यं
सकलामयेषु। निजानुपानैमरणं जराश्च हन्त्यस्य
वल्लक्रमसेवनेन॥
(f) Sixth process (Rasasinduram or red
compound of mercury).
One part of mercury, three parts of sulphur, and
one eighth part of lead (reduced to ashes)—all of these
are to be rubbed steadily in a good mortar, and the
black mixture, thus prepared, is to be put inside a
glass flask, the mouth of which is to be closed by
means of a piece of chalk and lime. The flask is
then to be well plastered with rags mixed with mud.
It is next to be heated by means of a Baluka
Jantram for 3 days by fire gradually increasing.
The red
compound of
mercury thus prepared can be
used with suitable anupanam (accompaniment) in all
sorts of diseases. It prevents premature old age and
death. Dose 3 ratis a day.
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रसजलनिधिः।
अन्यविधम्।
पलमात्रं रसं शुद्धं तावन्मात्रन्तु गन्धकम् ।
विधिवत् कज्ज्वलीं कृत्वा न्यग्रोधाकुरवारिभिः॥
भावनात्रितयं दत्ता स्थालीमध्ये निधापयेत् ।
विरच्य कवचीयन्त्रं वालुकाभिः पिधापयेत् ॥
दद्यात् तद्नु मन्दाग्नि भिषग यामचतुष्टयम् ।
जायते रससिन्दूरं तरुणादित्यसन्निभम् ॥
अनुपानविशेषेण करोति विविधान् गुणान् ॥
A different method of preparing Rasasinduram.
A Kajwali (black sulphide of mercury) is to be duly
prepared by rubbing one palam of mercury with an
equal quantity of sulphur. This is to be subjected
to a bhábaná for three times with the juice of the
aerial roots of a banian tree, and put inside a pot
closcly covered. This pot is then to be placed in a
Kabachi Jantran, and subjected to mild heat for
twelve hours (by means of a Baluka Jantram.) The
product is Ritsasinduram, resembling the rising
sun in colour. It is used in various diseases with
suitable anupanam (accompaniment).
अन्यविधम् ।
पृथक् समं समं कृत्वा पारदं गन्धकं तथा।
नरसारं धूमसारं स्फटिकं याममात्रकम् ॥
निम्बुरसेन संमई य काचकूप्यां निवेशयेत् ।
पाषाणखटिकां मुखे दत्ता मुद्रां प्रलेपयेत् ॥
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·चतुर्थाऽध्यायः।
सप्तभित्तिकोवस्त्रः पृथक संशोष्य वेष्टयेत् ।
सच्छिद्रायां मृदः स्थाल्यां कूपिकां तां निवेशयेत् ॥
पूरयेत् सिकतापूरैरागलं मतिमान् भिषक् ।
चल्ल्यां निवेश्य पावकं मन्दं मध्य खरं क्रमात् ॥
प्रज्वाल्य द्वादशं याम स्वागशीतं समुद्धरेत् ।
स्फोटयित्वा तु मुक्ताभमूद्ध लग्न वलिं त्यजेत् ॥
अधःस्थ रससिन्दूरं सव्वरोगेषु योजयेत् ॥
Another method of preparing Rasasinduram.
Mercury, sulphur, narasara, dhumasara (soot), and
sphatikari are to be taken in equal quantities, rubbed
for three hours with lemon juice, and put into a glass
flask, the mouth of which is to be stopped by a piece
of stone. The flask is then to be covered for seven
times with rags mixed with mud, dried up every time,
and put into an earthen vessel having a small hole
at the bottom. The vessel is to be filled in with
sand up to the neck, and placed over fire to be kept
burning for thirty six hours. The flask is to be
broken open, when cooled, and Rasasinduram deposited
at the bottom to be collected, rejecting the pearl
white sulphur, accumulated higher up in the flask.
The Rasasinduram, thus prepared, may be used in all
sorts of diseases.
-मतान्तरम् -
सिन्दूररसः।
संशोधितं रसेन्द्रश्च तदद्ध शुद्धगन्धकम् ।
तयोः कज्ज्वलिकां कुर्यादिनमेकं विमई नात् ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः।
मृत्तिकां वाससा साद्धं कुट्टयेदतियत्नतः ।
तया वारत्रयं सम्यक् काचकूपी प्रलेपयेत् ॥
भृत्तिकां शोषयित्वा तु कूयां कज्ज्वलिकां क्षिपेत्।
तां कूपी वालुकायन्त्र स्थापयित्वा रसं पचेत् ॥
अग्नि निरन्तरं दद्याद यावदिनचतुष्टयम् ।
गृह्णीयादूद्ध संलग्न सिन्दूरसदृशं रसम् ॥
Another process-Sindura-rasa.
Purified mercury and half the quantity of sulphur
are to be rubbed together for one day and made
into a black powder, which is to be put into a glass
flask, the external surface of which has already been
well-plastered with pieces of cloth and mud for 3 times
and dried each time. The flask is now to be put
into a Baluka Jantram and subjected to continuous
heating for four days. The red compound of mercury
deposited at the upper part of the flask is to be
collected.
(छ) सप्तमो विधिः-कर्पूररसः (श्वेतरसः ) ।
शुद्धसूतसमं कुर्यात् प्रत्येकं गैरिकं सुधीः ।
इष्टिका खटिका तद्वत् स्फटिका सिन्धुजन्म च ॥
वल्मीकं लवणं क्षारी भाडरञ्जकमृत्तिका ।
सर्वाण्येतानि संचूर्ण्य वाससा चापि शोधयेत् ॥
एभिश्चूर्णै विमई येत् सूतं यामचतुष्टयम् ।
तचूर्णसहितं सूतं स्थालीमध्ये परिक्षिपेत् ॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। तस्याः स्थाल्या मुखे स्थालीमपरांधारयेत् समाम्। सप्तधा मृत्तिकावस्त्रमुद्रयेदनयोर्मुखम् ॥ सम्यग्विशोष्य मुद्रां तां चुल्ल्यां स्थाली विधारयेत् । अग्नि निरन्तरं दद्याद यावदिनचतुष्टयम् ॥ शनैरुदुघाटयेद् यन्त्रमूद्ध स्थालीगतं रसम् । कर्परनिभनिर्मलं गृहीयाद गुणवत्तरम् ॥ तह वकुसुमचन्दनकस्तुरीकुङ्कमैर्युतम् ध्रुवं हरत्युपदंशं व्याधि सोपद्रवं सपदि। विन्दतिवहर्दीप्ति पुष्टिं वीर्य बलं विपुलम् । रमयति रमणीशतकं रसकर्पूरस्य सेवकः सततम् ॥ Seventh process-Karpura-rasa (or Srveta-rasa). Purified mercury is to be rubbed for twelve hours with an equal quantity of each of the following, finely powdered and sifted through a piece of cloth:-gairika, brick, chalk, sphatikari, saindhava, mud created by white ants, kshari salt, and mud for dyeing earthen pots. The whole thing is then to be put into a pot covered with another of the same magnitude, the joint being closed seven times with rags mixed with mud. When perfectly dried, the pot will have to be put on fire, which is to be kept ablaze for 96 hours at a stretch. The camphor-white mercurial compound, found deposited at the upper pot, will then have to be procured very carefully. This karpura- 109

·रसजलनिधिः
rasa, or white mercury, if taken with cloves, sandal,
musk, and saffron, brings about a quick cure of syphilis
with complications, increases appetite and semen ; and
imparts nutrition, strength, etc. One who takes the
medicine at regular intervals acquires ability to enjoy
a hundred women.
मतान्तरम् -- रसकर्पूरम्।
टङ्गणमधुलाक्षकगुञ्जोर्णसंयुतो रसः।
मर्दितो भृङ्गजद्रावैदिनं संपुटमागतः॥
ध्मातो मूर्छामवाप्नोति रसकर्पूरसंज्ञकः ।
हरते विविधान् व्याधीननुपानस्य योगतः ॥
Another process--Rasakarpuram.
Mercury is to be rubbed for one day with an
equal quantity of tangana, madhu (honey), laksha
(lac), ran's fur, gunja, and a sufficient quantity of the
juice of bhringaraja, and then put into a pot well
covered with another, and heated (exactly in the same
way as described in the foregoing process). Thus
heated, the mercury assumes the appearance of
camphor, and is then found efficacious in many
diseases, if given with suitable anupanam.
-मतान्तरम्-
सुधानिधिरसः-श्वेतरसः अथवा रसकर्पूरम् ।
पिष्टं पांशुपटुप्रगाढममलं वजयम्बुनानेकशः
सूतं धातुगतं खटीकवलितं संपुटे रोधयेत् ॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। अन्तःस्थं लवणस्य तस्य च तले प्रज्वाल्य वहिं दृढ़ घन ग्राह्यमथेन्दुकुन्दधवलं भस्मोपरिस्थं शनैः॥ तद्वल्लद्वितयं लवङ्गसहितं प्रातः प्रभुक्तं नृणाम् । ऊद्ध रेचयति द्वियाममसकृत् पेयं जलं शीतलम् ॥ एतद्धन्ति च वत्सरावधि विषं पाण्मासिक मासिक्रम्। शैलोत्थंक गरलं भृगेन्द्रकुटिलोद्भूतश्च तात्- कालिकम् ॥ Another process---Sudhanidhi-rasa, sweta-rasa, or rasa karpuram (white mercury). Purified mercury is to be rubbed steadily with pansu salt, saindhava (rock salt), and the juice of bajri, and put into an iron pot the mouth of which is to be closed tightly. The pot is then to be put inside a vessel filled with salt, which is to be placed upon a strong fire. When cooled, the moon-white mercury is to be found deposited upon ashes. If, taken in the morning, with powdered cloves (one fourth of a tola in weight) by two ballas a day, it causes purgation within six hours, Cold water is to be taken after taking the medicine. If taken regularly, it removes many kinds of poison from the system. * पतदेव मलयाचलर्ज ब्रह्मपुत्राख्यं विषम् । तथाहि भाव- प्रकाशे "ब्रह्मपुत्रः स विज्ञेयो जायते मलयाचले।" III

·रसजलनिधिः।
।
(ज) अष्टमो विधिः।
पीतरसः सर्वाङ्गसुन्दररसो वा।
मई येद रसगन्धौ च हस्तिण्डिद्रवे दम् ।
भूधात्रिकारसैर्वापि पर्यन्तं दिनसप्ततः॥
विघृष्य वालुकायन्त्रे मूषायां सन्निवेशयेत् ।
दिनमेकं दहेदग्नो मन्दं मन्दं निशावधि ॥
एवं निष्पद्यते पीतः शीतः सूतस्तु गृह्यते ।
पर्णखण्डेन तद्गुञ्जां भक्षयेद् यत्नतः शुचिः॥
क्षुद्वोधं कुरुते पूर्वमुदराणि विनाशयेत् ।
जराणां नाशनः श्रेष्ठस्तद्वत् श्रीसुखकारकः॥
हृदयोत्साहजननः सुरूपतनयप्रदः।
वलप्रदः सदा देहे जरानाशनतत्परः॥
अङ्गभङ्गादिकं दोषं सव्वं नाशयति क्षणात् ।
एतस्मान्नापरः सूतो रसात् सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरात् ॥
Eighth process-Sarbangasundara-vasa or Pita-rasa
(yellow mercury).
Equal quantities of mercury and sulphur are to be
rubbed steadily for seven days with the juice of
hastishundi or bhudhatri. Then the compound, put
in a crucible, is to be placed in a Baluka-Jantram and
subjected to a mild heat for 24 hours. Mercury thus
turns yellow and is to be taken out, when couled.
Dose--one gunja to be taken with betel leaf. It
increases appetite and cures all sorts of diseases. It
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
prevents the arrival of premature old age and gives
rise to riches and happiness. It gives enthusiasm,
beauty, and children.
(झ) नवमोविधिः-कृष्णरसः।
धान्याभ्रकं रसं तुल्यं मारयेन्मारकद्रवैः।
दिनैकं तेन कल्केन वस्त्रं लिप्त्वा तु वर्तिकाम् ॥
तैलैर्विलिप्य वत्ति तामेरण्डोत्थैः पुनः पुनः।
प्रज्वाल्य चाज्यभाण्डे तद ग्रहीयात् पतितश्च यत्॥
कृष्णरसो भवेत् तञ्च पुनर्मद्य नियामकैः।
दिनैकं पातयेद् यन्त्रे कन्दुकाख्ये न संशयः॥
योज्योऽयं सर्वरोगेषु ह्यनुपानस्य योगतः॥
Ninth process-Krishna-rasa. (black mercury).
Dhanya abhra * and an equal quantity of mercury
are to be rubbed for one day with the juice of maraka
drugs (i. e. drugs of which help the killing of
mercury). A piece of cloth is then to be soaked
with the mixture. When dried, the rag is to be
steeped again and again in castor oil, and made into
a candle, which is to be kept in an earthen vessel
soaked with clarified butter, and lighted. The black
substance deposited in the vessel will have to be
rubbed again with the juice of the maraka drugs
referred to above, and subjected for one day to
sublimation by means of a Kanduka Jantram. This
Finely powdered mica. Fur preparation, see Vul. II. under mica.
+ These will be named later.
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रसजलनिधिः।
black mercury can be used in all sorts of diseases with
suitable anupanam.
--मतान्तरम्--
..
पर्पटीसंज्ञको रसः।
लौहपात्रेऽथवा ताम्र पलैकं शुद्धगन्धकम् ।
मृद्वग्निना द्रुते तस्मिन् शुद्धसूतपलत्रयम् ॥
क्षिप्वाथ चालयेत् किञ्चिल्लौहदा पुनः पुनः ।
गोमये कदलीपत्रं तस्योपरि च ढालयेत् ॥
इत्येवं गन्धबन्धन्तु सर्वरोगेषु योजयेत् ॥
Another preparation of black mercury.
Parpati-Rasa.
One palam of dried sulphur is to be kept in a pot
made of iron or copper, and heated by a mild fire,
When the sulphur will melt, three palams of mercury
will have to be put into it, and constantly turned, by
means of an iron ladle. When both the substances
will be commingled, the mixed substance will have
to be poured upon a piece of banana leaf, stretched
upon some fresh cowdung, and pressed lightly, by
means of a lump of fresh cowdung contained in
another piece of a banana leaf. When cooled and
solidified, the black mercury may be used in all sorts
of diseases (with suitable anupanam, of course).
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। ११५ (ञ) दशमो विधिः। रसतालकः। रसो गन्धस्तालकञ्च रक्तशती समांशतः। संमदर्थ सिकतायन्त्रे पचेद् यामचतुष्टयम् ॥ पीताभं जायते पाका रसतालकसंज्ञितम् । ज्वरघ्नं दीपनं वह र्वीर्य्यस्तम्भनमुत्तमम्॥ हन्त्यष्टादशकुष्ठानि विविधं वातशोणितम् । बल्यमायुष्कर मेध्यं परमेतद् रसायनम् ॥ Tenth process-Rasa-lalaka. Mercury, sulphur, orpiment, and red arsenic are to be taken in equal quantities, rubbed together for some time, and then put into a glass flask and subjected to heat for twelve hours, by means of a Baluka Jantram (in the same manner as in the case of Rasa-sinduram etc). The product is of an yellow appearance, and is called Rasa-talaka (i. e. mercury combined with orpiment). It cures fever, increases appetite, and the power of retention of semen, cures eighteen different kinds of leprosy and bataracta. It serves as a tonic, increases longevity, and retentive faculties, and prevents premature old age and diseases. () एकादशो विधिः। मकरध्वजः । वर्णभस्म ® पलञ्च व रसेन्द्रश्च पलाष्टकम् । रसस्य द्विगुणं गन्धं तेनैव कज्ज्वलीकृतम् ॥ * स्वर्णदलमिति पाठो असाधुः रसरत्नसमुचये हि पार- दस्य मूर्छाविधौ लिखितम् मृतैलॊहैमहित विपचेद् रसमित्यादि । 115 ·१ रसजलनिधिः। कुमारिकारसैर्भाव्यं काचपात्रे निधापयेत् । वालुयन्त्रे च संस्थाप्य क्रमाद दिनत्रयं पचेत् ॥ खाङ्गशीतं समादाय पुष्पारुणरजःसमम्। यवमानं प्रदातव्यमहिवल्लीदलेन च ॥ एतदभ्यासतश्चैव जरामरणनाशनम् । अनुपानविशेषेण करोति विविधान् गुणान् ॥ ज्वरं त्रिदोषजं घोरं मन्दाग्नित्वमरोचकम् । अन्यांश्च विविधान् रोगान् नाशयेन्नात्र संशयः॥ Eleventh process---Makaradhrvaja. One palam of gold, purified and reduced to ash, eight palas of mercury, and sixteen palas of sulphur are to be rubbed with the juice of kanya, and made into a black powder and dried. The powder is then to be put into a glass flask, placed in a Baluka Jantram, and heated for three days. The pollen-like red dust is to be procured, when the apparatus gets completely cooled. Dose, one jaba to be given with betel leaf, (in case of fever). If taken regularly, it prevents premature old age and death, and produces many effects, if taken with suitable anupanam. In तथाहि रसेन्द्रचिन्तामणौ न जलदकलधौतपाकहीनः स्पृशति रसायन- तामित्यादिः (१०१ पृष्ठम् द्रष्टव्यम् )। जलदमत्राभ्रमस्म तथैव कलधौतं वर्णभस्स। नास्त्यत्र सन्देहः। अत्रादौबुभुक्षितपारदेन यथाविधि स्वर्णभस्म प्रासयितव्यम् तदा वर्णगर्भोऽयं रसो गन्धकेन सह यथाविधि मईनीयः। 116

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११७
particular, it cures all sorts of fever, loss of appetite,
and aversion to food.
(3) द्वादशो विधिः-वर्णसिन्दूरम् ।
पलं रसेन्द्रस्य च गन्धकस्य
हेनोऽपि कर्ष परिगृह्य सम्यक् ।
वटप्ररोहस्य रसेन याम
यामं विमर्थाथ कुमारिकायाः॥
तत् काचकूया निहितं प्रयत्नात्
पचेद विधिज्ञः सिकताख्ययन्त्रे ।
ततो रजश्चोद्धगतं सुरम्यं
प्रगृह्य यत्नादरुणप्रभं यत् ॥
तद योजयेत् सर्वगदेषु वीक्ष्य
धातुं बलं वह्निमथो वयश्च।
रसायनं वृष्यतरश्च बल्यं
मेधाग्निकान्तिस्मरवर्द्धनञ्च ॥
.
Twelfth process.
One palam of mercury, one palam of sulphur, and
one eighth of a palam of gold (reduced to ashes), are to
be rubbed together, for three hours each, with the juice
of the aerial roots of a banyan tree and that of kanya,
and then to be put into a glass flask, and subjected
to heat by means of a Baluka Jantram. Then the
red and beautiful powders, accumulated at the upper
portion of the flask, are to be procured carefully and
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·रसजलनिधिः prescribed in all sorts of diseases, in accordance with the nature and strength of the constitution, power of digestion, and age. This Suvarna sinduram prevents premature old age, and is a destroyer of diseases. It is nutritious, and increases strength, retentive faculties, power of digestion, beauty, and sexual power. (ड) त्रयोदशो विधिः। विष्णुकान्ताशशिलताकुम्भिकनककुलिकैः । विशालानागिनीकन्दव्याघ्रपादीकुतुम्बकैः ॥ वृश्चिकालीभशुण्डिभ्यां हंसपाया सहासुरैः । अप्रसूतगवां मूत्रः पिष्टं वालुकगे पचेत् ॥ पक्कमेवं मृतैलों हैमर्दितं विपचेद रसम् । यन्त्रेषु मूर्छा सूतानामेषा चोक्ता समासतः ।। Thirteenth process. Mercury is to be rubbed with the following drugs and subjected to heat by means of a Baluka Jantram :- bisnucranta, karpura, lata-kasturi, kumbhi, kanaka dhutura, kulika, bisálá, nágadanti, shurana, byaghrapadi, dronapushpi, brischikali, hastishundi, saha (mudgaparni), asura, and the urine of a cow which has not yet conceived. After the completion of the heating, # the mercury is again to be rubbed with some incinerated metal and again to be heated (by means of a Baluka Jantram). For test of a perfect heating, see instructions under Baluka Jantram. 118

·चतुर्थाऽध्यायः।
चतुर्दशो विधिः।
अथातः शुद्धसूतस्य मूछना-विधिरुच्यते।
मेघनादवचाहिशूरङ्गमद येद् रसम् ॥
नष्टपिष्टन्तु तद्गोल हिना वेष्टयेटु बहिः ।
पचेल्लवणयन्त्रस्थं दिनैकं चण्डवहिना ॥
ऊद्ध लग्नं समादाय दृढ़ वस्त्रण बन्धयेत् ।
ऊधो गन्धकं तुल्यं दत्त्वा सोमानले पचेत् ॥
जीर्णे गन्धे पुनर्देयं पड़ भिर्वार: समं समम् ।
षड़ गुणे गन्धके जीणे मूच्छितो रोगहा भवेत् ॥
:
Fourteenth procsss.
Mercury is to be rubbed very steadily for some
time with meghanada, bacha, hingu, and shuranam,
and made into a ball, the surface of which will have
to be coated with hingu. The substance is then to
be put upon a very strong fire, and heated by means
of a Labana Jantram for one day. The mercury
thus deposited, at the upper part of the bottle, is to
be procured and enclosed tightly with a piece of cloth.
This is then to be heated with sulphur put at the top
and the bottom. When this sulphur will be burnt up,
a fresh quantity of sulphur will have to be put in,
and so on. The total quantity of sulphur, thus made
use of, will be six times in weight of the mercury.
The compound thus prepared, may be used in all
sorts of diseases.
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·१२०
रसजलनिधिः।
पञ्चदशो विधिः।
गन्धकं मधुसारश्च शुद्धसूतं समं समम् ।
यामैकं पाचयेत् खल्ल काचकूप्यां निवेशयेत् ॥
रुद्धा द्वादशयामं तं वालुकायन्त्रगं पचेत् ।
स्फोटयेत् खाङ्गशीतं त तदूद्ध गन्धकं त्यजेत् ।
अधस्तं रसमादाय सर्वरोगेषु योजयेत्
॥
Fifteenth process.
Equal quantities of sulphur, wax, and mercury
are to be rubbed for three hours in a hot mortar, and
then to be put inside a bottle, and heated by means
of a Baluka Jantram for thirty six hours. When cooled
of itself, the bottle is to be broken open,
the
mercury
deposited at the bottom being taken, to the rejection
of the sulphur deposited at the upper part. This
mercury is applicable in all sorts of diseases,
षोड़शो विधिः।
शुद्धसूतं द्विधागन्धं सूताद्धं सैन्धवक्षिपेत् ।
वैः सितजयन्त्याश्च मई येटु दिवसत्रयम् ॥
कृत्वा गोलञ्च संशोष्य क्षिप्त्वा मूषां निरन्धयेत् ।
शोषयित्वा धमेत् किञ्चित् सुतप्तां तां जले क्षिपेत्॥
समुद्धृत
त्य त्रिकण्टरसभावितम्।
योजयेत् सर्वरोगेषु धमेद् वा भूधरे पचेत्॥
तस्माद रसं
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
१२१
Sixteenth process.
One part of saindhava, two parts of pure mercury,
and four parts of sulphur are to be rubbed together
for three days with the juice of white jayanti, and
made into a lump, which is to be dried and put inside
a crucible. This crucible is to be closed tightly, duly
heated, and to be thrown into water, while it is still
somewhat hot. Mercury is then to be procured from
this, subjected to bhabana with the juice of the
Trikanta, and heated either in an ordinary way, or by
means of a Bhudhara Jantram. This can be used in
all sorts of diseases.
सप्तदशो विधिः।
रसाई गन्धकं सूतं घृतैर्विमर्थ गोलकम् ।
कृत्वा तं बध्नीयाद् वस्त्र दोलायन्त्रगतं पचेत् ॥
गोमूत्रान्तकृतं यामं नरमूत्रैर्दिनत्रयम् ।
शोषयेच्च पुनर्वस्त्र बद्धा वेष्टंच सदा दृढ़म् ॥
शुष्कं निरुध्य मूषायां ततस्तुषाग्निना पचेत् ।
ऊर्द्ध भागमधः कृत्वा चाधोभागञ्च तूद्ध गम् ॥
इत्येवं परिवर्तेन स्वेदयेद् दिवसत्रयम् ।
योगवाहं विजानीयात् तं सूतं रोगनाशकम् ॥
Seventeenth process.
Mercury, with half its quantity of sulphur, is to be
rubbed with clarified butter, and made into a ball,
which is to be wrapped up in a piece of cloth, and
heated by means of a Dolajantram for three hours
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·१२२
रसजलनिधिः।
with cow's urine, and for 3 days continuously with
man's urine. This is then to be dried and again
wrapped up in a piece of cloth very tightly, and put
inside a crucible which is to be heated by means of a
fire made of husk of paddy. The heating is to continue
for 3 days, both the extremities of the crucible being
put on fire by turns. The compound, thus produced,
has the effect of curing all diseases, if applied with
suitable anupanam. It also serves to heighten the
effect of a medicine with which it is mixed.
अष्टादशो विधिः।
सद्योजातस्य बालस्य विष्ठा पालाशवीजकम् ।
चण्डालीरुधिरं सूत सूतपादश्च टङ्गणम् ॥
जयन्त्या मई येद् द्रावैर्दिनैकं तं तु गोलकम् ।
पेषयेत् सहदेव्याथ लेपयेत् ताम्रसंपुटम् ।
तन्मध्ये गोलकं क्षिता द्वियाम स्वेदयेललघु ।
वालुकायन्त्रमध्ये तु समुद्धृत्य ततः पुनः॥
चित्रकैः सहदेव्या च गन्धकैलेपयेटु बहिः ।
संपुटं बधनीयाद वस्त्रे मृदालेप्य च शोषयेत् ॥
त रुद्धा चान्धमूषायां ध्माते संपुटमाहरेत् ।
सूक्ष्मचूर्ण हरेद रोगान् योगवाहो महारसः॥
संपुटं सूततुल्यं स्याच्छास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥
Eighteenth process.
The stool of a newly born baby, seeds of palasa,
juice of a chandali plant, and mercury, each equal in
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·agufszta: 1 १२३ quantity, and tanganam, one fourth in weight of mercury-all of these are to be rubbed for one day with the juice of jayanti and made into a ball. A part of this ball is to be rubbed with sahadevi, with which is to be painted the whole surface of a copper samputam * inside which is to be put the ball. The samputam is then to be heated for six hours by means of a Baluka Jantram placed upon inild fire, The external surface of the samputam is then to be painted with a paste made of chitraka, sahadevi, and gandhaka, and wrapped up in a piece of cloth, which is to be covered with mud and dried. This is then to be put inside a blind crucible, which is to be subjected to heat. The samputam is then to be taken out and reduced to fine powder, which cures all sorts of discases, and serves to increase the potency of the medicine with which it is mixed. Here the samputam has the same property as the mercury contained in it. Safarit fafet: 1 दिनं गन्धं ससूतकम् । धूस्तुरकद्रवैर्मय अन्धमूषे दिनं स्वेद्य भूधरे मूर्च्छितो भवेत् ॥ Nineteenth process. Mercury with an equal quantity of sulphur is to be rubbed for one day with the juice of Dhutura, * Samputam means a basin placed upon another, the joint being tightly closed with rags mixed with ud. This is used for the purpose of killing metals and semimetals which are placed inside the two basins. See the Chapter on putam. 123 ·१२४ रसजलनिधिः। put into a blind crucible, and heated by means of a Bhudhara Jantram. This is how it can be brought to a state of swoon. विंशो विधिः कृत्वा षड़गुलां मूषां सुपक्कां मृन्मयीं दृढ़ाम् । मूषागर्भ विलेप्याथ मूलैर्बहुलपत्रकैः ॥ तन्मध्ये सूतकं क्षिप्ता मूषा पू• तु तद्रवैः । रुद्ध । च लवणैर्यन्त्रे चुल्यां दीप्ताग्निना पचेत् ॥ सप्ताहान्ते समुद्घाय्यं यवमानं ज्वरापहम् ॥ Twentieth process. The inner surface of a strong crucible, made of mud and well burnt, is to be painted with a paste made of raddish and leaves of red sobhanjana. Mercury is to be put inside this crucible, the remaining part of which is to be filled with the juice of the vegetables referred to above. The crucible is to be tightly closed and heated by means of a Labana Jantram by a strong fire. The mercury, taken out after a week, cures fevers, if given in dozes of one jaba a day. एकविंशो विधिः। काशीशं सैन्धवं सूतं तुल्यं तुल्यं विमई येत् । काशीशस्यास्य भागेन दातव्या फुल्लतरिका । स्तोकस्तोक क्षिपेत् खल्ल यामत्रय विमई येत्। प्रत्येक शतनिष्क स्यादून नैवाधिकं भवेत् ॥ 124

·चतुथऽध्यायः।
१२५
स्थालीसंपुटयन्त्रेण दिन चण्डाग्निना पचेत् ।
ऊद्ध लग्न ततश्चूल्यां मूर्च्छित चाहरेत् सूतम् ॥
Twenty first process.
(Not more, not less than) one hundred niskas each
of kasisa, saindhava, suta (mercury), and fulla turika,
are to be put gradually into a mortar, and rubbed for
nine hours. The substance is then to be put inside
a metal samputam, and heated for onc day by a very
strong fire. Then the mercury found deposited in
a state of swoon at the upper part of the samputam
will have to be collected.
द्वाविंशो विधिः।
कुरुण्टकरसैर्भाव्य चातपे मद्द येद रसम् ।
लताकरञ्जपत्रकाङ्गष्टेन विमद्दयेत् ।
दिनैक' मूर्च्छित सम्यक् सर्वरोगेषु योजयेत् ॥
Twenty second process.
Mercury is to be immersed in the juice of
kuruntaka and to be rubbed for one day in the sun
by means of the leaves of latakaranja or by the
thumb. This is thus brought to a state of swoon,
and as such, may be used in all sorts of diseases.
,
प्रयोविंशो विधिः।
अथ सूतस्य शुद्धस्य मूर्छितस्याप्ययं विधिः
सूततुल्यं घृतं जीणं द्वाभ्यां तुल्यञ्च गन्धकम् ॥
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·१२६
रसजलनिधिः
रविक्षीरैर्दिनं मदर्थमन्धयित्वा तु भूधरे।
पुटकेन भवेत् सिद्धो रसो हैरण्यगर्भकः॥
Twenty third process.
Mercury, with an equal quantity of ghritam and
double its quantity of sulphur, is to be rubbed for one
day with the milk of arka, and then put into a
samputam tightly closed, and heated by ineans of a
Bhudhara Jantram. This miercury will be able to
retain, even in a state of swoon, the gold, if any, with
which it might have been mixed up.
अथ रसवन्धनम्।
कटुतुम्व्युद्भवं कन्दं बन्ध्याया क्षीरकन्दकम् ।
अपक्वं तु समादाय तद्गर्भे पिण्डिका ततः॥
दशनिष्कं शुद्धसूत निष्कैकं शुद्धगन्धकम् ।
स्तोकं स्तोकं क्षिपेट् गन्धं पाषाणे चापि कुट्टयेत् ॥
याममात्रे भवेत् पिण्डी रक्तकन्दे विनिक्षिपेत् ।
ऊद्ध धो भस्मवैकान्त दत्वा निष्कार्द्ध मात्रकम् ॥
ततः कन्दरय मज्जाभिर्मुखं बद्धा मृदा दृढ़म् ।
लिसमङ्गलमानेन सर्वतः शोष्यगोलकम् ॥
पाचयेद् भूधरे यन्त्रे तथोद्धृत्य पुनः पचेत् ।
ऊद्ध भागमधः कुर्यादित्येवं परिवर्तयेत ॥
क्रमेण चालयेदूद्ध बहिर्युग्मोत्पलैः पचेत् ।
ततो यत्नात सुसंग्राह्यो बद्धस्तु दाडिमोपमः।
नाम्ना वक्रान्तबद्धोऽयं सर्वरोगेषु युज्यते॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। १२७ Solidification of mercury. A hole is to be made in the green tuber of a katutumbi, bandhya, or bidari creeper wherein to be deposited ten niskas of purified mercury and one niska of purified sulphur, the whole thing being pressed gradually upon stone and made into a ball. This ball is to be put inside the tuber of a ractakanda (or sarkarakanda) with half a niska of baikranta ash, put at the top and at the bottom, the opening being closed by the rejected portion of the tuber. The tuber is then to be coated all over with mud one anguli thick, and dried well. This is rext to be heated by means of a Bhudhara Jantram for more than once each of the extremities of the ball being heated in turn and the upper part being gradually moved. The fire to be made outside is that of cowdung balls, found dried in pasture grounds. The mercury, which is now solidified and assumes the appearance of a pomegranate, is called "baikranta baddha." It is very efficacious in all sorts of diseases. प्रकारान्तरं रसवन्धनम् । अथवा गन्धपिष्टीनां वस्त्रे बद्धा तु गन्धकम् । तुल्यं दत्त्वा निरुन्ध्याथ संपुटे लोहजे दृढ़े ॥ पुटये धरे तावद्यावज्जीयंति गन्धकम् । एवं पुनः पुनर्देयं यावद्गन्धन्तु षड्गुणम् । इत्येवं गन्धके बद्धः सूतः स्यात् सर्वरोगजित् ॥ Another process. Mercury with an equal quantity of sulphur is to be bound up in a piece of cloth, soaked with a solution of 127

·१२८
रसजलनिधिः।
sulphur, and dried. This bundle is to be put inside a
strong metal samputam, tightly closed, and heated by
means of a Bhudhara Jantram, until the sulphur is
consumed. This is to be repeated until sulphur, six
times in weight of the mercury, is consumed.
Mercury, thus entangled with sulphur, becomes the
destroyer of all the diseases.
पुनः प्रकारान्तरम्।
मूषा जम्बीरविस्तारा दैर्येण षोड़शाङ्गला ।
अपक्का सुदृढ़ा कार्या सिकताभाण्डमध्यगा।
त्रिभागं वालुकामना पादांशेन बहिः स्थिता।
पलैकं चूर्णितं गन्धं मूषामध्ये विनिक्षिपेत् ॥
शुद्धसूतं समं पश्चात् क्षिपेद्गन्धपलं ततः।
भाण्डमारोपयेच्चूल्ल्यां मूषामाच्छाद्य यत्नतः॥
मन्दाग्निना पचेतावद्यावनिर्धमतां व्रजेत् ।
गन्धधूमे गते प• काकमाचीद्रबैस्तु सा॥
द्रवे जीर्णे पुनः पूर्य्या नागवल्लीदलद्रवैः।
तज्जीर्णे धुस्तुरद्रावैः पूरयित्वा पुनः पचेत् ॥
यावज्जीय॑ति तद्गन्धं काकमाच्यादिभि पुनः।
दत्ता दत्ता पचेत्तद्वद् धुस्तुरादिक्रमाद्रसम् ॥
भित्ता मूषां सुसंग्राह्यो जराव्याधिहरो रसः ।
युज्यते गन्धबद्धोऽयं योगवाहश्च सर्वतः॥
Another process.
A strong and unburnt crucible, sixteen angulis
in length, and having a breadth equal to the diameter
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। १२६ to of an ordinary lime fruit, is to be kept inside a Baluka Jantram. Three parts of this crucible is to be kept under sand, the rest, viz. one fourth, being kept above that. One palam of powdered and purified sulphur is to be poured into the crucible ; and an equal quantity of pure mercury is next to be poured into the same. This is to be followed by the pouring again into the crucible of one palam of sulphur, as before. The crucible is then be closed very carefully, and the Baluka Jantram put upon a mild fire and heated, until smoke ceases to come out. The crucible is then to be filled with the juice of kakamachi, and heated by means of a mild heat. The evaporation of the juice is to be followed by the pouring in of the juice of pan leaves. When that, too, will be evaporated, juice of dhutura is to be poured in the same manner and heated. These juices are to be poured into the crucible in their turns, until the mercury is completely consumed. The mercury is then to be procured by breaking the crucible open. This mercury is what is called entangled with sulphur, This serves to heighten the property of a drug with which it is mixed, and is the curer of diseases and decay due to the premature arrival of old age. (१२) अथ रसस्य सञ्चारणम् ( एतदस्य द्वादशः संस्कारः)। तृटिशो दत्ता मृदितं सोष्णे खल्वेनहेमलोहादि। चरति रसेन्द्रः चितिखगवत् सजम्बीरबीजपुराम्लैः ॥ * सजम्बीरवीजपुराम्लस्थले पूर्वसाधितकाञ्जिकस्यापि व्यवहारो दृश्यते। 129 17

·१३०
रसजलनिधिः।
(12) Movement of Mercury.
Mercury (made capable of swallowing metals etc.),
if rubbed in a hot mortar with mica, gold, iron
etc., each one triti in weight, in sour juice made of
juices of lime fruit and of bijapura, or in old kanji,
moves like an earth worm.
(१३) अथ रसस्य गर्भदुतिः ( एतदस्य प्रयोदशः संस्कारः)। *
पासस्य जारणम् गर्भद्रावणम् चारणं तथा।
त्रिरूपा रसजारणा निर्दिष्टा वरवार्त्तिकैः॥
रसस्य जठरे ग्रासक्षपणं जारणा मता।
ग्रस्तस्य द्रावणं गर्भे गर्भद्रु तिर्विनाग्निना
%3D
(13) Internal liquefaction of mercury.
The great annotators are of opinion that the
exhaustion of mercury comprises the three different
stages, viz., swallowing of the metals etc, internal
liquefaction, and movement.
When metals etc., thrown upon mercury, disappear
altogether, it is a case of swallowing, but when the
metals etc. thrown upon mercury turn into liquids
without any heat being applied, it is a case of internal
liquefaction (as distinguished from external liquefaction
of metals etc. which means the liquefaction of the
metals at the touch of mercury).
* प्रसङ्गक्रमादत्र रसस्य बाह्यद्रुतिधोलिख्यते
बहिरेव द्रुतीकृत्य धनसत्त्वादिकं खलु।
जारणाय रसेन्द्रस्य सा बाह्यद्रुतिरुच्यते ॥
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·१३१
चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
अभ्रकजारणमादौ गर्भद्र तिजारणञ्च हेन्नोऽन्ते।
यो जानाति न वादी वृथैव सोऽर्थक्षयं कुरुते॥
First of all, mica is to be swallowed by mercury,
then gold is to be so swallowed, next to that, is to be
effected the internal liquefaction of mercury. The
man
who does not know this makes a waste of
his money.
व्योमसत्वं समांशेन ताप्यसत्वेन संयुतम् ।
साकल्येन चरेद् यदा गर्भद्रावी भवेद् रसः॥
Mercury undergoes internal liquefaction, if mixed
with half its weight of the essence of mica, and half
its weight of the essence of makshika, (the latter
two being mixed together before being put upon
mercury).
एवं हेमाभ्रताराभादयः स्वस्वरिपुणा
नियंदाः प्रयोजनमवलोक्य प्रयोज्याः॥
Thus, gold mica and silver mica * are to be
freed from hostile elements and applied, as necessary.
बीजानां संस्कारः कर्त्तव्यः ताप्यसत्तसंयोगात् ।
तेन द्रवन्ति गर्भाः रसराजस्याम्लवर्गयोगेन ॥
शिलया निहतं नागं ताप्यं वा सिन्धुना हतम् ।
ताभ्यां तु मारितं बीजं सूतको द्रवति क्षणात् ॥
* See later, under Alchemy.
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·रसजलनिधिः। जम्वीरबीजपुरचाङ्गेरीवेतसाम्लसंयोगात् । क्षारा भवन्ति नितरां गर्भद्रु तिजारणे शस्ताः॥ (केषाञ्चिन्मते गर्भद् तिमन्तरेण जारणेव न स्यात् ।) Gold, silver, etc. are to be mixed with the essence of swarnamakshika, and rubbed with sour vegetable juices. Mercury undergoes internal liquefaction, if such gold or silver is put upon it. Lead, killed with manassila, or swarnamakshika (pyrites) killed with salt, if rubbed with "bijam" (gold or silver to be swallowed by mercury', causes an immediate internal liquefaction of mercury. Alkalis made of jambira, changeri, and amlabetasa are suitable for internal liquefaction. According to some chemists, internal liquefaction is indispensable to the exhaustion of mercury. (१४) अथ रसस्य जारणम् । (एतदस्य चतुर्दशः संस्कारः)। अथातो जारणापूवं सबीजं मारणोच्यते । अजीर्णश्चाप्यबीजश्च सूतकं यस्तु मारयेत् ॥ ब्रह्महा स दुराचारो शिवद्रोही सदा भवेत् । तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्न न जारितं मारयेद्रसम् ॥ Now, we are going to describe the process by which mercury, which has already been made to swallow a sufficient quantity of gold, mica etc., is to be exhausted and then killed and reduced to ashes. The man who kills mercury without exhausting it, and making it swallow a sufficient quantity of gold, mica etc. is a great sinner, and is to be taken for an enemy 132

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
of the great God. Hence, mercury is to be exhausted
very carefully before it is killed.
रसजारणे वज्रमूषा।
तुषदग्धस्य भागो द्वौ चैका वल्मीकमृत्तिका ।
लौहकिट्टस्य भागैकं श्वेतपाषाणभागकम् ॥
नरकेश समं किञ्चिच्छागीधीरेण पेषयेत् ।
याममात्रं दृढ़ मई यतेन मूषां प्रकल्पयेत् ॥
शोषयित्वा तु संलिप्य तत्कल्कैः सन्निरोधयेत् ।
वज्रमूषेयमाख्याता सम्यक पारदसाधिका ॥
Construction of a hard crucible for use in the
cxhaustion of mercury.
Two parts of burnt husks and one part of the soil,
raised by white ants ; one part of particles of iron
thrown out of red hot iron on the anvil by means of a
blacksmith's hammer; one part of powdered white
stone, one part of man's hair-all these are to be
rubbed steadily for three hours with a little of goat's
milk, and made into a crucible. This is then to be
dried and coated all over with a plaster made of the
foregoing materials. Such a crucible is to be closed
with the same ingredients.
,
(१) रसजारणस्य प्रथमो विधिः।
पीतासवाम्लखात् सत्त कान्तं वा तीक्ष्णमेव वा।
चतुःषष्टितमांशेन प्रमितं क्षिप्तमल्पशः॥
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·रसजलनिधिः।
तप्तखल्वेऽम्लयोगेन श्लक्षणवत्तं विमई येत् ।
भूर्जे क्षाराम्ललवणस्नूह्यकक्षीरलेपिते॥
बद्ध वस्त्रावृते स्विन्नमम्ले समरसे रसम् ।
धौतमुष्णारणालेन शुष्कमॉलिमर्दितम् ॥
पचेत् कच्छपयन्त्रस्थमष्टमांशविड़ान्वितम् ।
जारितो रसराजोऽयं वहिस्थायी भवेत्ततः॥
स्वप्रमाणरसस्तिष्ठ जीणे ग्रासे वजीर्यति ।
पातयेदासवाम्लेन मईयेत् स्वेदयेच्च तम् ॥
जारणे जारणे वहिपासं च परिवर्द्धयेत् ।
द्विगुणं योजयेदेवं सत्तमभ्रकसम्भवम् ॥
पूतिलोहं विषं मूत्रं रसकं गन्धकत्रयम् ।
न युञ्जयाजारणे सुतस्तैर्जीर्णः स्फोटकुष्ठकृत् ॥७
(1) First process of exhaustion of mercury.
Essence of mica, previously soaked with sour
asava and dried, and kanta iron or steel, reduced to
ashes ;-each of these two things, one sixty fourth part
of the mercury in weight, is to be mixed, very slowly
and little by little, with the mercury mixed with kanji,
and rubbed very fine in a hot mortar. The mercury
is then to be put upon a bhurja leaf, previously
painted with jabakshara, kanji, saindhava, milk of
snuhi, and that of arka, and then wrapped up in a
* रसे गन्धानहेमादीन् यथारीति प्रसति विधिरेष निष्प्रयो-
जनीयः।
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·ugutssura: 1
piece of cloth and tightly bound, the bundle being
boiled in kanji, equal in quantity to the mercury, then
washed off with hot kanji, and well dried. The mercury
is now to be mixed with one eighth its quantity of
bida, and subjected to heat by means of a Kacchapa
Jantram. This is how mercury is exhausted, and is
capable of standing fire. If iron, mica etc. with
which mercury was rubbed--are properly swallowed,
the mercury retains its original quantity, and can
stand the heat of fire. In case these are not properly
swallowed, the mercury will have to be subjected to a
process of sublimation by means of sour asava, and
then again to be rubbed and boiled, as before. Every
such new act of exhaustion will require increased
fire and increased morsel (i.e., mica, iron etc., meant
to be swallowed by mercury).* Iron rust or oxidised
iron, aconite, urine, rasaka, manas-sila, haritala, and
gandhaka are not to be made use of in the exhaustion
of mercury, since mercury exhausted with these things
give rise to leprosy, boils etc.
विडोऽत्र पुनरेकः कथ्यते
गुञ्जासैन्धवयोश्चूर्ण देवदालीदलद्रवैः ।
टंकणं किंशुकरसैर्जम्बीराम्लेन चुलिकाम् ॥
मूलकक्षारगोमूत्रप्रसादेन च गन्धकम् ।
सर्जिकाभूखगव्योषशिव मूलरसेन च ॥
शतशो भावयेत् सव्वं विडोऽयं वड़वानलः ।
In the event of mercury having previously swallowed sulphur,
mica, gold etc. this process need nut be gone into.
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·रसजलनिधिः।
The bida referred to above,
Powdered gunja and powdered saindhava are to
be saturated, for a hundred times, with the juice of
devadali leaves, and dried. Similarly, tankana is to be
saturated with the juice of kinsuka ; chulika salt
with vinegar prepared out of lime juice ; gandhaka
with the ashes of mulaka mixed with cow's urine;
and sarjika, earthworm and the trikatu, taken
together, are to be saturated with sigru root juice.
Each of these substances is called a bida. They
are as strong as fire in mid sea.
अथोऽन्यविधः विड़ः ।-विड़वटी।
खीटकं स्वर्णसंतुल्यं समावर्त्तन्तु कारयेत् ।
माक्षिकं कान्तपाषाणं शिलागन्धं समं समम् ॥
भूनागैर्मर्दयेद् यामं वल्लमात्रं वटीकृतम् ।
एषा विड़वटी ख्याता योज्या सर्वत्र जारणे ॥
Mercury with an equal quantity of gold is to be
smelted and mixed with swarna makshika, kanta
pashana (load stone), gandhaka, (each duly reduced
to ashes or purified, as the case may be, and equal in
quantity to gold). The whole thing is then to be
rubbed with earth worms and made into pills, six
ratis in weight. This pill is called bida bati, and is
always used in the exhaustion of gold,
मतान्तरेणाग्निस्थायीकरणम् । *
ताम्रण वा समं पिष्टी चतुर्भागां विधीयताम् ।
पातयेड़ डमरुयन्त्रे त्रिवारं निम्बुकद्रवैः॥
* अनाचरिते रसजारणस्य प्रथमे विधौ प्रणाल्येषावलम्बनीया।
136

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। ततो रक्तगणनायं रसराजो यथा दृढ़म् । ® मर्दितो जायते वहिस्थायी विघ्नविवर्जितः ॥ अनेनैव विधानेन कर्त्तव्या जारणा रसे। अन्यथा जायते सद्यः पलालस्य विधूननम् ॥ Another process of enabling mercury lo stand fire, Mercury is to be rubbed with one fourth its weight of copper, and made into a lump, which is to be subjected to sublimation by means of a Damaru Jantram, filled with lime juice. Mercury is then to be rubbed steadily with the raktagana (red group of '; and is thus enabled to stand fire, leaving no possibility of danger. Thus is mercury to be exhausted. (२) रसजारणस्य द्वितीयो विधिः । संस्थाप्य गोमयं भूमौ पक्कमूषां न्यसेत् तथा । तन्मध्ये कटुतुम्व्युत्थं तैलं दत्त्वा रसं क्षिपेत् ॥ काकमाचीरसं देयं तैलतुल्यं ततः पुनः। गन्धकं ब्रीहिमात्रश्च क्षिप्त्वा ताञ्च निरोधयेत् ॥ * रक्तगणो यथा- कुसुम्भ खदिरो लाक्षा मञ्जिष्ठा रक्तचन्दनम् । अक्षी च वन्धुजीवश्च तथा कर्पूरगन्धिनी । माक्षिकं चेति विशेयो रक्तवर्गोऽतिरक्षणः ॥ + These are-kusumbha, khadira, laksha, marijistha, raktachandana, redshigru, bandhujiba, karpura-gandhini and makshika. These are used in preparing a deep red colour. 137

·१३८
रसजलनिधिः।
तत्पृष्ट पावकं देयं पूर्ण वा वह्रिखर्परम् ।
स्वागशीतलतां ज्ञात्वा जीणे तैले च गन्धकम् ॥
काकमाची द्रवं चाग्नौ दत्त्वा दत्त्वा च जारयेत् ।
मूषाधो गोमयश्चात्र दत्त्वा चोद्धश्च पावकम् ॥
षड्गुणं गन्धकं जाय्यं सूतस्यैवं मुखं भवेत्।
तं सूतं मई येन्नीरैः जम्बीरोत्थैः पुनः पुनः॥
चतुःषष्ठय शकं पूर्व द्वात्रिंशांशं ततः पुनः।
षोड़शांशं ततो हेमपत्रं सूते विनिक्षिपेत् ॥
शिखिपित्तेन संपिष्टं तैलैश्च सर्षपोद्भवैः।
लिप्त्वा हेम क्षिपेत् सूतं याम जम्बीरजेद्र वैः॥
मर्यतं पूर्ववत् पचेन् मूषायां जम्बीरद्रवैः ।
पूरयेद रोधयेच्चाग्नि दत्त्वा यत्नेन जारयेत्॥
ग्रासे पासे च तन्मयं जम्बीराणां द्रवै दम् ।
चूलिकालवणंगन्धमभावे पित्ततैलयोः॥
पिष्टा जम्बीरनीरेण हेमपत्रं प्रलेपयेत् ।
इत्येवं जारणा कार्य्या ततः सूतश्च मारयेत् ॥
अथवा निर्मुखं सूत विड़योगेन मईयेत् ।
स्वर्णाभ्रसवलोहानि यथेष्टानि च जारयेत् ॥
* चतुःषष्ठंयशतो वीजप्रक्षेपो मुखमुच्यते ।
** मईनमत्र ततखल्लके कर्तव्यम् ।
+ धातुभोजनाध्याय-लिखित-विधिना गन्धानहेमादीन् प्रसति
रसे विधिरेषः न समाचरणीयः।
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·चतुर्थाऽध्यायः। 3€ (2) Second process of the exhaustion of mercury. A well-burnt crucible containing oil, made of bitter tumbi, and mercury, is to be placed upon some cow-dung deposited on the ground. The juice of kakamachi equal in quantity to the oil, and a grain of gandhaka are also to be put inside the crucible which is to be hermetically closed, and heated by fire set on all sides. The heating is to be continued so long as the oil is not completely consumed. The crucible is then to be cooled, and fresh quantity of gandhaka and kakamachi juice are to be put inside the crucible which is again to be subjected to heat in the foregoing manner. Thus, gandhaka, six times in weight of the mercury is to be consumed by means of a crucible, placed upon cowdung and heated on all other sides. This mercury is to be rubbed again and again with lime juice. Then one sixty-fourth part, one thirty-second part, and one-sixteenth part, of its weight of gold leaves rubbed with peacock's bile and mustard oil are to be mixed gradually with the mercury, and rubbed with lime juice for three hours each. The mercury is then to be put with lime juice inside a crucible which is to be closed and heated on all sides by fire, as before. It is better, if the gold leaves can be rubbed with lime juice rasamulikas, salt and sulphur. In the event of their not being available the gold leaves can be rubbed with peacock's bile, oil, and lime juice. Thus is mercury to be exhausted. It is then to be killed. Mercury may also be exhausted by being rubbed in a hot mortar with a bida, and then by swallowing, as much as possible, of gold, mica, and other metals. 139

·१४०
रसजलनिधिः।
--
(३) रसजारणस्य तृतीयो विधिः ।
पटम्लक्षारगोमूत्रस्नुहीक्षीरप्रलेपिते ।
वहिञ्च बन्धवस्त्रेण भूर्जे ग्रासनिवेशितम् ॥
क्षारारणालमूत्रेषु स्वेदयेत् त्रिदिनं रसम् ॥
क्रमेणानेन दोलायां जायं ग्रासचतुष्टयम् ।
ततः कच्छपयन्त्रेण ज्वलने जारयेद् रसम् ॥
Third process of the exhaustion of mercury.
Mercury is to be enclosed with its morsel (i.e.,
mica, gold etc. meant to be swallowed) in a bhurja
leaf, previously painted with an amalgam of salt,
sour vegetable juice (or aranala), kshara, cow's urine,
and milk of snuhi, and then tightly wrapped in a piece
of cloth, to be boiled for 3 days in kshara, kanji, and
cow's urine. Thus, four morsels are to be swallowed
gradually by means of a Dola Jantram. (N. B.—The
process is to be observed at evary morsel being
swallowed.) The mercury is then to be exhausted by
means of a kachchapa Jantram.
पूर्वोक्तनासानां परिमाणम् ।
चतुःषष्ट्य शकः पूवों द्वात्रिंशांशो द्वितीयकः ।
तृतीयः षोड़शांशस्तु चतुर्थोऽष्टांश एव च ॥
चतुःषष्ट्य शकमासादण्डधारी भवेद् रसः ।
जलौका च द्वितीये तु ग्रासयोगे न संशयः॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
प्रासेन तु तृतीयेन काकविष्ठा समो भवेत् ।
प्रासेन तु चतुर्थेन दधिमण्डसमो तथा ॥
Quantity of the morsels referred to above.
The quantity of the four morsels referred to above
are as follows :-4, 18, and 1 of the mercury,
respectively. The first morsel makes the mercury
look very beautiful, the second gives it the appearance
of a leech ; the third makes it appear like a crow's
stool; and the fourth makes it look like butter milk,
मतान्तरम्।
चतुःषष्टिचत्वारिंशत् त्रिंशद विंशतिषोड़शांशाः
पञ्चपासाः॥
पञ्चभिरेभिर्मासैर्घनसत्तजारयित्वादौ
गर्भद्रावे निपुणो जारयति बीजं कलांशेन ॥
Another version,
Mercury is first of all to swallow the following
five morsels of essence of mica 3 h d d, and
I of the mercury, which is then to swallow one fourth
its weight of gold or silver, as the case may be.*
..
If the mercury is meant to be used for medicinal purposes
only, both gold and silver or any one of them may be used at this
stage. But if the mercury is meant to be used in the transformation
cf base detals into gold or silver,. the use of these two metals at
this stage, will depend upon whether it is meant to manufacture
gold or silver.
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·रसजलनिधिः।
(१५) अथ रसस्य मारणम् (पतदस्य पञ्चदशः संस्कारः)।
प्रथमो विधिः।
कुम्भी समूलमुद्धृत्य गोमूत्रेण सुपेषयेत् ।
तद्रवर्म येत् सूतं दिनैकं कान्तसंपुटे ।
लेप्या नियामका देया चोद्ध चाधस्तदन्वये।
मृद्वग्निना दिनकन्तु पक्वश्चूल्यां मृतो भवेत् ॥
(15) Killing of Mercury, (i, e, the fifteenth
miercurial operation.)
First process of killing mercury.
Exhausted mercury is to be rubbed for one day
with kumbhi including its root, previously well rubbed
with cow's urine and kept in a basin made of kanta
iron, covered with another of the same description,
the inner side of the basin being painted well with a
paste made of vegetables which control mercury,
and the joint being closed tightly with mud mixed
with rags, etc. The
mercury,
if thus heated by
means of mild fire for one day, is killed.
द्वितीयो विधिः।
कोटी काकमाचीञ्च कञ्चुकी कटुतुम्बिकाम् ।
काकजनां काकतुण्डी काकिनी काकमञ्जरीम् ॥
पिष्ट तान् वजमूषान्तलेपं कृत्वा रसं क्षिपेत् ।
मर्दितं दिनमेकन्तु तदेवाद्रोत्थिते रसैः॥
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·१४३ चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। रुद्ध ाथ भूधरे पचेदष्टवारं पुनः पुनः । मई येल्लितमूषायां रुद्धोध्मातो मृतो भवेत् ॥ Second process. Karkoti, kakamachi, kanchuki, katutumbi, kakajangha, kakatundi, kakini, and kakamanjari-all these are to be rubbed and made into a paste with which is to be painted the inner side of a bajra musha (hard crucible). Mercury, previously rubbed for one day with the juice of the foregoing plants, is to be put inside the above crucible, which is to be tightly closed and heated for eight times, by means of a Bhudhara Jantran, wiercury being rubbed anew every time. तृतीयो विधिः। रसो नियामकर्मायों दृढं यामचतुष्टयम् । द्विगुणैर्गन्धतैलैश्च पचेन् मृद्वग्निना शनैः॥ यावत् खोटो भवेत् तत्तत् रोधयेत् लोहसंपुटं। हरीतकी जले पिष्ट्रा लोहकिट्न मूषिकाम् ॥ कृत्वा तन्मध्यतः क्षिप्त्वा संपुटं चान्धयेत् पुनः । तस्योर्द्ध स्त्रावकाकारं हृत्वा नागं द्रुतं क्षिपेत् ॥ कठिनेन धमेत् तावद् यावन्नागो द्रुतो भवेत् । न धमेत्तु पुनस्तावद् यावत् कठिनतां व्रजेत् ॥ एवं पुनः पुनर्मातस्त्रियामैम्रियते रसः। नियामकस्ततो वङ्गो सूतस्य मारकर्मणि ॥ 143 ·१४४ रसजलनिधिः। Third process. Mercury is to be rubbed steadily for twelve hours by the controlling drugs. It is then to be mixed with double its quantity of sulphur oil * and heated steadily by means of mild fire, until it is solidified. It is then to be put inside an iron samputam, which itself is to be confined within a crucible, made of oxidised iron, rubbed with haritaki made into a paste. In a groove made at the top of the crucible, place some lead and heat the crucible steadily until the lead smelts. The heating is then to be discontinued until the lead gets solidified again. The process is to be repeated, and the crucible heated in this way for 12 hours, leading to the killing of the mercury. Lead is, in such a cast:, considered a controller of mercury. - चतुर्थों विधिः। काष्टीडुम्वुरजैः क्षीरैः सिता हिङ्गविभावयेत् । सप्तवारं प्रयत्न न शोष्य पेष्यं पुनः पुनः॥ काष्ठोडुम्बरपञ्चाङ्गैः कषायं षोड़शांशकम् । हृत्वा तेन पुनर्मद्य हिङ्गवङ्गरसेश्वरम् ॥ क्षिप्त्वा निरुद्धय मूषायां भूधराख्यपुटे पचेत् । अष्टधा म्रियते सूतो देयं हिङ्ग पुटे पुटे ॥ • Sulphur, purified and powdered, is to be strewn over a piece of cloth, which is to be soaked with mustard oil, and made into a wicker. Iflighted, and held erect on a glass pot, the wicker will let oil fall, drop by drop, and collect itself in the pot. This oil is called sulpbur oil. 144 ·चतुर्योऽध्यायः। Fourth procss. White hingu is to be subjected to bhavana for seven times, with the milk of kasto udumbara, being rubbed well every time. This hingu, together with an equal quantity of banga (tin) and mercury, is to be again rubbed with the decoction of the five different parts (viz, root, leaf, stem, flower, and fruit), of a kasto udumbara tree, the quantity of the decoction being one sixteenth in weight of the three things combined. The compound is then to be closed in a crucible and subjected to heat for eight times by means of a Bhudhara Jantram, fresh hingu being put into the crucible every time it is heated. This causes the killing of mercury. पञ्चमो विधिः। कटुतुम्ब्युद्भवे कन्दे छ गर्भ नारीपयोयुतः। स्वेदनाद् म्रियते सूतः सप्तधा गोमयाग्निना ॥ Fifth process. Mercury can be killed, if confined with human milk, within the tuber of a katu tumbi fruit, and heated for seven times with the fire of cowdung cakes. षष्ठो विधिः। भकोलस्य जटातोयैः पिष्टा खल्लं विमईयेत् । सूतं गन्धकसंयुक्त दिनान्ते तं निरोधयेत् । पुटयेद् भूधरे यन्त्रे दिनान्ते तं समुद्धरेत् ॥ * कल्के इति पाठान्तरम् । 145 19 ·रसजलनिधिः। Sixth process. Mercury with sulphur is to be rubbed for one day with the juice of the root of ankola. Then it is to be closed in a crucible and heated for one day. Mercury is killed in this way. सप्तमो विधिः। द्विपलं शुद्धसूतन्तु सूताद्धं शुद्धगन्धकम् । मई येन् मारकद्रावैर्दिनमेकं निरन्तरम् ॥ बद्धा तु भूधरे यन्त्रे दिनैकं मारयेत् पुटात् ॥ Seventh process. Two palas of purified mercury and half its quantity of purified sulphur are to be rubbed incessantly for one day with the juice of drugs which can control mercury. The lump is then to be subjected to heat for one day, by means of a Bhudhara Jantram. अष्टमो विधिः। एवमग्निसहो लौहसंयुक्तः केवलोऽथ वा। नियामकोषधसिताङ्कोलमूलरसादिभिः॥ वैक्रान्तप्रमुखैर्वापि रसेन्द्रः सह मर्दितः । यन्त्रस्थः क्रमवृद्ध न वहिनोद्धन पाचितः॥ मृतोऽधराग्निना तप्तोऽप्यक्षीणो नोद्धमाश्रयेत् ॥ 146

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
(Eighth process.
When mercury will be enabled to stand fire by
one of the processes described above, it may or may
not be mixed with iron, and then rubbed with the
controlling drugs, the juice of white ankola, and with
baikranta and other gems, it will have to be put into
a Bhudhara Jantram and heated by means of a fire
kindled at the upper surface of the Jantram, the
intensity of which will have to be gradually increased.
Mercury is killed by this process. This mercury,
even if heated by a fire kindled underneath, does
110t undergo diminution in quantity, and does not
sublimate.
नवमो विधिः।
कृष्णधुत्तूरतैलेन सूतो मद्दों नियामकैः।
दिनैकं तं पचेटु यन्त्रे कच्छपाख्ये प्रयत्नतः।
मृतो सूतो भवेत् सद्यो सर्वयोगेषु युज्यते ॥
Ninth process.
Mercury is killed, if rubbed with the oil of black
Dhattura and the controlling drugs, and heated for
one day by means of the kachchapa Jantram. This
mercury can be used in all sorts of diseases.
दशमो विधिः।
व्यालस्य गरले सूतं मईयेत् सप्तवासरान् ।
शम्भुनालंकृते यन्त्रे तन्मध्ये तदरसं क्षिपेत् ॥ ®
* शम्भुनालंकृतं यन्त्र जलयन्वं प्रकीर्तितम् ।
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·रसजलनिधिः।
वहि प्रज्वालयेटु गाई दद्यादूद्ध हिमं जलम् ।
यामद्वादशकं चैव सुसिद्धो जायते रसः॥
शुल्वे गुंजार्द्ध के देयं गुजैकं पर्वतेष्वपि ।
देहे लोहे भवेत् सिद्धिः कामयेत् कामिनीशतम् ॥
तिलमात्र प्रदातव्यं सर्वरोग नियच्छति ।
सेवनाज्जायते सिद्धिरायुर्वृद्धिश्चिरन्तनी॥
Tenth process.
Mercury is to be rubbed for seven days with the
venom of a serpent, and then put inside a Jala Jantram.
A strong fire is to be made, and the apparatus is to be
filled with cold water (preferably ice). The heating is
to continue for 36 hours, causing the killing of the
mercury. Half a gunja of this mercury is sufficient
to transform copper into gold, and one gunja is
considered necessary for transforming stone into
gold. It is beneficial to the body as well as to the
metals. The man who takes it can enjoy many
wives. Such a small quantity as one tila in weight
of this medicine is sufficient to cure all the diseases.
It increases longevity.
एकादशो विधिः।
शुद्धसूतं समं सिन्धुं सोमलञ्च तदद्ध कम् ।
सोमलाई विषं क्षिप्त्वा हिॉस्फटिकगैरिकम् ॥
सामुद्रलवणं चैव सर्वतुल्यं विनिक्षिपेत् । ।
काचिकेन पुटं दद्यात् पुटित्वा चेन्द्रवारुणीम् ॥
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·१४६.
चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
स्थाल्या संस्थापनं कृत्वा वह्रो यामाष्टकं पचेत् ।
खांगशीत समुद्धत्य भस्मसूतोड़ पातनम् ॥
योजितः सर्वरोगेषु कुर्य्याद बहुतरं क्षुधाम् ।
पुष्टिदो वर्द्ध ते कामं योजयेद् रक्तिकाद्वयम् ।
Eleventh process.
Four parts of purified mercury, four parts of
saindhava, two parts of somala (arsenic), and one part
each of the following :-bisham (aconite), hingu,
sfatika, gairika, and samudra labana-all of these are
to be mixed together, and subjected to bhabana with
indrabaruni and kanji sepirately. The mixed substance
is then to be subjected to heat, by means of a sthali
Jantram, for twenty four hours. After the Jantram is
cooled upon the fire place, the compound, thus
produced and deposited at the upper part of the
Jantram, will have to be procured, and used in all sorts
of diseases. It increases appetite, is nutritious, and
serves as an aphrodisiac. Dose, two ratis a day.
द्वादशो विधिः।
कोरण्टकाम्वुसंयोगादातपे मर्द येद् रसम् ।
नियतेऽसौ ततः सूतः सर्वकर्माणि साधयेत् ॥
Twelfth precess.
Mercury is killed, if rubbed in the sun with the
juice of koranta for some time. This may be used in
all sorts of diseases.
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·रसजलनिधिः। त्रयोदशो विधिः। देवदाली हंसपादी यवतिक्ता पुनर्नवा । ताभिः सूतो विवृष्टव्यो म्रियते नात्र संशयः ॥ Thirteenth process. Mercury is killed, if rubbed with devadali, hansapadi, jabatikta and punarnava. चतुई शो विधिः। नवप्रसूतासुरभिजरायुमिश्रितो ध्रुवम् । अन्धमूषागतो ध्मातो म्रियते पारदो मतः ॥ Fourteenth process. Mercury is surely killed, if rubbed with the Jarayu of a cow which has newly brought forth a culf, and then burnt by means of an Andha m'rsa (blind crucible). पञ्चदशो विधिः। काकोदुम्बरिकादुग्धहिङ्गुमई नतो रसः। म्रियते विधिना सम्यक खोटरूपो हि जायते ॥ Fifteenth process, Mercury, rubbed with the milk of kak-udumbara and hingu turns into a solid. . It can then be killed, if properly burnt by means of a blind crucible. 150

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
षोडशो विधिः।
आखुकर्णिरसैः पञ्चदिनानि परिमर्दयेत् ।
पारदं खल्बके गाद रसः स्पष्टं न दृश्यते ॥
यथा तथा भृशं कुर्य्याद गतरूपं समन्ततः ।
पुनरुत्थाप्य तं सूतं हण्डिकायन्त्रमध्यतः॥
पुनः खपरके कृत्वा मण्डूकीरसमावपेत् ।
यामद्वय त्रयं यावदाकणिरसैभृशम् ॥
एवं सूतो भवेद् बद्धः शुभ्रः शुद्धः सुधामयः।
खोटपोटश्च जायेत टंकणाज्यमधुप्लुतः॥
बलीपलितनाशार्थ समर्थो विद्यते रसः ।
मुखस्था गुटिका कुर्यात् कल्पायुषं न संशयः॥
Sixteenth process.
Mercury is to be rubbed for five days with the
juice of akhukarni, in such a way as to make the juice
invisible and to make the mercury lose its original
appearance. The mercury is then to be placed upon
an earthen basin, kept inside a Baluka Jantram. For
six hours, the inercury will have to be heated with the
juice of manduki, and for the next nine hours, with
the juice of akhuparni. It will thus be solidified,
white coloured, blameless, and nectar-like. If taken
with tankan, ghrita (clarified butter), and honey, it
prevents decay, due to the arrival of premature old
age.
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·रसजलनिधिः।
सप्तदशो विधिः।
निर्गुण्डिकापत्ररसैः पारदं परिमईयेत् ।
गन्धकेन समं धर्मे तीव्र यामत्रयं सदा ॥
हण्डिकायन्त्रमध्यस्थं विमुह्य कुशलो नरः।
समुत्थाप्य पुनर्बारं घृतेन परिमई येत् ॥
ध्मायते वहियोगेन किटरूपं रसं नयेत् ।
तन्मध्यगः पुनः सूतो श्वेतोऽयं नीयते पृथक् ॥
पुनघृतादिभिष्टो वहियोगेन वध्यते ।
जायते पारदः पुंसामतिवल्लभ उत्तमः ॥
Seventeenth process.
Mercury, with an equal quantity of sulphur, is to
be rubbed for nine hours with the juice of nirgundi
leaves in the intense heat of the sun, and heated by
means of a Baluka Jantram. This will bring the
mercury to a state of swoon. This is next to be
rubbed with ghritam (clarified butter), and again
heated by a Baluka Jantram. The substance, thus
prepared, will appear to be an unclean lump. This
contains sɔine white coloured mercury which is to be
separated, by being rubbed again with ghritam, and
again heated as before. This will cause the killing of
the mercury.
अष्टादशो विधिः।
विष्णुकान्ताचापामार्गश्चाहिफेणेन्द्रवारुणी।
सब्वेषां च रसैः पिष्टो म्रियते सूतकः पुटात् ॥
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१५५
पञ्चटंकप्रमाणं तु मूषामंगारके क्षिपेत् ।
एवं बद्धो भवेत् सूतो मूषान्तःस्थो दृढ़ो भवेत् ॥
मूषामध्यगतस्तिष्ठन् मुखरोगविनाशनः ।
शरीरे क्रमते सूतो जरापलितनाशनः ॥
स्तम्भयेत् शस्त्रसम्पातं कामोत्पादनकारकः ।
पुनर्नवं वपुः कुर्यात् साधकस्य न संशयः ॥
अतिवेगो भवेत् कामे महावलपराक्रमः ।
चुदबोधो जायतेऽत्यर्थमत्यर्थ बलवान् भवेत्
प्रत्यर्थ जनयेत् काममत्यर्थ लभते सुखम् ।
अत्यर्थ लभते पुष्टिं बलहानि न जायते ॥
Twenty-second process.
Five tankas of mercury are to be put inside a
crucible, which has already been coated on the inner
side with a paste, made of five tankas of sikhari
(apamarga) roots, rubbed well with water. The
crucible is then to be put upon fire. Thus heated,
the mercury becomes solidified and becomes a
destroyer of physical decay, and of various diseases.
प्रयोविंशो विधिः।
पलाशबीजरक्तं च जम्बीराम्लेन सूतकम् ।
सजीवं मर्दितं यन्त्रे पाचित म्रियते ध्रुवम् ॥
Twenty third process.
Mercury is killed, if rubbed with seeds of palasha,
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रसजलनिधिः।
raktachandanam, and lime juice, and heated by means
of a Bhudhara Jantram or Baluka Jantram.
अथ मृतपारदस्य लक्षणम्।
अतेजाश्चागुरुः शुभ्रो लोहहाऽचञ्चलो रसः ।
यदा नावर्त्तते वहौ नोद्धं गच्छेत्तदा मृतः॥
Characteristics of dead mercury.
Dead mercury is white, light, stable, devoid of
glare, and is capable of killing metals. When put on
fire, it does not expand and sublimate.
(१६) अथ पारदस्य भस्मीकरणम् (पतदस्य षोड़शो विधिः) ।
विधित्रयम्।
पूर्वप्रोक्तप्रकारेण मारितो यत्नतो सूतः।
अथापामार्गत लेन तथा पुष्करतन्दुलैः॥
अथवा मलयूक्षीरभावितश्वेतहिङ्गना ।
मदितः पुटपाकेन भस्मतां प्रतिपद्यते ॥
गोमूत्रद्रोणपुष्पाभ्यां पाकाद्वा कान्तभाजने।
कङ्ग नीकृष्णधत्तूरत लाभ्यां वा विमतिः ॥
(16) The reduction to ashes or incineration of mercury.
(i, e, the sixteenth mercurial operation.)
The first three processes.
Mercury, properly killed by one of the foregoing
processes may be reduced to ashes, (a) if burnt by
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putapaka, after being rubbed with the oil of apamarga
or with the juice of puskaramula and tanduliaka, or
with white hingu previously saturated with the
milk of kaka-udumbara and dried ; or (b) if heated
wfth cow's urine and drona-flower on a pot made of
kanta-iron ; or (c) if rubbed with the oils of kanguni
and black dhattura, and burnt by putapaka.
चतुर्थों विधिः।
मृणालतन्तुवर्तिस्थः पीनगन्धर्वत लयुक् ।
ज्वालितो याममात्र वा मृतवैक्रान्तसंयुतः ॥
बन्ध्यामृताकल्कगतपचनाद्भूधरेऽथवा ।
चपलोपलनिर्गण्डीरसाभ्यां रसकेन वा ॥
वाराहीरसयुक्तन चक्रमई रसेन वा।
गन्धपाषाणयुक्तेन बद्धं वा वाससा रसम् ॥
पचेद्गन्धक लेन यावदाखोठबन्धनम् ।
गन्धेन समतुल्येन तथाहि द्विगुणेन वा ।
मदित खोटबद्धत रक्षितं कान्तसंपुटे ॥
गन्धस्य वा तृतीयांशकान्तपर्पटमिश्रितम् ।
मूलिकामर्दित लोहसम्पुटान्तर्गत धमेत् ॥
यद्वा गन्धकपादेन मर्दित मूलिकारसैः ।
लोहसम्पुटमध्यस्थमगारैतिमुत्खनेत् ॥
Fourth process.
Dead mercury may be solidified in one of the
following processes :-(a) It is to be rubbed (with
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·१५८ रसजलनिधिः। ashes of baikranta, if possible, and) with castor-oil, put inside a candle made of the fibres of a lotus stem, and burnt for three hours. (b) It is to be put inside a paste made of bandhya and anantamulam, and heated by means of a Bhudhara-Jantram. (c) It is to be rubbed with chapala, and juice of nirgundi or with rasaka, and burnt by means of a Bhudhara Jantram. (d) A dead mercury wrapped up in a piece of cloth, saturated with sulphur and juice of Barahi kanda or chakramarda, and boiled with gandhakatailam (See under gandhaka, in Vol. II). Dead mercury, solidified by one of the three foregoing processes, may be reduced to ashes-(a) if mixed with gandhaka, equal or double in quantity, and burnt in a samputam made of two kanta iron basins ; or (b) if mixed with the same quantity of gandhaka and one-third its quantity of parpati made of kanta iron, rubbed with the juice of the drugs which control mercury, and then burnt in iron samputam ; or (c) if rubbed with one-fourth its weight of sulphur and the juice of the controlling drugs, and burnt in an iron-samputam by means of a charcoal fire. पञ्चमो विधिः। अथ लोहमयीं मूषामायामे द्वादशालाम् । मर्दित हेमवाराहीगृहकन्यारसै रसम् ॥ रसोनपिण्डे दधतीं लौहमय्या सुरन्ध्रया। निर्गुण्डीपत्रनिर्यासपीतपादांशगन्धया ॥ 158

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गर्भमूषिकया युक्तां सचक्रां सपिधानकाम्।
लम्बितां जलपात्रस्थखपरद्वारि पाचयेत ॥
ऊद्ध वनोत पलेश्चित्रैरङ्गारैः खादिरेरधः।
एवमष्टगुणे जीणे गन्धके क्षयकुष्ठजित ॥
Fifth process.
Dead mercury is to be rubhed with the juice of
nageswara, barahikanda, and ghritakumari, and put
inside a paste made of garlic. This is then to be put
inside an iron crucible, having a hole and having its
inner surface painted well with sulphur, one-fourth in
weight of the mercury, rubbed with the juice of
nirgundi. This crucible is then to be placed inside a
bigger iron crucible, twelve angulis in length, and
furnished with a cover. This bigger crucible is to be
kept suspended at the mouth of a vessel containing
water which is to be placed on fire made of khadira
wood. Upon the basin which is to serve as the cover
of the water vessel, will have to be made a fire made
of cowdung, found dried in pasture grounds. In this
way, sulphur, eight times in weight of the mercury,
is to be consumed. Mercury, thus incinerated, has
the effect of curing Pthisis and leprosy.
अथ मारणव्यतिरेकेणापि भस्मीकरणम् ।
षष्ठो विधिः।
खरमञ्जरिबीजान्वितपुष्करवीजैः सुचूर्णितः कल्कम् ।
कृत्वा सूतं पुटयेह दमूषायां भवेद् भस्म ॥
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Incineration without killing of mercury.
Sixth process.
Mercury is incinerated, if
put
inside a paste
made
of seeds of apamarga and of lotus, well powdered,
and then confined within a crucible and burnt steadily.
सप्तमी विधिः
देवदाली हरिकान्तामारणालेन पेषयेत् ।
तद्वैः सप्तधा सूतं मईयेन् मूर्छयेत्तथा ॥
तत् सूतं खर्परे दद्याद दत्त्वा दत्वा तु तद् रसम् ।
चुल्ल्योपरि पचेच्चाहि भस्म स्याल्लवणोपमम् ॥
Seventh process.
Mercury is to be rubbed, and brought to a state
of swoon, by being rubbed for seven times, with
debadali and blue aparajita, rubbed with kanji. The
mercury is then to be put upon an earthen basin,
and heated for one day, the liquid referred to above
being applied all the time. Mercury will thus be
reduced to ashes of the appearance of salt.
अष्टमो विधिः।
अपामार्गस्य बीजानि तथैरण्डस्य चूर्णयेत्
तचूर्ण पारदे देयं मूषायामधरोत्तरम् ॥
रुद्ध, लघुपुटः पश्चाच्चतुर्भिर्भस्मतां नयेत् ।
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Eighth process.
Mercury is reduced to ashes, if put in a crucible
with seeds of apamarga and eranda, finely powdered,
placed above and below it, and burnt by laghuputam
for four times.
नवमो विधिः
वटक्षीरेण सूताने मई येत् प्रहरत्रयम् ।
पाचयेत्ते च कोप्ठेन भस्मीभवति तद्रसः॥
Ninth process.
Mercury and mica are to be rubbed for nine
hours with the milk of a banian tree, and burnt by
means of
kosthica Jantram. Thus is mercury
reduced to ashes,
a
दशमो विधिः।
नागवल्लीरसैपृष्टः कर्कोटीकन्दगर्भितः।
मृणमूषासंपुटे पक्कः सूतो यात्येव भस्मताम् ॥
Tenth process.
Mercury is reduced to ashes, if rubbed with the
juice of pan ( betel leaf ), put inside the tuber of
karkoti, and burnt in a mud crucible.
एकादशो विधिः।
गोघृतं गन्धकं सूतं पिष्टा पिण्डी प्रकल्पयेत् ।
कुमारीदलमध्यस्थी कृत्वा मूत्रेण वेष्टयेत् ।
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तां कान्तसंपुटे रुद्धा त्रिभिलघुपुटैः पचेत् ।
ततो मातो भवेद् भस्म चान्धमूषे रसोध्रुवम् ॥
Eleventh process.
Cow's ghee, sulphur, and mercury are to be
rubbed together, and made into a ball which is to
be put inside a kanya leaf, and placed in a kanta
iron samputam, the leaf being immersed ir cow's
urine. This samputan is to be burnt by laghuputam
for three times. The mercury will then be reduced to
ashes, if confined within a blind crucible, and burnt.
द्वादशो विधिः।
शाकवृक्षस्य पक्कानि फलान्यादाय शोधयेत् ।
पेषयेद्रविदुग्धेन तेन मूषां प्रलेपयेत् ॥
आदिप्रसूतगोर्जातजरायुश्चूर्णमिश्रितः।
अन्धमूषागतो सूतो ध्मातो भस्मत्वमाप्नुयात् ॥
Twelfth process,
Mercury is reduced to ashes, if mixed with the
powdered jarayu of a cow which has brought forth
its young for the first time, and burnt in a blind
crucible, the inner surface of which has been painted
with a paste made of the ripe fruits, duly purified, of
shaka (teak) tree, rubbed with the milk of arka.
प्रयोदशो विधिः।
गन्धक सुदृढ़ स्थूलं निर्वाणम् जातमद्भुतम् ।
वर्तुलं छिद्रितं कृत्वा मध्ये शुद्ध रसं क्षिपेत् ॥
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१६३
उपरिष्ठात् पुनर्गन्धडालिकामुखमुद्रणम् ।
अय शलाकया पश्चात् सर्वशः सन्धिरोधनम् ॥
सूत्रेणावेष्टयेद्गन्धं भिद्यते न यथा भृशम् ।
दोलासु स्वेदयेद् गन्धं वेदप्रहरमात्रकम् ।
रसं गन्धान्यपाषाणे पुनरेनं निधापयेत् ॥
दिनं सप्तावधिर्यावत तावत सोऽपि क्रमो भवेत् ।
एवं निष्पद्यते स्वच्छः पद्मरागनिभप्रभः॥
अद्भुतः सर्वकार्याणि वाञ्छितानि च साधयेत्।
एतस्माज् जायते भस्म सूतको नृपवल्लभः ।
सर्वरोगहरः श्रीदः सन्मनाकामितप्रदः॥
Thirteenth process.
A hole is to be made into a strong, big and
circular ball, made of sulphur, into which is .to be
put mercury, the hole being closed hermetically by a
piece of sulphur smelted by means of a heated iron
stick. Care should be taken to see that there is no
hole anywhere on the surface of the ball, which is
now to be wrapped up carefully with a network of
thread, and boiled by means of a Dolajantram for
twelve hours. The mercury is then to be taken out
of the ball, and put, as before, into another sulphur
ball, and again heated in the foregoing manner. The
heating is to continue for seven days incessantly.
Mercury thus heated, will be reduced to ashes, and will
assume the appearance of an emerald. This mercury
cures all sorts of diseases.
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रसजलनिधिः।
चतुर्दशो विधिः।
इष्टिका गैरिकं वल्मीमृत्तिका सैन्धवं समम् ।
भागत्रयमिदं श्लक्ष्णं रसोभागद्वयो द्वयम् ॥
संमदर्थ चैकतः कृत्वा गाढं तं मर्दितं रसम् ।
हण्डिकायां ततः क्षिप्त्वा पार्वे पार्वे च खर्परान् ।
अन्यां च हण्डिकां दत्त्वा तदा सन्धिनिरोधनम्।
चुल्लिकायान्तदा दद्यादुपरिष्टाच्च हण्डिकाम् ॥
यामषोड़शपर्यन्तमग्निं कुर्य्यादहर्निशम् ।
अन्तरूद्धं रसं तस्माल्लग्न शीतं समुद्धरेत
कर्परपुलिकाकारमुज्ज्वलं दृष्टिसौख्यदम् ।
प्रन्धिलं मृदुलं सौम्यं भक्ष्यमाणं निरामयम् ॥
पुष्ट्यारोग्यप्रदं तीक्ष्णं कमनीयं सुखावहम् ।
बलप्रदं विशेषेण दीर्घायुःकारकं परम् ॥
Fourteenth process.
Powdered brick, gairika (red ochre), mud raised
by white ants, and saindhava--all of these are to be
mixed in equal quantities, and powdered very fine.
Three parts of this powder and two parts of mercury
are to be rubbed together steadily, and put inside an
earthen vessel, with small pieces of earthen pots
placed on all sides. With the mouth of the vessel
will have to be joined, by means of mud and rags,
the mouth of another vessel. The apparatus is then
to be subjected to continuous heat for forty-eight
hours, applied both from the top as well as from an
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By this
oven upon which it is to be kept all the time.
process
the.
mercury
will be reduced to ashes,
as white as camphor, and will attach to the inner
surface of the upper vessel.
It cures
all sorts
of diseases, increases longevity, and serves as an
excellent tonic.
पञ्चदशो विधिः।
अकोलमजास्वरसैरेरण्डकदलीजलैः ।
मार्कवस्य द्रवैः सुतं काकमाचीरसैस्तथा ॥
धत्तूरपत्रस्वरसै भेण्डापत्रीक रसैरपि ।
तण्डलीयकतोयेन कन्यकारसमर्दितः ॥
इष्टिकाकांजिकनाथ त्रिफलाक्काथर्दितः।
कंटालिकारसेनापि देवदाल्या रसेन तम् ॥
चपलारससंपिष्टं गोचुरद्रवमिश्रितम् ।
चित्रकस्य रसैम॒ष्टं सेझुडपयसा तथा ॥
चिञ्चिकाद्रवसंपिष्टं मूषाकर्णीद्रवैस्तथा ।
आटरूषांभसा पिष्टवा कलिहारीरसैशम् ॥
गण्डदूर्वारसेनामुं यामं यामं विमर्य तत्।
पलषट्कप्रमाणं स्यात पारदं निम्बुकद्रवैः ॥
बहुशो मर्यते तापे भाव्यते च पुनः पुनः ।
अथ तापीद्वयं नीत्वा समं च दृढ़मुत्तमम् ॥
* मेकपर्णीति पाठान्तरम् ।
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रसजलनिधिः।
अधस्तादभावयेत् ताप्योः पर्णचूर्णेन लिप्यते ।
पुनः पञ्चमृदो माह्या मृन्मध्ये लघुगर्तिका ॥
तन्मध्ये शिम्बिकापात्रं धत्तूरदलसम्भवम् ।
विरच्य मूषिकां गाढ़ां तस्यिन् गर्ने निवेशयेत् ॥
तस्यां सूतं विनिक्षिप्य शिंबीपत्ररसो रसे।
दीयते शेरमात्रोऽस्मिन् सूक्ष्मच्छिद्रशरावके ।
ततपाइँ खर्परी देया निर्दोषा नूतना तथा ।
तापिकामानयेच्चान्यां कन्याद्रवविलेपितां ॥
पुनर्णवसारेणाक्तामेकतः कुरु तवयम्।
कुरु सन्धेनिरोधश्च पश्चाचुल्ल्युपरि क्षिपेत् ॥
यथाग्निरुद्भवेच्चारुद्ध योस्ताप्योः समन्ततः।
यामषोडशकं यावद् वहिं कु-निरन्तरम् ॥
तदा निष्पद्यते भस्म सूतकं शृणु यादृशम् ।
हीरकेण च संकाशं प्रमाणं हीरकाकृति ॥
क्वचित् पर्पटिकाकारं कचित् कर्परसन्निभम् ।
पिण्डरूपं क्वचित् साक्षाद् गलद्रू प्यप्रभं क्वचित् ॥
कचित् चन्द्रसमं साक्षाद् दृश्यते दृष्टिसौख्यदम् ।
भक्षयेद् रक्तिकामेकां मरिचेनाथवा समम् ॥
गुड़ेनावेष्ट्य मतिमान् ज्वरनाशाय भक्षयेत् ।
अरुचौ सह पिप्पल्या समं मोचरसेन तम् ।
ग्रहण्यामतिसारेऽथ समं विल्वेन शस्यते॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। १६७ त्रिफलाक्काथसंयुक्तं पाण्डुरोगे नियुज्यते। तं भार्गीक्काथसंयुक्त कासे श्वासे प्रदापयेत् ॥ अनौपम्यवपुः श्रीमान् मतिमान् कान्तिमान भवेत्। बलवान् पुष्टिमान् वाग्मी दीर्घायुः सुप्रजायुतः॥ चिरस्थायी भवेद भूमौ प्रभया स्यान् मनोहरः। उत्साहवान् भवेत् प्रायो ह्यप्रधृष्यश्च मानवैः ॥ Fifteenth process. Mercury, six palas in weight, is to be rubbed for three hours with each of the following:-juices of the kernel of the ankola fruit, eranda, plantain tree, bhringraja, kakamachi, dhatura leaves, bhendapatri * tanduliyaka, kanya leaves, powdered brick, kanji, decoction of the triphala ; juices of kantalika, devadali, chapala, gokshura, chitraka, sehundu, chinchika, mushakarni, atarusha, kalihari, and gandadurba. The mercury is then to be rubbed, for several times, in a hot mortar with lime juice, with which the mercury is again to be subjected to bhabana for several times.. Next, are to be procured two earthen basins, uniform in size, and strong. One of these is to be painted all over with a paste made of powdered leaves of the plants which can control mercury. Five different kinds of mud (via, brick, gairika, salt, kshara, and mud created by white ants), are to be placed in this another reading-bbekaparni. 167 ·Twofata: 1 basin with a hole being made in the mud. Pour the juice of simbika leaves and dhatura leaves into the hole. Prepare a crucible and put it into the hole. Put mercury into the crucible with one seer in weight of the juice uf simbi leaves. The crucible is to be covered with a basin containing small holes. By the side of the mercury are to be placed broken pieces of new earthen pots. The other basin is now to be got. This should be painted with the juice of kanya leaves and with powdered nabasara. The basins are now to be joined with each other, and to be placed on fire, which is to be kindled on all sides of the basins. The heating is to last for forty-eight hours continuously, leading to the incineration of the mercury. The ashes, so produced, resemble sometimes a diamond, sometimes a parpatica, sometimes camphor, sometimes smelted silver, and sometimes the moon. For the cure of fever, one rati of this ash is to be taken with powdered niaricha and molasses. It should be used with pippali in aversion to food; with mocharasa in grahani; with powdered bilwa in Atisara (diarrhoea) ; with the decoction of the triphala in pandu (jaundice); with the juice of blargi in kasa (cough) and swasa (asthma). This is a very good medicine, giving strength, long life, and beauty to the man who takes it regularly. sigent fafat: 1 श्यामाकुण्डलिकाविरेचनफलैर्धत्तूरपत्राम्बुना। खल्वस्थोऽथ सुयंत्रितोऽपि निहितो मृत्पञ्चकैः पूरयेत्॥ 168 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। लिप्वोद्ध' कुकुरंदकोद्भवरसेः पश्चान् मुखे मुद्रितं रात्रेयक विधृतोऽनलेऽथ निवृतः संसाध्यते मस्तुना॥ जलधौत माषसहितं संमर्याहिपर्णखण्डेन । सितया वा मधुना वा कण्याष्टो पूजयित्वाऽद्यात् ॥ तन्द्रास्तमित्यजाड्यश्रवणविकलताऽतिदाहकम्पाश्च । मूर्छाछर्य तिसरणान् रोगांश्चान्यान् सकल- शरीरगतान् ॥ खराम्लपित्तवक्ताक्षिमेहमेदः क्षतक्षयान् । हन्ति गोविन्द इव पापान् रसोराजो बहून् गदान् ॥ Sixteenth process. Mercury is to be rubbed in a mortar with shyama kundalika, castor seeds, and juice of dhatura leaves, and then put inside a crucible with the five muds (see the foregoing process). The inner side of the upper part of the crucible is to be painted with the juice of kukkuradru. The crucible is then to be closed very tightly and put upon fire for one night. When cooled, the mercury is again to be heated with curd water, and then washed off with water. The mercury, thus incinerated, is to be taken with masha and pan leaf, or with sugar, or with honey. Eight' virgins are to be duly worshipped before one commences taking this medicine. It cures all sorts of diseases, such as drowsiness, lethargy, inertness, diseases of the ear, inflammation, shaking, swoon, nausea, diarrhoea, vocal diseases, chronic dyspepsia, diseases 169

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of the mouth and the eyes, gonorrhoea, obesity
pthisis, etc.
सप्तदशो विधिः।
आखुकर्णी समग्रा च गुंजा सर्वसमांशिकम् ।
पेषयित्वा रसो नेयो बद्धा वस्त्रन साधितम् ॥
पारदं मई येत्पश्चाद दिनैकं खल्वयोगतः।
पातयेत् सप्तरात्रं तं पश्चाद् यामद्वयं तथा ॥
ओषधिभ्यां च तं ताभ्यां मर्द येत् तदनुस्फुटम् ।
हण्डिका लेपयेदूद्धं ताभ्यामेव समं रसम् ॥
अधो दत्त्वा च मतिमान् दृढ़ सन्धि निरोधयेत् ।
द्वादशप्रहरान् यावन् नीचैर्नात्युच्चकैर्भवेत् ॥
वहिशीतलमादाय परीक्षेत परीक्षकः ।
अरुणादित्यसङ्काशं सुन्दरं भस्म जायते ॥
Seventeenth process.
The five different parts of an akhukarni plant
(viz. its root, stem, bark, leaves, and flowers), and an
equal quantity of gunja are to be rubbed together,
and the juice extracted by means of a rag. Exhausted
mercury is to be rubbed with this juice for one day,
and kept in the mortar for seven days. Then it is
to be rubbed well for six hours with the two drugs
referred to above, The upper part of the inner
surface of an earthen vessel is to be painted with
paste made of those two drugs. Mercury is to be
put into the vessel, the mouth of which is to be
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covered tightly with a beasin, mud, rags etc. The
vessel is then to be placed on fire, neither mild nor
strong, for thirty six hours. When cooled, the ashes
of mercury, red as morning sun, are to be taken out.
अष्टादशो विधिः।
लजालुरससंपिष्टो रसो हिंग्वतसीरसौ।
खल्वमध्ये विघृष्टव्यो मूषामध्ये विनिक्षिपेत् ॥
ध्मातः शनैः शनैः शुद्धो रसो भस्मत्वमाप्नुयात् ।
मध्वाज्यटङ्कणोपेतो ध्मातः शुद्धतरो भवेत् ॥
Eighteenth process.
Mercury previously rubbed with the juice of
lajjalu, is to be rubbed again in a mortar with hingu,
and juice of atasi, put inside a crucible, and heated
by means of a mild but steady fire. This will cause
the reduction of mercury to pure ashes which can be
further purified by being mixed with honey, clarified
butter, and tankana, and heated.
उनविंशो विधिः।
निंबूरसेन संमिश्रथ मीनाक्षीरससंयुतम् ।
पारदं खल्वके कृत्वा सौभाग्यं च तदर्धकम् ॥
.मर्दयेत्सर्वमेकत्र दिनपंचावधिस्तथा ।
माषप्रमाणा वटिकाः कर्तव्याः शुष्कतां गताः॥
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काष्ठभाजनमध्यस्था माषचूर्णेन वेष्टिताः।
इष्टीचर्णेन संलेप्य पुनः शोष्याः खरातपे॥
मूषामध्ये विनिक्षिप्य पुनरंगारकेषु च ।
मूषां वटीयुतां क्षिप्त्वा ध्मायमानाः शनैः शनैः॥
अनेन विधिना सूतो मातो भस्मत्वमाप्नुयात्।
निःसृत्य वटिकाभ्योऽसौ भवत्यतिसितप्रभः॥
अयं मूलिकया बद्धो पारदो मुखरोगहृत् ।
सर्वोऽपि स्वर्णरूपः स्यादपूर्वो जलयोगतः॥
खोटस्तु जायते ध्मातः पारदः शुष्कसन्निभः ।
देहं लोहबलं कुर्यात्कल्पस्थायिप्रभाधिकम् ॥
न जराविधुरं कुर्य्यान्नकालः कलयत्यमुम् ॥
Nineteenth process.
Mercury and half its quantity of tankana are to be
rubbed for five days with the juices of nimbu (lemon)
and minakshi, and made into pills five mashas in
weight. These pills are to be dried, placed in a
wooden pot, coated with powdered brick, and then
again dried by being exposed to a scorching sun.
These pills are now to be put inside a crucible, placed
upon a charcoal fire, and heated steadily. Mercury,
thus reduced to ashes, cures diseases aftecting the
mouth and throat. Contact with water makes this
mercury assume the colour of gold. If again heated,
it is solidified, turns white, strengthens the body, and
increases longevity.
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विंशो विधिः।
सैन्धवतोरिकासूतकासीसं लकुचद्रवैः ।
विघृष्टं खल्वमध्यस्थं सर्व श्लक्ष्णं दिनत्रयम् ॥
इंडिकायां तदारोप्य काष्ठवहि विधीयते ।
दिनत्रये व्यतिक्रांते भस्म श्वेतं ध्रुवं भवेत् ॥
तद्ग जां भक्षयेत् प्रातः प्रथमं वह्रिदीपनम् ।
सबलां च तनु कुर्यात्पुष्टिं दृष्टिमनामयाम् ॥
Twentieth process.
Saindhava, torika (tubari), mercury, kasisa, and
juice of lakucha-all these are to be steadily rubbed
together in a mortar for three days, and then put
into an earthen vessel, tightly closed and heated
for three days by a fire made of wood fuel. Mercury
will thus be reduced to white ashes. This should be
taken early in the morning (dose, one rati only). It
increases appetite, improves eye sight, strengthens the
body, and makes the system free from diseases.
एकविंशो विधिः।
नागार्जुनीति विख्याता दुग्धिका क्षितिमण्डले ।
तया विमई येत्सूतं दिनमेकं निरन्तरम् ॥
काकमाच्या च कर्त्तव्यं मर्दनं दोषनाशनम् ।
पारदं दशटकं स्यादशटंकै च गन्धकम् ॥
नवसारस्य सारं स्यात्रयमेकत्र मर्दयेत् ।
काचस्य कूपिके धृत्वा मुखं तस्य निरोधयेत् ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः। अष्टयामावधिर्यावत्तावत्सूतः प्रपाच्यते । एवं निष्यद्यते सम्यक्भस्म बालार्कसन्निभम् ॥ तत्सूतभस्मसंज्ञं हि सर्वकार्यार्थसाधकम् । प्रवालकोमलच्छायं भूपतीनां हि वल्लभम् ॥८६॥ भक्षयेद्रक्तिकाः पञ्च समानमरिचैः सह । चुधोदयकर प्रायः श्रेष्ठ कामाग्निदीपने ॥ जराद्यान्सकलान्दोषान्योगभेदेन नाशयेत् । येषु येषु च रोगेषु प्रयुक्तोऽयं रसोत्तमः॥ तान्सर्वान्नाशयेत्सद्यः समथों रसपार्थिवः ॥ Twenty-first process. Mercury is to be rubbed constantly for one day with nagarjuni, a well-known species of dugdhika. Then, it is to be rubbed with kakmachi. This mercury, ten tankas in weight, and an equal quantity of gandhaka and narasara:--all these three are to be rubbed together and put inside a glass bottle, the mouth of which is to be tightly closed. The bottle is then to be heated for twenty-four hours by means of a baluka jantram. Thus are prepared ashes of mercury, as red as the morning sun. cures all sorts of diseases very soon. It prevents premature old age and is a very good aphrodisiac. Dose, five ratis a day. द्वाविंशो विधिः। पञ्चाग्निवर्वरीलिंगिद्रवे विपाचितो रसः। महितः पिष्ठितः भस्म स्वर्णवर्ण प्रजायते ॥ This mercury 174 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। Twenty second process. Mercury, if rubbed in a mortar with the juice of the five different parts of chitraka, barbari, and shivalingi and thus made into a lump and then properly subjected to heat, is reduced to a red powder, त्रयोविंशो विधिः। भूजङ्गवल्लीनीरेन मई येत्पारदं दृढ़म् । कर्कटीकंदमुषायां संपुटस्थं पुटे गजे । भस्म तद्योगवाहि स्यात् सर्वकर्मसु योजयेत् ॥ Twenty third process. Mercury is to be rubbed steadily with the juice of nagaballi, and put inside a crucible made of tuber of a karkati creeper, and burnt by gajaputam. This ash serves to heighten the efficacy of a medicine with which it is mixed, and may therefore be applied in all sorts of diseases with proper anupanain. चतुर्विंशो विधिः। काष्ठोदुम्बरिकादुग्धैः रसं किंचिद्विमर्दयेत् । तद्दुग्धैः भृष्टहिंगोश्च मूषायुग्मं प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ क्षिप्त्वा तत्संपुटे सूतं तत्र मुद्रां प्रकल्पयेत् । धृत्वा तदोलकं प्राज्ञो मृन्मुषासंपुटेऽधिके । पचेत् गजपुटे तेन सूतको याति भस्मतां ॥ Twenty-fourth process. Mercury is to be rubbed for sometime with the 175

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milk of kashtha-udumbara. Two crucibles are to
be made of hingu already saturated with the same
milk and dried. The mercury is now to be put inside
these two crucibles, joined with each other, and kept
inside another crucible made of mud, and tightly
covered. This is now to be burnt by gajaputam,
which will cause the reduction of mercury to ashes.
पञ्चविंशो विधिः
वटक्षीरेण सूतानौ मई येत् प्रहरद्वयम् ।
पाचयेत्तेन काष्ठेन भस्मो भवति तद्रसः॥
Twenty-fifth process.
Mercury and mica are to be rubbed together for
six hours with the milk of bata (banyan tree), and
burnt inside a samputam by a fire made of banyan
wood. This will result in the incineration of mercury.
मृतपारदस्य लक्षणम् ।
अतेजाश्चागुरुः शुभ्रो लोहहाऽचञ्चलो रसः।
यदानावर्तते वहौ नोद्धं गच्छेत् तदामृतः ॥
Incinerated mercury is devoid of lustre. It is
light, white, killer of metals, devoid of subtleness,
and it does not sublimate, if placed upon fire.
पारदभक्षणे अनुपानम्।
पिप्पलीमरिचशुठीभार्गीभिः मधुना सह ।
कासश्वासप्रशमनो शूलस्य च विनाशनः ॥
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हरिद्राशर्करायुक्तो रुधिरस्य विकारनुत् ।
चषणं त्रिफला वासा कामलापाण्डुरोगजित् ॥
शिलाजतु तथैलाच शितोपलसमन्वितः।
मूत्रकृच्छ प्रशस्तोऽयं सत्यं नागार्जुनोदितम् ॥
लवंगकुसुमं पत्री हिंगुलमकलंकरा।
पिप्पली विजया चैव समान्येतानि कारयेत् ॥
कर्परादर्द्ध पादानि नागाद्भागार्द्ध के क्षिपेत् ।
सर्वमेकत्र संमर्य धातुबुद्ध प्रदापयेत् ॥
सौवर्चलं लवंगं च भूनिंब च हरीतकी।
अस्यानुपानयोगेन सर्वज्वरविनाशनः ॥
तथा रेचकरः प्रोक्तः सौवर्चलफलत्रिकः ।
लवंगकुसुमैश्चैव दरदेन च संयुतः ॥
तांबुलेन समं भक्षो धातुवृद्धिकरः परम् ।
विदारीचूर्णयोगेन धातुवृद्धिकरो मतः॥
विजयादीप्यसंयुक्तो वमनस्य विकारनुत् ।
सौवर्चलं हरिद्रा च विजया दीप्यकं तथा ॥
अनेनोदरपीडां च सद्योजातां विनाशयेत् ।
चतुर्वल्लीपलाशस्य बीजं च द्विगुणो गुड़ः॥
अस्यानुपानयोगेन कृमिदोषविनाशनः ।
अहिफेनं लवंग च दरदं विजया तथा ॥
अस्यानुपानतः सद्यः सर्वातीसारनाशनः ।
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·रसजलनिधिः। सौवर्चलेन दीप्तन चाग्निमांद्यहरः परः॥ क्षुबोधजनकश्चैव सिद्धनागेश्वरोदितम् । गुडूचीसत्वयोगेन सर्वपुष्टिकरः स्मृतः ॥ Incinerated mercury, if taken with pippali, maricha, shunihi, bhargi, and honey, cures cough, asthma, and colic. It purifies the blood, if taken with turmeric and sugar. It cures jaundice and anaemia, if taken with trikatu, triphala, and the juice of basaka. It is to be used in stricture with shilajatu, elachi, and sugarcandy. Labanga, Labanga, jatipatri, hingula, akalankara, pippali, bhanga-all of these are to be taken in equal quantities, and in one eighth the quantity of each of these is to be taken camphor, and nagakeshara is to be taken half of lavanga etc.—all of these are to be rubbed together and taken with incinerated mercury for the purpose of increasing the dhatus * Incinerated mercury cures all sorts of fever, if taken with, saubarchala salt, labanga, bhunimba, and haritaki, It serves as a purgative, if taken with saubarchala salt, and triphala. It increases the dbatus, if taken with labanga, and betel leaf. It may also be taken with the powdered bidarikanda, for the same pnrpose. It cures vomiting, if taken with bhanga and jamani. It cures all sorts of diseases relating to the belly, stomach, and abdomen, if taken with saubarchala salt, haridra, bhanga, and jamani. It kills worms, if taken with chaturballi, palasha seeds, and The dhalus are the seven essential substances composing the human system. 178 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। double their quantity of molasses. It cures all sorts of diarrhoea, if taken with opium, labanga hingula, and bhanga. It cures loss of appetite, if taken with saubarchala salt and jamani. अन्यत् प्रमाणम्। पित्ते शर्करयामलेन च समं वाते च कृष्णायुतः। दद्याच्छष्मणि शृङ्गवेरसहितं जम्बीरनीरज्वरे॥ रक्तोत्थे मधुना प्रवाहरुधिरे स्यान्मेघनादोदके। दद्याच्चाथ कृतातिसारविकृतौ रोगारिसज्ञ रसम् । Incinerated mercury cures all sorts of ailments due to the predominance of pitta, if taken with sugar and amalaki. It cures all sorts of ailments due to the predominance of vayu, if taken with pippali. It cures all sorts of ailments due to the predominance of phlegm, if taken with ginger juice. It cures fever, if taken with lemon juice. It cures all the ailments due to the impurities of the blood, if taken with honey. It cures dysentery, blood discharges in general, and diarrhoea, if taken with tanduliyaka. पारदभस्मप्रयोगः (अन्यविधः)। रोगोक्तयोगयुक्तोऽयं तत्तदरोगहरो भवेत् । समुस्तपर्पटक्वाथो भस्मसूतो हरेज्ज्वरम् ॥ दशमूलकषायेण पिप्पल्या च समस्तजम् । माक्षिकाभयया वासापिप्पल्या चालपित्तनुत् । कण्टकारीकषायेन पिप्पल्या च स कासजित् ॥ 179

·रसजलनिधिः।
अजायाः क्षीरसिद्ध न कणायुक्तेन सर्पिषा।
त्रिफलागन्धकव्योषगुड़े
क्षपयेत् क्षयम् ॥
Use of the ashes of mercury.
The ashes of mercury can cure every disease, if
taken with that particular anupanam (accompaniment),
specially efficacious in that disease. It cures fever,
if taken with the decoction of musta and parpati.
It cures a fever due to an abnormal excess of the
three doshas i.e. (typhoid and similar fevers), if taken
with the decoction of dasamulam and powdered
pippali. It cures raktapittam, if taken with honey
and powdered haritaki or with the juice of vasaka
and powdered pippali. It cures kasa or kapha, if
taken with the decoction of kantakari and powdered
pippali. It cures consumption and pthisis, if taken
with ghee and pippali, already boiled with goat's
milk, dried and powdered, or with the triphala,
gandhaka, trikatu, and old molasses.
हिकां निहन्ति रुचकबीजपुराम्लमाक्षिकः।
छर्दिाहो मधुसितालाजामुद्गसिताम्बुभिः॥
अशांसि तेलसिन्धूत्थपुटपाचितशूरणैः ।
त्वपल्लवकषायेण शृतेनोदश्विदम्भसा ॥
क्षीरिण्या वाऽप्यतीसारं विसूची कणहिङ्गगा।
अजीणं काञ्जिकरण्डकाथपथ्यावलेहतः॥
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
कषायपल्लवैः पक्को वालविल्वः सनागरः।
सगुड़ो सरसो हन्ति विम्बिसी दारुणामपि ।
विल्वकर्कटिकागर्भमसूरकथिताम्बुना ।
कृच्छ्मृतरसः क्षीरगोक्षुरक्षीरमाक्षिकः॥
The ashes of mercury cure hiccough, if taken with
saubarchala salt, the juice of bijapura, and honey.
It cures vomiting and inflammation, if taken with
honey, sugar, fried paddy, mudga, and sugar water.
It cures piles, if taken with shuranam, burnt by
putam, and mixed with oil and rock salt. It cures
diarrhoea, if taken with the decoction of the bark
and blossoms of a kshiri tree, mixed with butter
water. It cures cholera, if taken with pippali and
hingu. It cures indigestion, if taken with kanji or
with powdered haritaki, and decoction of the root of
eranda. It cures an awful bimbisi, if taken with
the decoction of blossoms of a kshiri tree, dried
bilba fruit (unripe), and shunthi, mixed with molasses.
It cures mutrakrichhra, if taken with the decoction
of dried bilva fruit, inner part of a karkatica fruit,
and masura, or with milk and gokshura, or with milk
and honey.
पारदभस्मशिलाजतुकृष्णालौहमल
त्रिफलाकुलिबीजम् ।
ताप्यनिशारजतोपलकान्तव्योष
रजः खपूरश्च कपित्थम् ॥
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·१८२ रसजलनिधिः। सर्वमिदं परिचूर्य समांशं भावित भृङ्गरसं दिवसादौ। विंशतिवारमिदं मधुलीढ़ विंशति मेहहरं हरिदृष्टम् ॥ Incinerated mercury, silajatu, pippali, mandura, triphala, akuli seeds, swarna-makshika, haridra, gandhaka, kanta iron, trikatu,--all of these are to be taken in equal quantities, powdered, and then mixed and subjected to bhavana for twenty times. This medicine, if taken in the morning with honey, cures twenty different kinds of gonorrhoea and spermatorrhoea. न्यग्रोधाद्यसनादीनां वाथयुक्तो मृतो रसः । पथ्यारसोनगोमूत्रैः प्लीहगुल्मनिवहणः ॥ कलाययूषशम्वुकक्षाराभ्यां पक्तिशूलनूत् । सन्यूषणतिलक्काथेनामशूलस्य नाशनः ॥ Incinerated mercury cures enlargement of the spleen and gulma, if taken with the decoction of nyagrodhadi or ashanadi, mixed with haritaki, rasona and cow's urine. It cures pacti-sulam, if taken with the juice of peas mixed with the kshara of conch shell. It cures anasulam, if taken with the decoction of tila, mixed with the trikatu. नवनीतसुधाक्षारभाविताभययोदरे। स हितः सहितो यष्टिवारिणा कामलामये ॥ 182 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। १८३ फलत्रिकादिक्वाथेन पाण्डुशोफे सकामले । शोफे सविश्वभूनिम्बक्काथगोमूत्रसंयुतः । निम्बामलककष्ठः प्रशस्तः स मृतो रसः ॥ Incinerated mercury cures udara-rogam, if taken with powdered haritaki, previously subjected to bhavana with butter, aconite, and kshara. It cures jaundice, if taken with the decoction of jastimadhu. It cures sotham attended with anaemia, if taken with the decoction of triphala. It cures sotham, if taken with the decoction of shunthi and bhunimba, mixed with cow's urine, nimba, amalaki, and kankustha. रसोनराजिकावहिनीलिमार्कवपल्लवैः। तुल्यं भल्लातकं क्षिप्ता क्षीरे तैलं विपाचितम् ॥ भूशिरीषसुपर्णाख्यपञ्चाङ्गमाक्षिकं घृतम् । रसं च लीड़ा कुष्ठात्तों लिम्पेत् त्रिकटुना तनुम् ॥ रसगन्धकपिष्टया वा कटुतैलाभियुक्तया ॥ Oil is to be prepared with rasona, rajika, chitraka, nili (indigo), bhringaraja leaves, and an equal quantity of bhallataka. Ghritam is also to be prepared with bhusirisa, and the five important parts (viz root, bark, flower, leaves, and fruits) of nagakeshara, --A man suffering from leprosy should take every day, in due doses the oil and the ghritam, mixed with honey and ashes of mercury, and should also apply powdered trikatu all over his body, or 183 ·रसजलनिधिः। anoint it with mustard oil, mixed with mercury and sulphur, both purified. कर्परवल्लीसहनिम्बतैलपाताल मूलीरसभावितेन । रसेन लिह्यात् ससुवर्णकं वा विचूणितं पुष्परसं स कुष्ठी॥ फेणिलफलाहिद/कन्दरसं. खादतोऽनुदिनम्। फेणिलमूलोद्वर्तनमाचरतोऽपि च कुतः कुष्ठम्॥ A leper may also take every day honey, well rubbed with gold reduced to ashes, and with dead mercury, previously subjected to bhavana with karpura balli, nimba oil, and juice of patala-muli. He should also take every day phenila fruit, ahi, and tuber of darvi, and get himself rubbed all over his body with the root of phenila tree. Leprosy is to be cured in this manner. चित्रकवानरिवायसीतुण्डीवाकुचिका द्विगुणाः परिपीताः। मूत्रयुता मृतसूतसमेतास्तकभुजः शमयन्ति किलासम् ॥ A man is cured of kilasam, if he takes one part of dead mercury, and two parts of each of the follow- 184

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
ing ;-chitraka, banari, kakatundi, bakuchi all
rubbed well with cow's urine, and also takes some
butter milk
every day.
द्रुतगगनमरीची वाकुचीतालपत्रयों
सलिलरिपुनकुल्यो कृष्णशुण्ठौ सभृङ्गो ।
मरिचमसितसोमश्चित्रकाकोलबीज
वरतिलशशिलेखे त्वक च शाखोटकस्य ।
फलत्रयं च तत् सव्वं
मृतसूतसमन्वितम्।
क्षीरान्नवर्त्तनो जग्ध्वा श्वित्रमाशु निवर्तयेत् ॥
Leucoderma or white leprosy is cured very soon,
if the patient lives on rice with milk, and takes the
ashes of mercury with the following as anupanam
(or accompaniment):-essence of mica, marubaka,
somaraji, talamuli, ijjala, jatamansi, rasanjana, shunthi,
bhringaraja, maricha, dhava tree, karpura, chitraka
root, ankola seeds, haridra, tila, guduchi, bark of
shakhotaka tree, and the triphala (all rubbed, of
course, with honey. Dose of the accompaniment-one
fourth of a tola in all).
सनिम्बपल्लवबौद्रः क्रिमीन् हन्ति मृतो रसः ।
पीतो रसोनसिद्ध न तैलेनानिलजान् गदान् ॥
विश्वैरण्डतक्षीरसहितो गृध्रसीं जयेत् ।
गुड़ाभयागु च्यम्वुयुक्तः पवनशोणितम् ॥
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·१८६ रसजलनिधिः। त्रिकटुत्रिफलावेल्लैः समांशगुग्गुलुर्जयेत् । वातारि तेलसंयुक्तः स्थौल्यं भस्मरसो ध्र वम् ॥ मधूदकाभ्यां युक्तो वा काश्यं तु शर्करान्वितः । हिङ्गसौवर्चलव्योषमुत्रसिद्ध ने सर्पिषा ॥ रसो हन्यादपस्मारमुन्मादं च तथाञ्जनात् । मधूककुनटीतार्यपारावतमलैर्युतः॥ Dead mercury kills worms, if taken with blossoms of nimba. It kills all sorts of diseases due to an excess of bayu (air), if taken with oil, boiled with garlic. It cures gridhrasi (sciatica), if taken with milk boiled with shunthi (dried ginger), and the root of castor tree. It cures bata-rakta, if taken with molasses, haritaki, and decoction of guduchi. It cures obesity, if taken with the trikatu, triphala, bidanga, each equal in ' ,uantity, plus purified guggulu, equal in quantity to all these three combined_all rubbed with a sufficient quantity of castor oil. It may also be taken with water mixed with honey for the same purpose. It cures thinness, if taken with sugar. It cures insanity and hysteria, if taken with ghritam (clarified butter) boiled with hingu, saubarchala salt, the trikatu, and cow's urine. It also cures the same diseases, if used as a collyrium after being mixed with madhuka, manas sila, rasanjana, and the stool of pigeon. धान्याम्लपिष्टाष्टमपिप्पलीकान् कार्पासबीजान् करमई केन। 186 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। १८७ आदाय तैलं मृतसूतयुक्त मदिण प्रयुञ्जीत विशीर्णरोमणि ॥ वरनिम्बकिसलाजपूरीषधूमैः कांस्येचुराश्मवनितास्तनजेन घृष्टम् । भल्लातधूपितरसाञ्जनमञ्जयित्वा साभ्यञ्जननपनमक्षिरुज निहन्ति । महाभेरीमूलं तुरगपृथुकाम्बोधिकुवलं रसो जम्बीराम्लं जयति तिमिरं काचमपि च । उपात्तं जीमूताद्रविजधरपर्णाम्बुमृदिताद रसस्तैलं लेपादिह विविधजाड्यं च गुदजान् ॥ Falling in of hairs in the eye-lids is cured by the application of killed mercury, rubbed with oil prepared with one-eighth its quantity of the following three, combined and rubbed with kanji :- Pippali, seeds of karpasa and karamarda All sorts of eye diseases are cured, if dead mercury, already subjected to bhavana with bhallataka and rubbed with the following is used as a collyrium :-barbura, blossoms of nimba, burnt goat's stool, killed kansya, kokilakshya, manasila, and human milk. The patient, in this case, after taking the collyrium, is to have his whole body well rubbed with oil, and then take a bath. Dead mercury cures timira (loss of eye-sight) and kacha (cataracı), if used as a collyrium mixed with the following :-Mahabheri roots, aswagandha, hingupatri, bodhi, kola, and lime juice. Dead mer- 187 - ·१८८ रसजलनिधिः। cury cures all sorts of diseases pertaining to the rectum, by external application, when rubbed with oil extracted out of ghosha fruits, previously subjected to bhavana with the milk of arka. त्रिफलापटोलमूलव्योषगुड़ चीविडङ्गबीजानि । समगुग्गुलूनि मारितरसमिलितानि व्रणमानि ॥ ग्रन्थीन् विनाशयेत्तेषां लेपो मूलरसान्वितः। नारिकेलोदकं तद्वत् पीतं हन्ति मसूरिकाः॥ The triphala, patola root, the trikatu, guduchi, bidanga seeds, and guggulu, equal in quantity to all of the foregoing combined-all of these taken together, cure carbuncle, if mixed with dead mercury. The juice of mulaka, mixed with the ointment just mentioned, cures granthi. Cocoanut water, mixed with killed mercury, cures measles, and small pox. कार्यसपल्लवानन्तारसतैलयुतो हितः। अस्थिस्रावे मृतरसो विषे स्थावरजङ्गमे । तण्डूलीयकमूलेन वीरामूलेन वा युतः। तण्डूलोदकसंमिश्रः पाननावनलेपने ॥ Dead mercury, mixed with oil and the juices of cotton leaves and anantamulam, cures Osteomyclitis, of discharge of a liquid substance through a particular part of a bone, and cures poisons of all sorts, organic and inorgonic. The purpose is served if dead mercury is mixed with same 188

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
rice water, * juice of tanduliyaka, or satabari, and
used either as a drink, or as a snuff, or as an unguent.
सुरभिशकदरसभावितकर्पूरसमन्वितो मृतः सूतः।
स्थावरजङ्गमकृत्रिमविषजिद् गुञ्जामितो दना॥
Dead
mercury,
taken in one rati with curd and
camphor, previously subjected to bhavana with the
juice of cowdung, cures all sorts of poison, organic,
inorganic, and artificial.
सुनागभस्मना युक्तमथ सूतस्य भस्मना ।
जीर्णस्य हेम्नः षण्मासाच्छतावा रसेन च ॥
त्रिफलां मधुसर्पिभ्यां खादिरासनभाविताम् ।
मृतहेमरसोपेतां भक्षणञ्च क्षयेद् जराम् ॥
गन्धकेन हतं सूतं कान्तं धात्रीरसेन च ।
त्रिफलासहितं खादेजीवेदाचन्द्रतारकम् ॥
चित्रकं त्रिफला भृङ्गो हरिद्राञ्जनपत्रिका ।
रसस्त्रिमधुरश्चापि जरावैरुप्यनाशनः॥
Gold, killed with incinerated lead and incinerated
mercury, destroys senility, if taken for six months
with the juice of satabari. The same purpose is
served by taking the triphala, already subjected to
bhavana with the decoctions of khadira and asana,
respectively, and mixed with incinerated gold and
incinerated mercury. One can live an incredibly
'
Powdered rice immersed for some time in four times its weight
of water gives rise to rice water.
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·रसजलनिधिः।
long life, if one takes every day regularly, mercury,
killed with sulphur, and kanta iron, killed with the
juice of amalaki, mixed together with the triphala.
Chitraka roots,
the triphala, bhringaraja, haridra,
anjana leaves, killed mercury, clarified butter, sugar,
and honey--all these taken together, serve to remove
senility and ugliness of appearance.
रसौषधीनां रसभावितश्च
सितायुतक्षीरमधूदकाज्यः।
जरां रसो हन्ति च कान्तपात्रे
क्षीरं शृतं काञ्चनपादपिष्ट्या ॥
Senility is destroyed by dead mercury, previously
subjected to bhavana with the herbs having the
power of controlling mercury, if taken with sugar,
milk, honey, water, and clarified butter, all rubbed
together with incinerated gold, one fourth in quantity
of the mercury, taking of this medicine being
followed by the patient drinking some milk, boiled
in a kanta iron pot.
वज्रपञ्जररसः।
सर्वव्याधिविनाशार्थ वज्रभस्मसमं रसम् ।
हंसपादीरसैघृष्टं विपचेत पुटानले ॥
तुल्यमन्यं रसं तेन पूर्वबन्मदितं पचेत् ।
यावच्छक्यं चतुर्थाशमानेनानेन भस्मना ॥
* रसौषधीनां रसमूलिकानामित्यर्थः ।
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·॥ : चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। अम्लपिष्टेन सौवर्ण पत्रमालिप्य मारयेत् । राजिकार्डाद्ध मारभ्य यावन्माषं विवद्धितः चित्रका कसिन्धत्थतीक्ष्णासौवर्चलैः सह । सेवितः पलपर्यन्तं रसोऽयं वज्रपञ्जरः। शरण्यः परिभूतानां व्याधिवाक्यमृत्युभिः॥ Bajrapanjara rasa. Incinerated diamond and an equal quantity of killed mercury are to be rubbed with the juice of hansapadi and burnt by putapaka. The product is then to be rubbed again with an equal quantity of killed mercury and burnt in the same manner. This ash is then to be rubbed for some time with kanji for coating the surface of four times its weight of gold leaf to be killed in the usual manner. The product, thus obtained, is to be taken with chitraka root, ardraka (ginger), saindhava salt, bacha, and saubarchala, in doses of half a rajika to be gradually increased to one masha per day, total quantity taken by a patient being one palam. This medicine, called 'bajra panjara,' is a saviour of people overwhelmed with diseases, senility, and impending death. पञ्चामृतः। हेममाक्षिककान्तानमुक्तावज समं समं रसे सहेम्नि सप्ताहं मूलिकालरसमदितम् ॥ * मूलिकाः सर्पाक्षी प्रभृति रसमूलिकाः । 191 ·१६२ रसजलनिधिः। तां पिष्टी यन्त्रयोगेन पचेत् पञ्चामृताह्वयः। रसोऽयं मधुसर्पिभ्यां युक्तः पूर्वाधिको गुणैः ॥ Panchamrita. Swarnamakshika, kanta iron, mica, pearls, and diamond, taken in equal quantities, (all purified and reduced to ashes), are to be rubbed for one week with mercury which has already swallowed gold, and with the juice of one of the several herbs known as rasamulikas (or herbs required for mercurial operations), and made into a lump which is to be heated by means of a Jantram (crucible, or samputam, or bhudharajantram). The medicine, thus prepared, is called panchamrita. It is more efficacious than the foregoing (i.e., bajrapanjara rasa), if taken with honey and clarified butter, अथ रससेवाविधिः। प्रातरेव पुरतो विरेचनं तदिनोपवसनं विधाय च । तत् परेऽहनि च पथ्यसेवनं तत्परेऽहनि रसेन्द्रसेवनम् ॥ Take a purgative in the morning, and fast for the whole day. Take some light diet next day, and commence taking mercury from the day after. - -मतान्तरम्- क्षेत्रीकरणम् । वमनरेचनादिभिः शुद्धो लब्धबलः पुमान् । प्रातः प्रातः कणापथ्याविश्वसैन्धवचित्रकम् ॥ 192 ·॥ चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। पीत्वा संरक्षणायामरीषदुष्णेण वारिणा । मृतामलकनिर्यासे भावितं व्योमकान्तयोः भस्मायःसंपुटे धान्ये स्थापितं मधुसर्पिषा । खादेनिशि कणापथ्ये मासमेकं तथा पुनः॥ क्षेत्रीकरणमित्युक्त मुनिभिः सर्वदर्शिभिः । विधेयं तद् यथासाध्यं प्रागेव रससेवायाः॥ Preparations for taking mercury. One should observe the following rules for one month, before one commences taking mercury :- The system is to be purified by purgation, vomiting etc., and then, after recovery of strength, the patient is to take every morning powdered pippali, haritaki, shunthi, saindhava, and chitraka root, mixed with tepid water. This will serve to maintain the power of digestion. He is also to take every night, for one month, with a little of pippali, haritaki, honey, and clarified butter, incinerated mica and kanta iron, previously subjected to bhavana with the juice of bhringaraja and amalaki, and confined within an iron samputam, kept in a heap of paddy for some time. This is what is called the kshetrikaranam or preparation of the soil. -मतान्तरम्- स्निग्धं स्निग्धविरिक्त यन्नीरुज सिद्धभेषजः। एतत् क्षेत्र समासेन रसबीजार्पणक्षमम् ॥ 193 25

·रसजलनिधिः।
स्निग्धं प्रतित्रिदिनं घृतसैन्धवपानेन ।
विरिक्तमिच्छामेदिना वान्तं वचादिरसेन ॥
पलाशबीजं विडङ्गगुड़मोदकभक्षणात् कीटपातनम् ।
नीरुजं समुत्सरनयनं वा परिशीलितैः॥
शृङ्गाराभ्रलक्ष्मीविलासाधनसतप्रधानप्रयोगः।
इति शुद्धो जातबलःशाल्योदनजागलादिमांसरसः
क्षेत्रीकृतनिजदेहः कुर्वीत रसायनं मतिमान् ॥
अकृते क्षेत्रीकरणे रसायनं यो नरः प्रयुञ्जीत ।
तस्य कामति न रसः सर्वाङ्गदोषकृदभवति ॥
घनसत्त्वपादजीर्णोऽद्ध कान्तजीर्णश्च तीक्ष्णसमजीर्णः।
क्षेत्रीकरणाय रसः प्रयुज्यते भूय आरोग्याय ॥
योऽग्निसहत्वं प्राप्तः स जातो हेमतारकर्ता ।
शुद्धरसश्च भुक्तो विधिना सिद्धिप्रदो भवति ॥
The soil of a human system is rendered fit
for receiving the seed of mercury, after it is soothed,
soothingly purged, and freed from ailments.
It can be soothed with clarified butter, taken with a
little of saindhava, every third day. It can be purged
by a purgative called the Ichhavedi bati. It can be
made to vomit by the juice of bacha etc. It can be
freed from worms by palasha seeds and bidanga, taken
with molasses. It can be freed from minor ailments
by such medicines as shringarabhra, lakshmibilasa, etc.
which contain a good deal of the essence of mica. It
can get strong, after purification, by taking Shali rice
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·चतुर्योऽध्यायः। with meat juice of a salutary character. An intelligent man should get himself thus purified and strengthened, before he commences taking mercury for the purpose of removing diseases and senility. The man who takes mercury, without preparing the soil of his physical system in the aforesaid manner, does not derive any benefit from the medicine which rather proves harmful. * Only mercury of the following kinds is considered commendable for medicinal use : (a) Incinerated mercury exhausted with one fourth its quantity of the essence of mica. (6) incinerated mercury exhausted with half its quantity of kanta iron, and (c) incinerated iron exhausted with an equal quantity of steel, The mercury which does not undergo any change by the application of heat can create gold and silver. Even purified mercury (not incinerated) is competent to cure diseases, if taken in the preseribed manner. अथ एससेवनस्य मात्रा। घनसत्त्वकान्तताम्रसंकरतीक्ष्णादिजीर्णस्य सूतस्य गुजा वृद्धया माषकमात्रं परा मात्रा। The dose of incinerated mercury exhausted with essence of mica, kanta iron, copper, brass, steel etc. is one gunja or rakti per diem, to be gradually increased to one masha. * This refers to the taking of mercury alone, purified or incinerated, and does not apply to medicines containing mercury with other metals. 195

·रसजलनिधिः
॥
प्रकारान्तरम्।
गुञ्जामात्र रसभस्म हेमजीर्णन्तु भक्षयेत् ।
द्विगुणं तारजीर्णस्य रविजीर्णस्य च त्रयम् ।
तीक्ष्णाम्रकान्तजीर्णस्य माषा मात्रा प्रकीर्तिता
Another view.
The dose of incinerated mercury exhausted with
gold is, one rakti ; that of mercury exhausted with
silver is two raktis, that of mercury exhausted with
copper is three raktis, and that of mercury exhausted
with steel, mica, and kanta iron is one masha or
8 raktis per day.
प्रकारान्तरम्।
वल्लमेकं नरेश्वे तु गद्याणैकं गजे द्वयम् ।
सर्वरोगविनाशार्थ भिषक् सूतं प्रयोजयेत् ॥
Another view.
For the cure of all sorts of diseases, mercury is to
be given in doses of two raktis to a human being,
32 raktis to a horse, and 64 raktis to an elephant.
नागवङ्गादिभिर्बद्ध विषेणोपविषेण वा।
मूत्राच्छुकाद्धठाद् बद्धं त्यजेत् कल्पे रसायने
भस्मनस्तीदणजीर्णस्य लक्षायुः पलभक्षणात् ।
दशपलं यदि प्राज्ञस्तीचणजीर्णस्य भचयेत् ॥
खस्थो जीवेन् महाकल्पं प्रलयान्ते शिवं ब्रजेत् ।
भस्मनः शुल्वजीर्णस्य लचायुः पलभक्षणात् ॥
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·चातुर्योऽध्यायः। भस्मनः हेमजीर्णस्य कोव्यायुः पलभक्षणात् । विष्णुरुदशिवत्वञ्च द्वित्रिचतुर्भिराप्नुयात् ॥ गुजामात्रं हेमजोणं ज्ञात्वा चाग्निबलाबलम् । घृतेन मधुना चाद्यात् ताम्बूलं कामिनी भजेत् ॥ एको हि दोषः सूक्ष्मोऽस्ति भक्षिते भस्मसूतके। त्रिसप्ताहादु विशेषेण कामान्धो जायते नरः॥ Mercury, solidified with lead, tin, poison, semi poison, urine, or semen, is to be avoided for medicinal purposes. One who takes one palam of incinerated mercury, exhausted with steel or copper, lives a lac of years." If he takes ten palams he lives for a kalpa. One who takes one palan of incinerated mercury, exhausted with gold, lives for one crore of years. It is desirable to take every day one rakti of incinerated mercury, exhausted with gold, and mixed with clarified butter and honey, and to enjoy betel leaf and the company of a passionate wife, so long as the medicine is taken. There is only one difficulty arising out of taking incinerated mercury, viz, the man gets intoxicated, in three weeks, with sexual desires. नारीसङ्गाद् विना शीघ्रमजीणं तस्य जायते। मैथुनाञ्चलिते शुक्र जायते प्राणसंशयः। युवत्या जल्पनं कायं तावत्तु मैथुनं त्यजेत् ॥ ब्रह्मचर्येण वा योगी सदा सेवेत सूतकम्। समाधिकारणं तस्य क्रामणं परमं मतम् ॥ 197 ·रसजलनिधिः। प्रभाते भक्षयेत् सूतं पथ्यं यामद्वयाधिके। न लायेत् त्रियामन्तु मध्याह खलु भोजयेत् सकणाममृतां भुक्ता मलबन्धे स्वपेनिशि। ताम्बुलान्तर्गते सूते किटबन्धो न जायते ॥ The man gets indigestion, if he avoids all connection with women, at the time he takes incinerated mercury. A sexual intercourse, on the other hand, leads to the waste of semen and proves very dangerous. Such being the case, it is desirable to dally with women without having any sexual intercourse. The taking of incinerated mercury every day, by a yogi who observes absolute celibacy, serves to help him in attaining samadhi (a state of mind in which the individual soul merges itself into the Brahman or the Universal Soul). The mercury is to be taken in the morning, diet being taken just after mid-day. In case of constipation, caused by the medicine, take a decoction of guduchi and pippali, just before going to bed for sleep. Incinerated mercury, taken with a betel leaf, does not give rise to constipation, अथातुरो रसाचाय्यं साक्षादव महेश्वरम् । साधितं च रसं शृङ्गदन्तवण्वादिधारितम् ॥ मर्चयित्वा यथाशक्ति देवगोब्राह्मणां स्तथा । पर्णखण्डे धृतं सूतं भक्षयेदनुपानतः ॥ The patient is to greet the Rasacharya with the same degree of respect as is due to Maheswara. He 198

·चतुर्योऽध्यायः।
१६६
should also welcome the mercury, duly prepared, and
kept in pots made of horn, ivory, bamboo reeds, etc.
The patient is also to pay his reverences to the gods,
cows, and Brahmans and to take the medicine with
a piece of betel leaf.
रससेवने पथ्यापथ्यम्।
हितं मुद्गाम्बुदुग्धाज्यं शाल्यन्नञ्च विशेषतः।
शाकं पौनर्णवं वास्तु मेघनादश्च यूथिकाम् ।
लवणं मागधीं मुस्तं पद्ममूलानि भक्षयेत् ।
अनुपानन्तु वै दद्याज् ज्ञात्वा रोगादिकं भिषक् ॥
कुष्माण्डं कर्कोटीञ्चैव कालिङ्ग कारवेल्लकम् ।
कुसुम्भिका च कर्कोटी कलम्बी काकमाचिका।
ककाराष्टकमेतद्धि वर्जयेद् रसभक्षकः ॥
Dietary regulations to be observed at the time of
taking mercury.
(1)
The following items of diet are considered salutary
to one who takes incinerated mercury :-juice of
mudga, milk, clarified butter, shali rice, punarnava,
baştu, meghanada, juthika, saindhava salt, pippali,
musta, and lotus roots.
* कदलीति पाठान्तरम् ।
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·२०. रसजलनिधिः। The following are considered injurious to the eater of mercury :- Kushmanda, karkoti, kalinga, karabella, kusumbha, karkati, kalambi, and kakamachi. (२) भुञ्जीत शालिगोधूमयवषष्टिकजाङ्गलम् । मुद्गयूषं गवां दुग्धं नित्यं नायात् सुखाम्भसा ॥ रूपयौवनसम्पन्नामनुरूपां प्रियां भजेत् । अभ्यहं कटुतैलेन काजीतैलं सुरां दधि ॥ कालिङ्गकारवेल्लाम्लरसोनासुरिमूलकम् । द्विदल विल्ववाकिं छत्राकं काकमाचिकाम् ॥ अङ्गसम्मईनं रात्री जागरं स्वपनं दिवा। कदम्लतिक्तलवणं खादूष्णं शिशिरोदकम् ॥ शोकवातातपक्रोधचिन्तां च परिवर्जयेत् । साहसं रसलोहानां मारकञ्च विशेषतः ॥ (2) The following are salutary to an eater of mercury :- Shali rice, wheat, barley, shastika rice, jangala meat juice, juice of mudga, cow's milk, daily bath in com. fortable water, and dallying with a dear wife, full of youth and beauty. The following are injurious to an eater of mercury -anointing the body with mustard oil, taking of kanji, oil, alcohol, curd, kalinga, karbella, things sour in taste, garlic, onions, rye, raddish, pulses, vilba fruit, brinjal, mushrooms, kakamachi, rubbing of :- 200 ·चतुर्याऽध्यायः। २०१ limbs, keeping late hours at night, sleeping in day time, and taking things which are pungent, sour, bitter, saline, and sweet in taste ; warm food, ice water, grief, current of air, exposure to the sun, anger, meditation, showing of courage and bravery, and taking of all things which serve to help the incineration of mercury and metals. घनसारचतुर्जातकङ्कोलं कटुकीत्रयम् । फलं ताम्बुलवल्ली च रसस्याक्रमणं परम् ॥ The following serve to counteract the effect of mercury (and should therefore not be taken by an eater of mercury, except, of course, betel leaf, a piece of which may be taken with mercury for the purpose of removing constipation) :-camphor, chaturjata, kankola, trikatu, jatiphalam, and betel leaf. (३) अतिपानं चात्यशनमतिनिद्रां प्रजागरम् । स्त्रीणामतिप्रसङ्गं च अध्वानश्च विवर्जयेत् ॥ प्रतिकोपं चातिहषं चातिदुःखमतिस्पृहाम् । शुष्कवादं जलक्रीडामतिचिन्ताश्च वर्जयेत् ॥ पातकञ्च न कर्त्तव्यं पशुसङ्गञ्च वर्जयेत् । चतुष्पथे न गन्तव्यं बिन्मूत्रश्च न लायेत् ॥ धीराणां निन्दनं चैव स्त्री निन्दाश्च वर्जयेत् । सत्यं वाक्यं सदा यादप्रियं न वदे वचः॥ 201 ·२०२ रसजलनिधिः। कुलत्थानतसीतैलं तिलान् माषान् मसूरिकान् । कपोतान काञ्जिकञ्चैव तक्रभक्तञ्च वर्जयेत् ॥ हेमचन्द्रादिकञ्चैव कुक्कुटानपि वर्जयेत् । कटुम्लतिक्तलवणं पित्तलं वातलञ्च यत् ॥ वदरं नारिकेलञ्च सहकारं सुवर्चलम् । नागर कामरङ्ग द्राक्षां शोभाञ्जनं त्यजेत् ॥ न वादजल्पनं कुर्य्यादु दिवा चापि न पर्यटेत् । नैवेद्य नैव भुञ्जीत कपूरं वर्जयेत् सदा॥ कुश्मालेपनं वज्यं न शयीत तथा क्षितौ। न च हन्यात कुमारीश्च वातलानि च वर्जयेत् ॥ क्षधात्तों नैव तिष्ठत्तु अजीर्णे नैव खादयेत् । सर्व्वक्षणं जपेन् मन्त्रं नासत्यवचनं वदेत् ॥ (3) The following are to be avoided by one who takes mercury :-Excess of drinking water, excess of food, excess of sleep, excess of avoiding sleep, excess of association with women, walking, excess of anger, laugh, sorrow, and desire ; dry conversations, sports in water ; excess of thought ; commission of sin, staying near animals , going near the junction of two roads, walking over stools and urines , slandering of worthy people and women , telling of lies, telling of unpleasant things, taking of kurathwa grams, atasi (linseed) oil, tila, masha grams, mashura, pigeons, kanji, food mixed with whay or 202 ·arguitsers: 1 २०३ i account butter milk, hemachandra, etc, and fowls ; taking of things which are pungent, sour, bitter, and saline ; things which increase pitta (animal heat) and vayu (quantity of air inside the human system); plums, cocoanuts, mangoes, subarchala salt, nagaranga (oranges), kamaranga, grapes, and sobhanjana, argumentative discussions, going for walks, uncooked rice, camphor, anointing the body with saffron, lying upon the earth, and chastisement of virgins. The taker of mercury should on no abstain from food, when hungry, and should also not take any food unless he gets hungry. He should chant the aghora mantram, if possible, as long as he can. (8) घृतसैन्धवधन्याकजीरका कसंस्कृतम् । तण्डुलीयकन्याकपटोलालम्बुषादिकम् ॥ गोधूमजीर्णशाल्यन्न गव्यं क्षीरं घृतं दधि । हंसोदकं मुद्गरसः पथ्यवर्गः समासतः ॥ One who takes mercury should take the following vegetables, duly cooked with clarified butter, saindhava, dhanya, jiraka, and ginger :--tanduliyaka, dhanya, patola, alambusha. He should also take wheat, 'shali rice of more than one year's, but less than three year's standing, cow's milk, clarified butter, curd, water exposed to the sun during day time and to moonlight during night, juice of mudga, and all good diets in general. 203

·रसातविधिः।
बृहतीविल्वकृष्माण्डं वेत्राम कारवेल्वकम् ।
माषं मसूरं निष्पावं कुलत्थं सर्वपं तिलम् ॥
लबनोद्वननानताम्रचूड़ासुरासवान् ।
मानूपमांसं धान्याम्लं भोजनं कदलीदले ॥
कांस्ये च गुरुविष्टम्भितीक्ष्णोष्णं च भृशं त्यजेत् ॥
The following are to be avoided by one who takes
mercury ;-brihati, vilba fruit, kushmanda, the tender
part of betas, karbella, masha (bean, horse gram),
masura, shmibi, kulattha, sarshapa, tila, fasting,
rubbing the body with oil, etc, bathing, fowl's meat,
white mustard, liquors in general, fermented drinks,
meat of anupa animals, kanji, taking meal on banana
leaf and on bell metal pots, heavy meal, and pungent
and hot things.
कण्टारीफलकाञ्जिकञ्च कमठस्तलं तथा राजिका।
निम्बुकं कतकं कलिङ्गकफलं कुष्माण्डकं कर्कटी॥
कालीकुक्कुटकारवेल्लकफलं कर्कोटिकायाः फलम् ।
बृन्ताकञ्च कपित्थकं खलु गणः प्रोक्तः ककारादिकः ॥
देवीशास्त्रोदितः सोऽयं ककारादिगणो मतः।
शास्त्रान्तरविनिर्दिष्ठः कथ्यतेऽन्यप्रकारतः॥
The under-mentioned articles of food stuft, with
the alphabet "K" at the beginning of their names,
should also be avoided by one who takes mercury :-
kantakari fruit, kanji, kamatha (tortoise), oil, rye, lemon,
kataka (nirmala fruit), kalingaka, kushmanda, karkati,
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·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
krishna jira, kukkuta, karabella, karkataka, brinjal,
and kapittha.
काः कन्दुककोलकुक्कुटकलकोड़ाः कुलत्थास्तथा ।
कपटारीकटुतैलकृष्णगलकः कूर्मः कलायः कणा ॥
कर्कारुञ्च कठिबकं च कतकं कर्कोटकं कर्कटी।
काली काञ्जिकमेष कादिकगणः श्रीकृष्णदेवोदितः॥
यस्मिन् रसे च कण्ठोक्तथा ककारादिनिषेधितः।
तत्र तत्र निषेध्यस्तु तदौचित्यमतोऽन्यतः॥
The following articles of food stuff, also beginning
with 'K' are to be avoided by one who takes mercury:
kangu, kanduka (betel nut), kola, kukkuta, kalacroda,
kulattha, kantari, katu taila (mustard oil), krishnagala,
kurma, kalaya, kana, karkalu, kathillaka, kataka,
karkotaka, karkati, krishnajira, and kanji. All these
are forbidden by the great Shree Krishna.
अवैधरससेवनजनितविकाराणां निवारणोपायाः।
(१)
उदारे सति दध्यन्न कृष्णमीनं सजीरकम् ।
अभ्यद्गमनिलक्षोभे तेलेर्नारायणादिभिः॥
अरतौ शीततोयेन मस्तकोपरि सेचनम् ।
तृष्णायां नारिकेलाम्बुमुद्गयूषं सशर्करम् ॥
द्राचादाडिमखर्जरकदलीनां फलं त्यजेत् ।
रसबीर्यविवृद्धयर्थ दधिक्षीरेक्षुशर्कराम् ॥
* क्षीरं घनावर्तितदुग्ध परित्यज्यं न तु दुग्धं तदेव विशेषण
पातव्यम्।
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·रसजलनिधिः। A: I शीतोपचारमन्यच्च रसत्यागविधौ HOE geafi fari sa FTERCO Fanfat: il How to cure symptoms due to an improper use of mercury. out of (1) If the taking of mercury is followed by a coming gases through the alimentary canal, the patient is to be given rice with curd, and black fish cooked with jira. In case of excess of vayu (air) in the system, the body of the patient will have to be anointed with narayana taila etc. In case of restlessness of mind, cold water will have to be applied on the head. In case of excess of thirst, tender cocoanut water mixed with sugar and juice of mudga, are to be prescribed. Grapes, pomegranates, dates, banana fruits etc., are to be given up. For the purpose of increasing the potency of mercury, the following should always be avoided :-curd, condensed milk, sugar-cane juice, sugar, and all sorts of things having a cooling effect on the body. After discontinuing the taking of mercury, it is desirable that the patient should take for some time brihati fruits and vilba fruits. These are the general rules relating to the eating of mercury. (2) सेवया परिहार्याणां रसस्याजरणा भवेत् । शूलो नाभितले जाड्यं निद्रालस्य ज्वरस्तमः ॥ 206

·२०७
चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।
अङ्गभङ्गोऽचिहः पिवेत्तत्र दिनत्रयम् ।
सौवर्चलं सगोमूत्रं कर्कोटीमूलवारिणा ॥
मातुलुङ्गस्य वाऽम्लेन माणिमन्थं सनागरम् ।
नागवङ्गयुतः सूतः प्रमादाद्भक्षितो यदि ॥
सैन्धवं कारवेल्लस्य कन्दं मूत्रः पिबेद्वाम् ।
कर्कोटीगरुडीपथ्याशरपुर्विपाचितम् ॥
अष्टभागावशिष्टं वा गोमूत्र सैन्धवान्वितम् ॥
यः क्षेत्रीकरणात् परमर्चयेच् च रसं ततः।
सेवेत तस्य सिद्धिः स्यादन्यथा मरणं ध्रुवम्॥
(2)
The violation of the rules relating to the taking
of mercury, as referred to above, results in a failure
to digest the mercury, accompanied by a colic pain
on the lower part of the navel, inactivity, drowsiness,
lethargy, fever, shortness of eyesight, pains all over
the body, aversion to food, and inflammation of the
wholebody. To remove such symptoms, une should
take, for three days, suvarchala salt, with cow's urine
and the juice of karkati root, or the juice of matulunga
mixed with saindhava salt, and shunthi (dried ginger).
A man who takes by mistake mercury containing lead
or tin, should take saindhava mixed with cow's urine
and the tuber of karabella; or a decoction of karkoti,
guduchi, haritaki, and sharapunksha, prepared by
boiling the things with cow's urine, to be reduced
to one eighth its quantity and mixed with saindhava.
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·२०८
रसजलानाका
A man attains success in taking mercury, if, prior
to his so doing, he prepares his system in a manner
described above, viz by purgation, vomiting etc. ;
otherwise, the action leads to death.
अन्यविधः।
(३)
नाभिमूले भवेच्छूलं निद्रालस्य ज्वरोऽरुचिः।
जाज्य मलग्रहो दाहो रसाजीणे भवेन्न णाम् ॥
रसाजीर्णमिति ज्ञात्वा ततः कुर्यात् प्रतिक्रियाम् ।
दिनत्रयं प्रयलेन क्रियमाणे रसायने ।
कर्कोटीकन्दसम्भूतं कषायं त्रिदिनं पिबेत्।
रसाजीणे पिबेद्वापि गोजलं रुचकान्वितम् ॥
विल्वसैन्धवसंयुक्त मातुलुङ्गस्य मूलकम् ।
अज्ञानानागकल्केन भुक्तो यदि भवेद्रसः॥
नागदोषविशुद्धयर्थ गोमूत्रेण समन्वितम् ।
पटुयुक्त पिबेन्मूल कारवेल्लभवन्तथा ॥
इत्थं नागभवो दोषो नाशमायाति निश्चितम् ।
वन्ध्याकर्कोटकपुष्पं गरुड़ी च ततः परम् ।
असामान्यतमं मूलं क्षिप्त्वा गोजलमध्यतः ॥
अत्यम्लकटुतिक्त श्च सूतः स्रवति सेवितेः ।
अत्यम्ललवणाहारैर्मन्दवीर्यों भवेद्रसः।
सततं वर्जयेदेकाहारच रससेवकः॥
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·२०३ चतुर्याऽध्यायः। नश्यत्यधिरनाहारात् सूतो नैव क्रमेत्तनौ। रोगशान्ति तथा कर्तुं नैव शक्नोति पारदः॥ विचित्रेभोजनस्तस्माद् रसं समुपवृहयेत् । निषिद्धं वर्जयेत् सर्व रससेवाविधौ नरः॥ रसस्त्रावकरं वज्यं भोजने चातियत्नतः। अग्निमान्धकरं तद्वद्वय॑ञ्चापि प्रयत्नतः ॥ - (3) Indigestion of mercury is followed by colic in the navel, drowsiness, lethargy, fever, aversion to food, dullness, constipation, and inflammation. This is remedied by taking for three days decoction of tuber of karkati ; or cow's urine mixed with saubarchala salt; or root of matulunga mixed with powdered shunthi and saindhava. To remedy the evil effects due to the taking of mercury mixed with lead, one should take the root of karabella mixed with saindhava. The same purpose is served, if a little of bandhya karkotaka flower and garudi root is taken with cow's urine. Mercury is purged out of the body by taking a good deal of sour, pungent, ard bitter things.* Mercury looses its potency by an excess of sour and salty things being taken. One who takes mercury should avoid taking meal only once a day, in as much abstinence from food destroyes appetite, with the as. The allopaths who have been using "makaradbwaja” should take note of this. Administration of Makaradhwaja and quiaine at the same time, is found to be not only abortive but pernicious also. 209 27 ·२१० रसजलनिधिः। result that the mercury is not absorbed in the system, leading to the failure of mercury to cure disease. The potency of mercury is therefore to be increased by a splendid diet. Practices, forbidden before, should be avoided by all means at the time of taking mercury. Diets which have the effect of purging mercury out of the body should be avoided very carefully. Those articles of food stuff which cause a loss of appetite should also be avoided. (४) विकारा यदि जायन्ते पारदान् मलसंयुतात् । सेवेत गन्धकं धीमान् पाचितं विधिपूर्वकम् ॥ (4) The ailments due to an inproper use of mercury may be removed by the use of sulphur, duly purified. (For purification of sulphur, see vol. II.) (५) रसकर्पूरस्थावगुणः । सेवितोऽविधिना कुष्ठम् सन्धिवातं कफादिकम् । रसकर्पूरकं कुर्यात् तस्माद् यत्न न सेवयेत् ॥ (5) Rasakarpuram or white mercury, if not prepared in the prescribed manner, gives rise to leprosy, gout, and excess of phlegm. It is therefore to be prepared and taken very carefully. रसकरदोषस्य शान्तिः। महिषीशकृतो नीरं धन्याकं वा सितायुतम् । पिबन् नीरेण मुक्तः स्याद् रसकर्पूरजैर्गदैः॥ 210

·चतुर्योऽध्यायः।
२११
Ailments due to the use of rasakarpura, prepared
in an improper way, are removed by taking with water,
the watery portion of the stool of a she-buffalo, or
dhanya mixed with sugar candy.
(६) रससिन्दूरस्यावगुणः।
रससिन्दूरमशुद्धाद्रसाद्धि जातं पारदवद रोगान् ।
कुर्यात् तेषां शान्त्यै घृतमरिचरजः पिवेत् सप्तदिनम् ॥
(6)
Rasasindura, prepared out of impure mercury,
gives rise to all the evil effects of using mercury,
not purified in the manner described before. These
evils are remedied by taking clarified butter with
powdered maricha for seven days.
वलीपलितनिर्मुक्तो मृत्युहीनो भवेन्नरः॥
जायते मन्मथाकारो नरोऽपि प्रमदारतः ।
रसायने हि निर्दिष्टं प्रायशो रससेवने ॥
बुद्धिः प्रजा बलः कान्तिः प्रभावश्च तथा बहिः ।
आरोग्यं लघुता सौष्ठ्यं रुचिमुव्र्वन्नजीर्णता॥
रोगनाशश्च बृष्यता सततं रससेवनात् ।
नौषधं पारदादन्यन्न देवो महेशात् परः॥
न वैद्यादपरो बन्धुन दानादपरो विधिः॥
A man who takes mercury, in accordance with the
procedure laid down above, becomes free from senility
and death, and acquires a very handsome physique
॥
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·२१२
रसजलनिधिः।
with a steadiness of procreative energy, and develop
ment of intelligence, beauty, and physical strength.
Mercury gives rise to immunity from diseases,
buoyancy of the heart and of the body, cheerfulness,
appetite, power of digesting heavy diet, and nutrition.
There is no better medicine than mercury, no
greater god than Mahadeva, no better friend than
physician, and no better deed than gift.
मृतसञ्जीवनी गुटिका।
कान्ताभ्रताप्यसत्त्वानां वजहम्नो रसस्य च ।
सप्ताहमम्लपिष्टानां गोलके लेपितेऽन्वहम् ॥
गोजिह्वावायसी पथ्यानिर्गुण्डीमधुसैन्धवम् ।
स्विन्ने भूधरयन्त्रस्थ पक्षात् कठिनतां गते॥
यवचिञ्चापलाशाक्षराजिकार्यासतण्डुलैः।
आवर्तितान्तर्लिप्तायां मूषायां खदिरामिना ॥
टकणं श्वतकाचंच दत्त्वा दत्त्वा विशोषिते।
मूषायां विडयोगेन समांशं हेम जारयेत् ॥
संवत्सरं मुखधृता मृतसञ्जीवनी मता।
गुटिका शस्त्रस्तम्भ च कुरुते हरते जराम् ॥
Kanta iron, abhra, swarna-makshika, hiraka
(diamond), gold, and incinerated mercury-all these
are to be rubbed for one week with kanji and made
into a ball, which will have to be coated all over with
a paste made of gojihva, kakamachi, haritaki, nirgundi,
* चुम्बकान्तमिति पाठान्तरम् ।
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·putsara: 1 honey, and saindhava. This is then to be subjected to heat by means of a bhudhara jantram, heated by fuel made of khadira wood. The crucible to be used for this purpose should be coated all over its inner part with a paste made of barley, tamarind, ashes of palasha wood, bibhitaki, rajika (rye), cotton seeds, and tanduliyaka. Powdered alum and white glass are to be gradually put into the crucible, from time to time, so long as the heating continues. In this way, the ball gets dried in fifteen. days. The gold used in this case is to be incinerated by means of an equal quantity of bida being mixed with it at the time of its being heated in a crucible. This ball, if held for one year inside the mouth, serves to restore a dying man to life and strength, and to make the body so strong as to baffle the enemies' arms, and to cure senility. समभागजीर्णहेममाक्षिकयोगेन मारितो वृष्यः । घृतमधुशतावरीरसदुग्धयुतो मदनवर्द्धनः सूतः॥ लोहितागस्त्यसारेण कृष्णरम्भाफलद्र तम् । रसं च घनसारं च पीत्वा स्त्रीषु वृषायते॥ Jncinerated mercury, mixed with an equal quantity of incinerated swarna-makashika, is nutritive. Incinerated mercury, if taken with clarified butter, honey, juice of satabari, and milk, increases sexual desire. It gives an unusual power of sexual activity, if taken with the juice of red agastya flower, juice of black banana, and essence of mica. 213 ·रसजलनिधिः। : अथ रसमूलिकाः (नियामकगणः )। सर्पाची वन्यकर्कोटी कञ्च की यमचिञ्चिका । शतावरी शङ्खपुष्पी शरपुडा पुनर्नवा ॥ मण्डूकपर्णी मत्स्याक्षी ब्रह्मदण्डी शिखण्डिनी। अनन्ता काकजङा च काकमाची कपोतिका॥ विष्णुकान्ता सहचरा सहदेवा महावला । वला नागवला मूर्वा चक्रमः करञ्जकः ॥ पाठा तामलकी नीली जालिनी पद्मचारिणी। घण्टा त्रिकण्टगोजिह्वा कोकिलाक्षः धनध्वनि ॥ आखूपर्णी क्षीरिणी च त्रिपुषा मेषभृङ्गिका । कृष्णवर्णा च तुलसी सिंहिका गिरिकर्णिका । एता नियामकोषध्यः पुष्पमूलदलान्विताः ॥ Controllers of mercury. The following, with their respective flowers, roots, and leaves, are what are called the controllers of mercury:-gandhanakuli, banyakarkoti, kanchuki, jamachinchika (unripe tamarind), satabari, sankhapuspi, sharapunkha, swetapunarnava, mandukaparni, hilamachika, brahmadandi, juthika, anantamulam, kakajangha, kakamachi, kapotika, aparajita, pitajhinti, prasarini, pitabala, swetabala, nagabala, murba, chakramarda, karanji, patha, bhumiamalaki, nili, ghosha, padmacharini, ghanta-patali, gokshura, gojihva, kokilaksha, meghanada, akhuparni, kshirini, tripusha, meshasringi, black tulasi, kantakari, and sweta aparajita. 214.

·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। २१५ ॥ मतान्तरम्। साक्षी क्षीरिणी बन्ध्या मत्स्याक्षी शङ्खपुष्पिका । काकजङ्घा शिखिशिखा ब्रह्मदण्ड्याखुपर्णिका ॥ वर्षाभूः कञ्च की दूर्वा सैय्यकोत्पलशिम्बिकाः। शतावरी वज्रलता वज्रकन्दाग्निकर्णिका श्वेतार्कशि धत्तरमृगदूर्वारसाङ्कशाः। रम्भा रक्तालु निर्गुण्डी लज्जालुः सुरदालिका ॥ मण्डूकपर्णी पाताली चित्रकं ग्रीष्मसुन्दरः । काकमाची महाराष्ट्री हरिद्रा तिलपर्णिका । जाती जयन्ती श्रीदेवी भूकदम्बः कुसुम्भकः ॥ कोशातकी नीरकणा लागली कटुतुम्विका । चक्रमर्दोऽमृता कन्दः सूर्यावर्तेषुपुतिका ॥ वाराही हस्तिशुण्डी च प्रायेण रसमूलिकाः। रसस्य भावने स्वेदे मूषालेपे च पूजिताः ॥ The following vegetables, called the controllers of mercury, are used in the bhavana, and boiling of mērcury, and also in plastering crucibles for use in mercurial operations :-gandhanakuli, kshirini, indrabaruni, hilamochika, sankhapuspi, kaka jangha, apamarga, bhargi, akhuparni, punarnaba, kanchuki, durva, sweta-jhinti, utpalam, shimbi, satabari, asthi. sanhara, banya surana, agnikarni, sweta arka, shobhan-: jana, dhuttura, mrigadurba, kadali, racta-alu, nirgundi, lajjalu, devadali, mandukaparni, nagaballi, chitraka,. 215 .

·२१६ grishmasundara, kakamachi, maharastri (kanchata), haridra, tilaparni, jati, jayanti, shridevi, bhukadamba, kusumbha, koshataki, jalapippali, langali, katutumbi, chakramarda, guduchi, suranam, surjabarta, sharapunkhi, barahikanda, and hasti-shundi. मतान्तरम्। अर्थता मूलिका वक्ष्ये शुद्धसूतस्य मारणे। ब्रह्मदण्डी मेघनादा चित्रकं तृणमुस्तिका ॥ वजवल्ली वला शुण्ठी कटुतुम्व्यद्ध चन्द्रिका । विषमुष्ट्यर्कलाचाच गोचुरः काकतुण्डिका.॥ कन्या चण्डालिनी कन्दं सर्पाक्षी शरपुड्किा । वस्तारक्तामनिर्गुण्डी लज्जालु देवदालिकाः॥ जाती जयन्ती वाराही भूकदम्बं कुरुण्टकम् । कोषातकी नीरकणा लाइली सहदेविका ॥ चक्रमदोऽमृताकन्दं काकमाची रविप्रिया । विष्णुकान्ता हस्तिशुण्डी स्नुक् पयो कराट् पटुः ॥ ईत्येता मूलिका ख्याताः योज्याः पारदमारणे। एताः समस्ता व्यस्ता वा देया ह्यष्टादशाधिकाः॥ The following are the drugs which are to be used in the killing of mercury. Not less than eighteen of these drugs are to be used, jointly or separately, in the operations leading to the incineration of mercury: brahmadandi, tanduliyaka, chitraka, musta, asthisanhara, bala, shunthi, katutumbi, ardhachandra (karnas- 216 ·चतुर्योऽध्यायः। २९७ phota), bishamusti, arka, laksha, gokshura, kakatundi, kanya, chandalini, shuranam, sharapunkha, basta, gandhanakuli, ractagra (ractarka? or ractalu?), nirgundi, lajjalu, devadali, jati, jayanti, barahi, bhukadamba, jhinti, koshataki, jalapippali, langali. prasarini, chakramarda, guduchi, shuranam, kakamachi, suryabhacta, aparajita, hastishundi, snuhi, bhringaraja, and patu (saindhava salt). मतान्तरम्-मारकवर्गः। घनवचाचित्रकगोचुरकटूतुम्बीदन्तिकाजाती: साक्षी शरपुडा कन्या चण्डालिनी कन्दम् । विषमुष्टिवजवल्लयो लज्जा देवदाली लाक्षा सहदेवा नीपकणा निर्गुण्डी चक्र लाङ्गलिका ॥ माणार्कचन्द्ररेखा रविभक्का काकमाचिकाचार्कः।। विष्णुक्रान्ता वायसतुण्डी वजी वला शुण्ठी चैव ॥ कोषातकी जयन्ती वाराही हस्तिशुण्डिका रम्भा । मत्स्याक्षी यमचिचा हरिद्र द्वे पुनर्नवाद्वितयम् ॥ धुस्तूरः काकजड़ा शतावरी कञ्च की चैव वन्ध्या। तिलभेकपर्णिका दूर्वा मूर्खा हरीतकी तुलसी ॥ गोकपटकाखुपण्यों कर्कटीकन्दवर्गलता च । मूषली हिङ्गराडची शिघ्र गिरिकर्णिका महाराष्ट्री॥ . नीरकणा इति पाठान्तरम् । + माणारशाला इति पाठान्तरम्। 217 ·रसजलनिधिः। मार्कवसैन्धवसरणीसोमलताश्वेतसर्षपासनञ्च । हंसपदीव्याघ्रपदीकिंशुकभल्लातकेन्द्रवारुणिकाः॥ सर्वञ्चार्भाशं वाष्टादशाधिकं वापि द्रच्यम् । समारणमूर्छादौ च युक्तिज्ञ विधिवदुपयोज्यम् ॥ The following are the killers of mercury. They are to be used by the adept in causing swoon and incineration of mercury. All of them, or half their number, or at any rate, not less than eighteen of them, may be used either jointly or separately :-Musta, bacha, chitraka, gokshura, katutumbi, danti, jati, gandhanakuli,sarapunkha, kan ya, chandalini,shuranam, bishamusti, asthisanhara, lajjalu, devadali, laksha, prasarini, kadamba (balaka, according to another version), pippali, nirgundi, kasamarda, langali, mana (shala, according to another version), arka, shomaraji, surya bhacta, kakamachi,sweta arka, aparajita, kakatun. di, snuhi,bala, shunthi,koshataki, jayanti, barahi, hastishundi, rambha, brahmi, jamachincha, haridra, daruharidra, swetapunarnava, ractapunarnava, dhuttur kakajangha, shatabari, kanchuki, bandhya, karkotaki, tila, mandukaparni. durba, murba, haritaki, tulasi, gokshura, akhuparni, karkatikanda, bargalata, mushali, hingu, guduchi, shigru, sweta aparajita, jalapippali, bhringaraja, saindhava, sarani, somalata, swetasarshapa, ashana, godhapadi, byaghrapadi, palasha, •bhallataka, and indrabaruni. मतान्तरम्। साक्षी चीरिणी वन्ध्या मत्स्याची शरपुतिका । काकजना शिखिशिखा ब्रह्मदण्ड्याखुपर्णिका ॥ 218 ·चतुर्थोऽध्यायः। वर्षाभूकञ्च की मूर्वा पटुकोत्पलचिञ्चिका । शतावरी वज्रलता वज्रकन्दा त्रिकर्णिका ॥ मण्डकपर्णी पाटली चित्रकं प्रीष्मसुन्दरः। काकमाची महाराष्ट्री हरिद्रा तिलकर्णिका ॥ श्वेतार्कशिग्रुधुस्तूरमृगदूर्वा हरीतकी। गुड़ ची मूषली पुङ्खा भृङ्गराड्ररक्तचित्रकम् ॥ तगरं शूरणं मुण्डीमलकापोतकोकिलम् । सैन्धवं श्वेतवर्षाभ साम्बरं हिङ्गमाक्षिकम् ॥ विष्णुकान्ता सोमवल्ली व्रणनी यक्षलोचनम् । व्याघ्रपादी हंसपादी वृश्चिकाली कुरुण्टकम् ॥ स्वयम्भूकुसुमं कुञ्ची हस्तिशुण्डीन्द्रवारुणी। बीजान्यहस्करस्यापि सर्वत्रते नियामकाः॥ एताः समस्ता व्यस्ता वा देया ह्यष्टदशाधिकाः। मारणे मूर्छने बन्धे रसस्यैतानि योजयेत् ॥ Gandhanakuli, kshirini, bandhyakarkati, brahmi, sharapunkha, kakajangha, maurashikha, (nilakantha, or moragphul), brahmadandi, akhuparni, punarnaba, kanchuki (khirisha), murba (suchamukhi), saindhava salt, utpala, chinchika, shatabari, astisanghara, bajrakanda, gokshura, mandukaparni, patali. chitraka, grishmasundara, kakamachi, jalapippali, haridra, tilaparnika, swetarka, shigru, dhuttura, mrigadurba, haritaki, guduchi, mushali, sarapunkha, bhringaraja, ractachitraka, tagaram, shuranam, mundiri, kasta- 219 ·२२० रसजलनिधिः। udumbara, karanja, kokilaksha, saindhava, swetapunarnaba, sambara salt, hingu, madhu, aparajita, somalatan langali, bata, byaghrapadi (bikankata), godhapadi. brishchikali, jhinti, mashaparni krishnajira, hastishundi, indrabaruni, and seeds of arka. All of them, or at least 18 of them, are to be used, jointly or separately, in the transformation, incineration, and entanglement of mercury. 220

·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
(१७) अथ रसस्य रञ्जनम् (पतदस्य सप्तदशः संस्कार)।
(तारकर्मणि अस्य न तथा प्रयोगो दृश्यते।)
केवलं निर्मलं तानं (१) वापितं दरदेन तु ।
कुरुते त्रिगुणं जीणं लाचारसनिभं रसम् ॥
गन्धकेन हतं नागं जारयेत् कमलोदरे (२)।
एतस्य त्रिगुणे जीणों लाक्षाभो जायते रसः॥
(एतत्तु नागसन्धानं न रसायणकमणि ।)
(17) Ranjanam or Dyeing of mercury (i. e., the
seventeenth mercurial operation).
(It is not usual to have mercury dyed in operations
leading to the transformation of base metals into
silver.)
(1) Mercury, which has swallowed three times
its weight of pure copper killed with hingula, assumes
the complexion of lac. (2) Lead killed with sulphur
is again to be exhausted by means of a crucible made
'of
copper. Mercury which is exhausted with three times
its weight of this substance becomes as red as lac,
This operation with lead is to be avoided in the
preparations of mercury for medicinal
purposes.
• (१) वापितं पुटितं मिश्रितम्वा।
(२) कमलोदरे ताम्रोदरे।
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·२२२ रसजलनिधिः किंवा यथोक्तसिद्धवीजोपरि त्रिगुणताम्रोत्तरेणा- न्यत् वीजं समजीणं रसं स्वतन्त्रेणैव रञ्जयति । Or, the substance which is produced by the commingling of one part of the dyeing substance mentioned above and three parts of copper, is competent to dye mercury which is exhausted by an equal quantity of this new dyeing substance. कुनटीहतकरिणा रविणा वा ताप्यगन्धकहतेन दरदनिहतशिलया वा त्रिव्यूढ़ हेम तदुवीज वलिना व्यूढं केवलमर्कमपि रञ्जयति । ® Gold mixed for three times (1) with lead killed with manas-sila, or (2) with copper killed with swarna makshika and sulphur, or (3) with manas sila killed with hingula, can dye only copper mixed with sulphur. अथ रसस्य सारणा। सूते सतैलयन्त्रस्थे स्वर्णादिक्षेपणं हि यत् । वेधाधिक्यकरं लोहे सारणा सा प्रकीर्तिता ॥ Sarana or dyeing by means of oil. Sáraná of mercury is a process by which gold and other things are thrown upon mercury contained in an apparatus full of some prescribed oil. This heightens the alchemical power * कुनटी मनःशिला। करिणा नागेन (सीसकेन)। रविणा ताम्रण। ताप्य माक्षिकम् । वलिना गन्धकेन । अर्कम् ताघ्रम् । of mercury. 222

·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
२२३
अथ सारणातलम् ।
मञ्जिष्ठाकिंशुकञ्चैव खदिरं रक्तचन्दनम् ।
करवीरं देवदारु सरलो रजनीद्वयम् ॥
अन्यानि रक्तपुष्पाणि पिष्टा लाक्षारसेन तु ।
तैलं विपाचयेत्तेन कुर्य्याद बीजादिरञ्जणम् ॥
द्विगुणे रक्तपुष्पाणां रक्तपीतगणस्य च ।
क्काथे चतुर्गणं क्षीरं तैलमेकं प्रयत्नतः ॥
ज्योतिष्मतीकराख्यकटुतुम्बीसमुद्भवैः ।
पाटलाकाकतुण्ड्याह्वमहाराष्ट्रीरसैः पृथक् ॥
भेकशूकरमेषाहिमत्स्यकूर्मजलौकसाम् ।
वसया चैकया युक्तं षोड़शांशैः सुपेषितम् ॥
भूलतामलमाक्षीकं द्वन्द्वमेलाख्यकोषधैः।
पाचितं गालितञ्चैव सारणातैलमुच्यते ॥
The dyeing oil.
1 oil is to be prepared with manjistha, palasha,
khadira, raktachandanam, karabira, devadaru, sarala,
haridra, daruharidra, and other red flowers, all rubbed
with lac juice. The oil, thus prepared, serves to dye
mercury. In this case, two parts of the juice of red
flowers, two parts of: the juice of reddish yellow
flowers, four parts of milk, and one part of oil are to
be made use of. The oil will also have to be boiled
with the juice of each of the following:-jatismati,
karanja, katutumbi, patala, kakatundi, maharastri. It
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·२२४ रसजलनिषिः। . will then have to be mixed with the tallow of each of the following animals, each one-sixteenth in weight of the oil,-frog, hog, ram, snake, fish, tortoise, and leach, all well rubbed. The oil will have .then to be again prepared with the following:-soil raised by earth worm, honey, and two parts of ela. The oil, thus prepared, will have to be filtered. It is called Sarana Tailam. अथ गन्धर्वतैलम्। ऊर्णाटङ्गणगिरिजतुमहिषीकर्णाविमलेन्द्रगोप- कर्कटकाः द्वन्द्वमेलाख्यकोषधानि । यथाप्राप्तः श्वेतपुष्पैर्नानावृक्षसमुद्भवैः। रसं चतुर्गुणं योज्यं कङ्कनीतैलमध्यतः ॥ पचेत् तेलावशेषन्तु तस्मिंस्तैले निषेचयेत् । द्रावितं तारखीजन्तु एकविंशतिवारकम् ॥ रञ्जितं जायते तत्तु रसराजस्य रञ्जनम् । कुटिले बलमत्यधिकं रागस्तीपणे च पन्नगे स्नेहः । रागस्नेहबलानि तु कमले नित्यं प्रवसन्ति ॥ Gandharva tailam. An oil is to be prepared with the following ingredients:-ram's fur, tanganam, silajatu, the dirt collected in the eyes and ears of a she-buffalo, indragopa worm, karkataka (crab), two kinds of ela, the juice of as many white flowers as available, the quantity of this juice being four times in weight of the kanguni oil from which the oil is to be prepared. 224

·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
२२५
Silver beejan becomes white-coloured, if smelted for
twenty one times and immersed in this oil. Mercury,
exhausted with this silver beejam, assumes the
appearance of silver. It is to be borne in miad that
the characteristic of kanta iron is strength, that
of steel is the aptitude of being coloured, that of
lead is sinoothness, and that of copper is all these
three combined.
अध तारबीजम्।
(१) कुटिलं विमला तीक्ष्णं समचूर्ण प्रकल्पयेत्
पुटितं पञ्चवारन्तु तारे बाह्य शनैर्धमन् ॥
यावदशगुणं तत्तु तारबीजं भवेच्छुभम् ।
(२) सत्त्वं तारोद्भवं वङ्गं समं कृत्वा तु धामयेत् ॥
तचूर्णं वाहयेत्तारे गुणान्येव हि षोड़श ।
प्रतिबीजमिदं श्रेष्ठ सूतकस्य निबन्धनम् ।
जारणात् सारणाच्चैव सहस्रांशेन विध्यति ॥
(३) बङ्गान वाहयेत्तारे गुणानि द्वादशानि च ॥
एतद्वीजं समे चूर्णे शतवेधी भवेद्रसः।
(४) नागात्र वाहयेद्धोनि द्वादशानि गुणानि च ॥
प्रतिवीजमिदं श्रष्ट पारदस्य निवन्धनम् ॥
(५) माक्षिकेण हतं ताम्र नागश्च रञ्जयेन् मुहुः।
तं नागं वाहयेटु वीजे द्विषोडशगुणानि च ।
वीजं विदं वरं श्रेष्ठ नागवीजं प्रकीर्तितम् ।
समचारितमात्रेण सहस्रांशेन विध्यति ॥
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·२२६ रसजलनिधिः। The tara bijam or seeds of silver, (1) Kanta iron, bimala, and steel are to be taken in equal quantities and mixed together by means of being subjected to putapaka for five times. Ten parts of this compound and one part of silver are to be heated together until the whole thing turns into a seed of silver. (2) Essence of silver and banga (tin) are to be taken in equal quantities, and burnt by putapaka. Sixteen parts of this compound and one part of silver are to be heated together. This compound, by means of being dyed and exhausted with mercury, becomes competent to transform into silver a base metal thousand times in weight of this. (3) Banga (tin) and abhra (mica) are to be taken in equal quantities and mixed together. Twelve parts of this compound and one part of silver are to be heated together to form into a silver seed. Mercury, exhausted with this substance, is competent to transform into silver hundred times its weight of base metal. (4) Twelve parts of lead and mica mixed together and one part of gold are to be heated together to be formed into a silver seed. (5) Copper and lead, both killed with makshika, are to be mixed together. Thirty-two parts of this compound and one part of silver are to be heated together to form themselves into a silver seed. This is a very good silver seed and is called the Naga bijam. It transforms into silver thousands times its weight of base metal. 226

·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
२२०
अय सारणाविधिः।
अन्धमूषा तु कर्त्तव्या गोस्तनाकारसन्निभा।
सैव च्छिद्रान्विता मन्दा गम्भीरा सारणोचिता ॥
अस्यामेव मूषायां तत्तैलमपगतकल्क
विमलमापूर्यमस्मिन्नधिकमधस्ताद् द्रुतवीज
प्रक्षेपसमकालमेव समावर्जनीयः सूत
वरस्तदनुसद्यो मूषा समाच्छादनीया।
एतत्तैलाक्तपटखण्डग्रन्थिबन्धेन अरुणासित
बीजाभ्याममुना सारणकर्मणा मिलितश्चेत्
सारितः। सम्यक संयमितश्च विज्ञातव्यः।
प्रतिसारितस्तु द्विगुणबीजेन तद्वदनुसारितस्तु
त्रिगुणेनात्र त्रिविधायामेव सारणाया
मरुणसितकर्मणोः क्रामणार्थमीषदीषत्
पन्नगरङ्गौ विस्रावणीयाविति ।
The process of sarana.
A blind crucible, smooth, deep, resembling the
shape of a cow's teat, and having a hole at the upper
part, is to be partly filled with the dyeing oil duly
filtered. Into this oil is to be thrown mercury
as soon as smelted beejam is thrown upon it (i.e.
mercury). The crucible is then to be covered well.
Mercury duly mixed with the beejam (of gold or of
silver), and enclosed with a piece of cloth, sat urated
with the oil, gets dyed.
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·३२८ रसजलनिधिः। With double the quantity of the bijam the colour of the mercury is spread ; and with three times the quantity of the bijam the colour of the mercury is deepened. In these three different kinds of dyeing mercury, it is desirable for the purpose of transformation of base metals into gold, to have the tin and lead slightly smelted. प्रकारान्तरेण रसरञ्जनम् । कंकुष्ठ हरितालं च गन्धकं दरदं शिला। माक्षिकं सैन्धवं तुत्थं नवसारं तथाभ्रकम् ॥ सौवीरं गैरिकाकारं राजावत्तं विषत्रयम् । प्रवाल यावकं पिङ्गं सिन्दूरं सरसाञ्जनम् ॥ समुद्रफलं कर्पूरं पीतकाशीसवेतसम् । खरं किंशुकं रक्त तुरटी ® नूतनां नयेत् ॥ कृत्वा सूक्ष्मं विघृष्याथ स्त्रीरक्तन च भावयेत् । दाडिमीकुसुमैर्भाव्यो जपायाः कुसुमैस्तथा ॥ वन्धूककुसुमैर्गाढ़ हस्तिशुण्डीरसैरपि । चाङ्गरिकारसैः साद्धं मुसलीरसमर्दितः ॥ हरिद्राभावनाः पञ्चत्रटिकायास्तथा रसैः। सुवर्णकुसुमानां च रसद द्याच्च भावनाः॥ शृङ्गीविषस्य दातव्या भावना पञ्च पञ्च च । दुग्धिकाया रसैः पञ्च कुड्मस्य रसैरपि ॥ * तोरी तुबरी स्फटिकारि इत्येते तुरट्याः प्रतिशब्दाः। 228

·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
२२६
राजवृक्षस्य पुष्पाणां निम्वुकानां द्रवैस्तथा।
एवं रागयुतः सूतः प्रोज्ज्वलो निश्चलस्तथा ॥
सव्वकर्मासहः श्रीमानग्निस्थायो स्थिरो भवेत् ।
हेमाभ्रसत्वप्रभृतीन् प्रसते निष्प्रयासतः॥
ततो यामद्वयं कुर्यात् कर्मणोऽन्तेऽथ मदनम् ।
अवश्यं वध्यते तेन कर्मणा पारदः परः॥
यद्यदारभेते कर्म तत्तदेव करस्थितम् ।
भविष्यति न सन्देहः कंकुष्ठादिगणादतः॥
अनेन सदृशं नान्यद्रसाधीनकरं परम् ।
भूतले विद्यते पुरा शम्भुदेवेन भाषितम् ॥
असौ रक्तगणः कार्यों रसकार्य्यस्य सिद्धये।
विनाऽनेन न जायेत जारणकर्म सूतके ॥
अवश्यं पीतवर्णः स्यात्तथा वहौ स्थिरो भवेत् ।
अवश्य जायते रक्तोऽप्यवश्यं ग्रासलोलुपः॥
अनेन गणराजेन सकलं कर्म कारयेत् ।
क्षुद्वोधो जायतेऽनेन प्रबोधो मनसस्तथा ॥
Another process of dyeing mercury.
Kankustha, haritala, gandhaka, hingula, manassila,
makshika, saindhava, tuttham, nabasaram, abhraka,
saubiranjana, red ochre-like rajabarta, the three
different kinds of poison, (viz., shringi, batsanabha,
and kalakuta), pravala (coral). lac, haridra, sinduram,
rasanjanam, samudraphalam, karpuram, yellow kasisa,
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·२३०
रसजलनिधिः।.
betasam, kharpara, kinsuka, kusumbha, new tubari,
all these are to be finely powdered, mixed together,
and rubbed with mercury, which is to be subjected to
bhavana with the menstrural discharge of a woman.
The mercury is then to be subjected to bhavana with
the following :-pomegranate flowers, japa flower,
bandhuka flower, hastishundi, changeri, musali,
haridra juice for five times, tubari for five times,
juice of dhatura flower, shringi poison for five times,
dugdhika for five times, kumkuma juice, aragbadha
flower, and lemon juice.
Thus dyed, mercury becomes perfectly devoid of
motion. It then may be used in all sorts of things.
It is then capable of standing fire. Mercury is to
be dyed in this way. It should not be exhausted
without being dyed. Mercury thus dyed, becomes red
in colour, and is capable of swallowing metals etc.
पूर्वोत्तरसेन वीजप्रासः।
पूर्वप्रोक्त रसेन्द्र तं लोहखल्वे विनिक्षिपेत् ।
चतुःषष्ठ्यं शभागेन बीजप्रासं प्रदापयेत् ॥
त्रिंशांशं लवणं दत्त्वा ह्यम्लेन सह मई येत्।
सोऽयं खल्वे चरेद्यास द्रुतिगर्ने प्रजायते॥
सोन चारनालेन चालयित्वाऽथ सूतकम् ॥
स्थापयेत् पत्रपुटके चाष्टांशविड़संयुते॥
तत्पुटं पोटली बद्धा दोलायन्त्रेण धारयेत् ॥
अर्द्ध पूर्ण घटं कृत्वा मूत्राम्लभूतिवारिणा।
पुनः सूत्रे निवध्याथ यन्त्रद्वारं पिधापयेत् ॥
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·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः। २३१ त्रिदिने जायते ग्रासः सूतके नात्र संशयः। चालनात् परमुष्णेन पासो देयः पुनः पुनः । मईनं स्वेदनं कायं निर्मलो जायते रसः॥ Swallowing of metals etc. by the mercury referred to above. The mercury, dyed in the foregoing manner, is to be rubbed in an iron mortar with one sixty-fourth its weight of gold (or silver), one thirtieth its weight of salt, and a sufficient quantity of sour vegetable juice. This causes the internal liquefaction of mercury which swallows the metal. The mercury is then to be washed with warm aranala, and to be confined within a patra-putam with one eighth its quantity of bida. This putam is to be wrapped up in a piece of cloth and boiled by means of a Dola Jantram, half of which is to be filled with urine, sour juice, and ashes dissolved in water. After keeping the bundle suspended, as usual, by means of a thread, the mouth of the vessel is to be closed. The morsel is swallowed in "three days by the mercury, which is to be washed again with warm aranala. The mercury is to swallow such morsels, again and again. Thus rubbed and boiled, the mercury clear. becomes very पूव्वोक्तरसस्य सारणम्। गृहधूमेष्टिकाचूर्णदधिनिर्गुण्डीकाजिकैः । प्रासान्ते स्वेदयेत् सूतं पातनं च प्रदापयेत् ॥ 231

·२३२
रसजलनिधिः।
चतुःषष्टयशभागेन प्रासयुग्मं प्रदीयते ।
चत्वारिंशद विभागेन दद्याद् ग्रासचतुष्टयम् ॥
त्रिंशांशकेन पड़ पासा अष्टौ विंशतिकेन च ।
एते चतुर्विधा मासा जीर्य्यन्ते स्वेदयोगतः॥
चतुर्गणेन वस्त्रेण पीड़ितो यदि निःसरेत् ।
प्रासं जीणं विजानीयादजीणं तु विवर्जयेत् ॥
अस्य पातं ततः कृत्वा पुनर्यासं प्रदापयेत् ।
दश ग्रासाः प्रदातव्या जलकूम्र्मे रसस्य च ॥
षोड़शांशेन बीजं च विडं चाष्टांशकं भवेत् ।
द्वादश द्वादशांशेन स्थलकूम्में प्रदापयेत् ॥
अष्टांशैर्भुवनग्रासा दातव्या कन्दमध्यतः ।
कन्दमध्ये विड़ दत्त्वा विडमध्ये तु
पारदम्॥
द्वारं निरुध्य यत्नेन वेष्टयेद् वाससा मृदा।
भूधरे च पुटं दत्त्वा त्रिदिनीयंते रसः॥
दातव्या षोड़शयासाः पादांशेन रसस्य ते।
कृत्वा वज्रमयीं मूषां विड्गर्भ प्रदापयेत् ॥
तत्क्षणाद
असते सूतः पुटेन करीषाग्निना।
जलकुम्में दिनत्रीणि स्थलकूम्में दिनत्रयम् ॥
कन्दमध्ये दिनत्रीणि मूषायां च दिनत्रयम् ।
एवं चाष्टगुणेनायं ततः सिध्यति पारदः ॥
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·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
२३३
दिव्यौषधिसमायुक्त सूतबन्धं च कारयेत् ।
बद्धश्च सूतराजेन्द्रो कामदायी भवेत् स्फुटम् ॥
समेन शतवेधी स्याद द्विगुणेन सहस्रकम् ।
चतुर्गुणेन लक्षं तु कोटीमष्टगुणेन तु॥
बीजं कलागुणं जीणं द्वात्रिंशकगुणै स्तथा।
वेधयेत् सर्वलोहानि स्पर्शमात्रेण निश्चितम् ॥
शंकरण विधिः प्रोक्तो बीजे त्रिगुणवाहिते।
तावत्संख्यं भवेद व्योम यावद् बीजं च
जारयेत् ॥
गन्धकोऽत्यधिको जार्यः शतसाहस्रसंख्यया।
रागाधिक्यं करोत्येष सर्वजारणकर्मणि ॥
रक्ततैलेन संयुक्तं दीर्घमूषे रसं क्षिपेत् ।
मूषे तप्त करीषासावित्थं सरति सूतकः ॥
एक द्विरथवा त्रीणि सारितव्यो रसोत्तमः॥
Saranam (or dyeing by means of an oil) of the
mercury referred to above.
The mercury, dyed as above, is to be boiled with
soot, brick powder, curd, nirgundi, and kanji, and
then to be subjected to sublimation. It is then to be
made to swallow two morsels (silver or gold), each
itth in weight of the mercury. Four more morsels,
each one fortieth in weight of the mercury,
six
more morsels, each one thirtieth in weight ; and eight
more morsels, one twentieth in weight each, are
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·338 रसजलनिधिः। also to be made to be swallowed, by means of heating in the prescribed manner. If the mercury is then capable of passing through a piece of cloth, four folded, the morsels are to be considered swallowed, otherwise, the mercury is not to be made use of for the purpose in view. If it is then again to be subjected to sublimation, and again made to swallow gold or silver, ten morsels are then to be given by means of a Jala-kachchapa Jantram, each one sixteenth in weight of the mercury, combined with bida, one eighth in weight of the same. Twelve morsels, each one twelfth in weight of the mercury, are then to be made to be swallowed by means of a Sthala kachchapa Jantram. Fourteen morsels, each one eighth in weight, are next to be given to the mercury by means of being confined within the tuber of a suitable planı (such as shuranam, bidari, karkoti etc.). The tuber, which in this case, is to confine within itself the mercury, surrounded on all sides with bida, is to be closed carefully, and coated all over with a plaster made of rag, soaked with mud, and dried. It is then to be subjected to heat by means of a Bhudhara Jantram, for three days, leading to the exhaustion of the mercury. Sixteen morsels are next to be given, each one fourth in quantity, by means of a bajra musha (hard crucible), containing bida, and subjected to heat by putam with fire made of cowdung cakes. The mercury is thus to be exhausted with eight times its weight of gold or silver, by means of a Jala Kachchapa Jantram, Sthala Kachchapa Jantram, tuber, and hard crucible, for three days each. The mercury thus prepared, is 234 ·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः। 234 to be solidified with divya (divine) drugs, and becomes the giver of wished for objects. If exhausted with only an equal quantity of bijam (gold or silver), it becomes shata-bedhi, (i.e. capable of transforming into gold or silver, as the case may be, a hundred times its weight of base metals). If exhausted with double its quantity of bijam, it becomes Sahasrabedhi (capable of transforming into gold a thousand times its weight of base metals). If exhausted with four times its weight of bijam, it becomes Laksha bedhi (i.e., capable of transforming into gold or silver one hundred thousand times its weight of base metals). If exhausted with eight times its weight of gold or silver, it becomes koti bedhi (or capable of transforming ten millions its weight of base metals). If exhausted with sixteen or thirty two-times its weight of metals, the mercury becomes Sparsamani (Philosopher's stone, or something capable of transforming into gold or silver, any metal by mere touch). This process was taught by Shiva himself, When three times its weight of bijam is swallowed by the mercury, an equal quantity of mica is also to be exhausted. Sulphur is also to be exhausted by a hundred or thousand times in weight of the mercury. All these procedures are to be observed for increasing the power of transformation of base metals by mercury. The mercury is then to be put into a long crucible containing racta-tailam (i.e. the dyeing oil). The crucible is then to be heated by means of cowdang cakes, causing the dyeing of the mercury. 235 ·रसजलनिधिः। The mercury is thus to be dyed twice or thrice by means of the red oil. पूर्वाकसिद्धरसस्य संक्रामणम् । मधूच्छिष्टकमाक्षिकवसाशोणितटंकण भूनागमृतनागकन है रसस्य कामनम् । वेधितं तेन सूतेन दिव्यं भवति काञ्चनम् ॥ वसया पित्तबीजेन कोटीगुणं च वेधयेत् । बाह्यद् तिप्रयोगेण क्षणाद् वेधमवाप्नुयात् । Sankramanam (or imparting upon the mercury, dyed as above, the power of transformation of base metals into gold). Wax, honey, tallow, blood, takanam, carthworm, incinerated lead, and oil--these are things which impart upon the mercury the power of transformation of base metal into gold. A base metal may be transformed into a fine gold by the mercury desoribed above, if subjected to bhavana with the things noted above. If it is intended to transform base metals, one crore times in weight of the mercury, to gold, it is necessary to subject the mercury to bhavana with tallow and the biles bag of an animal. In such a case, the adoption of the process of external liquefaction makes the transformation instantaneous. 236 a ७ ·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः। २३७ (१८) अथ रसस्य वेधनम् ( एतदस्याष्टादशः संस्कारः)। सारितो जारितश्चैव पुनः सारितजारितः सप्तशृङ्खलिकायोगात् कोटिवेधी भवेदसः॥ (18) Bedhanam or transformation of base metals into gold by mercury (i. e., the eighteenth mercurial operation). Mercury is to be dyed and exhausted, and again dyed and exhausted. It becomes competent to turn into gold, crore times its weight of base metals, by the performance of the operation of dyeing and exhaustion, for seven times. वेधनार्थ जारणे धात्वादीनां प्रयोजनम् । बलमास्तेऽभ्रकसत्त्वे जारणरागा प्रतिष्ठितास्तीक्ष्णे । बद्धश्च रसो लौहैः क्रामणमथनागवङ्गगतम् ॥ कामति तीक्ष्णेन रसः तीक्ष्णेन च जीर्यते ग्रासः । हेनो योनिस्तीक्ष्णं रागान् गृहाति तीक्ष्णेन ॥ तदपि च दरदेन हतं कृत्वा वा माक्षिकेण रविसहितम् । वासितकमपि वासनया घनवच्च मार्यश्च जाय॑श्च सब्वैरेभिलों हैर्माक्षिकमृदितद्रुतैस्तथागर्ने। विडयोगेन च जीणों रसराजो बन्धमुपयाति ॥ निवीं समजीणे पादोनं षोड़शांशे तु ।। अद्धेन पादकनकं पादनैकेन तुल्यकनककञ्च ॥ * .वासितं संस्कृतम्। वासनया संस्कारेण पुटेन इति भावः । + चिहितश्लोकस्य व्याख्या-निवौंज स्वर्णरौप्यादिव्यतीतं सम- जीणे समपरिमाणेन पूर्वोतन धातुसमष्टिना सह जीणे रसराजे 237 %3D ·रसजलनिधिः। Importance of metals in Bedhanam or Alchemy. The essence of mica possesses strength, steel possesses the power of exhaustion and colour. Mercury, therefore, if bound with steel, causes dhe alchemical transformation of lead and tin. Mercury wansforms base metals into gold by the help of steel. It is steel which makes mercury swallow other metals. Steel produces gold. Colour is imparted by steel. But steel, like mica, is to be exhausted and incinerated, by being killed with hingula or with swarna nakshika, combined with copper. All these metals, previously rubbed with makshika, and thrown upon mercury, causes its internal liquefaction. This mercury, if now rubbed with btda, becomes exhausted, and allows itself to be bound (i.e., solidified). Mercury, exhausted with an equal quantity of the amalgam of the metals referred to above, but without gold or silver, becomes competent to transform an equal quantity of base metals into gold. It can transform one fourth its quantity of base metals, if it is exhausted in the above way with half the quantity of the amalgam. If it is exhausted with one fourth its quantity of the amalgam, (without any hijam i.e., gold or silver) it can make base metals appear like gold, but cannot transform them into real gold. इति शेषः षोड़शांशे लोहे पादोन त्रिपाद कनकं जायते। तथा मर्दैन धातुसमष्टिना सह जीर्णे पादमात्र कणकं जायते। तया पार्दन पादमात्रेन धातुसमष्टिना जीणे रसे तुल्यकनकं कनकतुल्या मिश्र धातुविशेषः न तु प्रकृतकनकं जायते 238

·पचमोऽध्यायः।
२३९
तथान्यविधम् ।
व्योन्नो दशगुणं सत्त्वं सत्त्वाद् दशगुणा द्रुतिः ।
नागे स्नेहो वलं व्योनि रागस्तीक्ष्णात् परोन हि ॥
बलं रागस्तथा स्नेह स्तिष्ठन्ति कमले सदा।
लोहेन भावितस्त्यजेत् मलं हि जारितो रसः।
बीजत्वं बीजराजेन भवेत् सम्यङ् न संशयः॥
वज्र लक्षद्वयो रागो माणिक्ये दशलक्षकम् ।
नीले द्वादशलक्षश्च द्वयष्टयौ मरकते स्मृतम् ॥
वैदूर्ये पुष्परागे च लक्षमेकमुदाहृतम् ।
रसस्तस्य प्रभावेण दिव्यदेहमवाप्नुयात् ॥
Another version.
Essence of mica is ten times as powerful as mica
incinerated, whereas liquefied mica is ten times as
powerful as its essence. Lead (exhausted in mercury)
gives rise to smoothness, mica (similarly exhausted)
gives rise to strength, and steel gives rise to colour,
but copper alone possesses these three characteristics
of strength, colour, and smoothness. Mercury, duly
exhausted, gives up its want of colour, if subjected to
sancramanam with iron. Mercury turns to a seed of
gold or silver, if subjected to sancramanam with
In diamond exists two lacs of units of colour,
in manikya ten lacs, in nilam twelve lacs, in emerald
ixteen lacs, in vaidurya and pusparaga one lac units
each Mercury assumes a divine appearance by the
influence of the above.
semen.
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·२४० रसजलनिधिः। अत्यम्लितमुवर्तिततारारिष्टादिपत्रमतिशुद्धम् । आलिप्य रसेन ततः क्रमेण लिप्तौंपुटेषु विश्रातम् ॥ अद्धेन मिश्रयित्वा हेन्ना श्रेष्ठेन तद्दलं पुटितम् क्षितिखगपटुरक्तमृदा वर्णपुटोऽयं ततो देयः॥ Leaves of silver, copper etc. are to be purified very well, and rubbed well with a strongly sour vegetable solution. They are then to be coated with mercury, duly exhausted with the bijam, and then heated by samputam. The leaves are next to be mixed with half thelr quantity of absolutely pure gold and heated by putapaka. For the enhancement of the colour, they are then to be subjected to putapaka with the soil raised by earth worms, salt, and red earth. रज्जुभिर्भेकरङ्गाने स्तम्भयोः सारलोहयोः । वध्यते रसमातङ्गो युक्तया श्रीगुरुदत्तया ॥ शिलाचतुष्कं गन्धेशो काचकूप्यां सुवर्णकृत् । + कीलालाय कृतो योगः खटिकालवणाधिकः ॥ In accordance with the instructions given by a preceptor, the elephant of mercury can be tied, in pillars made of incinerated diamond and iron, by ropes made of mnica, tin, and gold. Four parts of manas-sila and one part of sulphur, If put in a glass bottle, with its mouth closed tightly with a stopper made of haritala, iron, khatika (chalk)," सारः वनक्षारम् (हीरकभस्म)। अभ्रम्-वर्णमिति मेदिनी। + कीलः शङ्कः आलम् हरितालम् अयः लोहम् । 240 :

·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
and salt, give rise to a substance which (if properly
utilised, can produce gold.
मण्डुकपारदशिलावलयः समानाः
संमर्दिताः क्षितिविलेशयकान्त्रविद्धाः (१)।
यन्त्रोत्तमेन गुरुभिः प्रतिपादितेन
खल्पर्दिनरिह पतन्ति (२) न विस्मयध्वम् ॥
लौहं गन्धं टङ्गणं भ्रामयित्वा
तेनोन्मिभं भेकमावर्त्तयेत्तत् । (३)
तालं (४) कृत्वा ताप्यवङ्गान्तराले
रूप्यस्यायं तच्च सिद्धोक्तबीजम् ॥
Black mica, mercury, manas-sila, and sulphur are
to be taken in equal quantities, aud rubbed with the
entrails of animals living in holes made into the
earth. No wonder, if they turn into gold, if heated
for a few days, by means of apparata devised by
preceptors.
Iron, sulphur, borax, mica, swarna-makshika and
tim are to be mixed together and smelted in a crucible,
the compound thus produced being a primary seed of
silver.
(१) विद्धः ताड़ितः महितः।
(२) वर्णरूपेणेति शेषः ।
(३) आवर्सयेद् वहियोगेन मूषायां द्रावयेत् ।
(४) तालं गोलाकारम्।
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·२४२ रसजलनिधिः। वलिदईरपतिलौहताप्यम् कुरुते हिगलखण्डपक्षखण्डं ध्र वमक्षीणधिया मतेन लदम्याः ॥७ शशिहेलिहिरण्यस्यापि वाह्यद्रु तयो वक्ष्यन्ते । एतास्तु केवलमारोटमेव + मिलिता हि बध्नन्ति । फलमस्य कल्पप्रमितमायुः। किं पूर्वोक्तमासक्रम- जारिता पूर्वोक्तफलप्रदा भवन्ति। उच्यते च सम- जीर्णश्चायं शतवेधी द्विगुणजीर्णः सहस्रवेधी। एवं लक्षायुतकोटीवेधी अनुसतव्यः। चतुःषष्टिगुण जीर्णस्तु धूमस्पर्शावलोकशब्दतोऽपि विध्यति Sulphur, mica, munda iron, and swarna-makshika, combined, can cut off the wings of cinnabar (which, even if heated, does not sublimate). Silver, copper, and gold, combined, can cause the external liquefaction of purified mercury. Taking of this mercury increases longevity. Moreover, mercury, exhausted with an equal quantity of the above metals combined, becomes shatabedhi i.e., competent to transform hundred times its weight of base metals. Mercury, exhausted with double its quantity of the above metals, becomes sahasrabedhi 2.e, competent to transform thousand times its weight of base metals. Mercury may thus be made to transform millions, and, * लक्ष्म्याः लक्ष्मीधरस्य सिद्धाचार्य्यस्य । + सुशोषितो रसः बद्ध आरोट इति कथ्यते। 242

·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः।
२४३
billion times its weight of base metals. Mercury,
exhausted with sixty four times its weight of the
above-mentioned metals, is competent to transform
base metals into gold by its smoke (see definition
of dhumabedhi), touch, * sight, and sound.
शिलया निहतो नागो वङ्ग वा तालकेन शुद्ध ने।
क्रमशः पीते शुक्ले क्रामणमेतत् समुद्दिष्टम् ॥
Mercury, exhausted with lead, previously killed
with manassila is competent to turn base metals
into gold, whereas mercury, exhausted with tin,
previously killed with purified haritala, is competent
to turn base metals into silver.
दरदं माक्षिकं गन्धं राजावत्तं प्रवालकम् ।
शिलातुत्थश्च कष्कुष्ठ समचूर्ण प्रकल्पयेत् ॥
वर्गाभ्यां पीतरक्ताभ्यां + कङ्गुनीतैलकैः सह ।
भावयेटु दिवसान् पञ्च सूर्य्यतापे पुनः पुनः॥
जारितं सूतखोटश्च + कल्केनानेन संयुतम् ।
वालुकाहण्डिमध्यस्थ शरावपुटमध्यगम् ॥
त्रिदिनं पाचयेचुल्यां कल्क देयं पुनः पुनः ।
रञ्जितो जायते सूतः शतवेधी न संशयः॥
This refers to what was popularly called the Sparshamani or
Philosopher's stone.
+ अग्रे परिभाषा प्रष्टव्या।
* पूर्वोक्तया विडवट्या सूतोऽत्र जार्य।
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·344 रसजलनिधिः। Hingula, swarna-makshika, gandhaka, prabala, manas-sila, tutthaka,i kankustha- all powdered and taken in equal quantities, are to be rubbed together and subjected to bhabana with the yellow and the red bargas (see chapter on commentary), and with kanguni oil for five times. Mercury, combined with gold and other metals, and duly exhausted, * is to be mixed with the powder referred to above and confined within the samputam of two basins, tightly closed with mud etc. and dried. The samputam is then to be heated for three consecutive days by means of a Baluka Jantram, fresh powders being put inside the sampuitam, from time to time. Mercury, thus prepared, becomes tinged, and serves to transform into gold hundred times its weight of base metals. लौहं गन्धं टङ्गणं ध्मातमेतत् तुल्यं चूर्ण भानुभकाहिरङ्गः। सूतं गन्धं सर्वसाम्येन कूप्या मीषत् साध्यं चित्तं नो विस्मयध्वम् ॥ Iron, sulphur, and borax, heated together ; powdered copper, mica, lead, and tin, equal in quantity to the three things mentioned above ; mercury and sulphur, equal in quantity to all the materials mentioned above-all of these are to be put into a glass bottle and heated mildly for some time. Do * Mercury exhausted with what is called bidabati should be used in this case. 244 ·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः। not let your mind lose itself in wonder at the sight of the product (i.e. gold). रसदरदताप्यगन्धकमनःशिलाभिः क्रमेण वृद्धाभिः। पुटमृतशुल्वं तारे त्रिव्यूढ़ हेमकृष्टिरियं । Silver, mixed with three times its weight of copper, killed by being subjected to putam with an equal quantity of the following, combined in the proportion of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 gives rise to what is called hemakristi (transformer into gold) :-rasa (mercury), warna-makshika, gandhaka, and manas-sila. अष्टानवतिभागञ्च रूप्यमेकञ्च हाटकम् । सूतकेन च वेधः स्यात् शतांशवेधो हि स्मृतः॥ चन्द्रस्यैकोनपञ्चाशत् तथा शुद्धस्य भाखतः। अहिरेकः ® शम्भुरेकः शतांशवेधी हि स्मृतः ॥ द्वावेव रजतयोनि ताम्रयोनित्वेनोपचर्यते। एवं सहस्रवेधादयो जारणबीजवशादनुसतव्याः॥ Ninety eight parts of silver, one part of gold, and a sufficient quantity of mercury give rise to a compound whici serves to transform hundred times its weight of base metal into silver. Forty nine parts of silyer, an equal quantity of pure copper, one part of lead, and one part of mercury produce a substance • बहिरेकः इति पाठान्तरम् । अहिःसीसकः । 245 ·२४६ रसजलनिधिः। into copper. which can transform hundred times its weight of lead The potency of the above-mentioned metals can be increased ten times or moroe, according to the quantity of the mica, gold etc. with which the mercury used in the compound may be exhausted. चत्वारः प्रतिवापाः सह लाक्षया मत्स्यपित्त- भावितया। तारे वा शुल्वे वा तारारिष्टेऽथवा कृष्टौ ॥ तदनुक्रमेण मृदितः सिक्थकपरिवेष्टितो देयः । अतिविद् ते तस्मिन् वेधोऽसो दण्डवेधेन । तदनुसिद्धतैलेनाप्लाव्य भस्मावच्छादनपूर्वक- मवताय्यं स्वादशैत्यपर्यन्तमपेक्षितव्यमिति ॥ The four kinds of substances meant to be thrown upon base metals may be rubbed with lac, previously subjected to bhabana with the bile of fish, and with silver, copper, silver solution or Kristi * (as the case may be). The amalgam is then to be covered with the coarse remains of the ingredients mixed together and smelted. This compound causes the transformation of base metals into gold, silver, or copper (as the case may be), by mere contact. The transformed metal is to be anointed with the dyeing oil referred to above, then covered with ashes, got * परिभाषा द्रष्टव्या। See Chapter on Definitions. * 246 ·पञ्चमोऽध्यायः। २४७ down from the oven, and cooled by the radiation of the heat. समांशगन्धजीर्णेन सूतेन दुःखतारणः । तारपत्रं प्रलेप्याथ वह्नौ तनिक्षिपेत् क्षणम् ॥ तत्पत्रं जायते पीतं हरिद्रा जलसन्निभम् । अनसत्त्वकृतं पत्रं मार्यते माक्षिकेण च ॥ तच्चूर्ण ग्रस्यते सूते बन्धीकरणहेतवे । तथा नागं प्रकारेण तथा हेमापि जारयेत् ॥ तथा लौहं प्रकारेण समसूतं यथाविधिः। मारितं सकलं रक्तं कोमलं कृतमुत्तमम् ॥ इत्थं जीर्णेन सूतेन तारपत्र विलेपयेत् । तत्पत्रं जायते शीघ्र काञ्चनं दुःखनाशनम् ॥ Silver leaf, painted with mercury which has consumed an equal quantity of sulphur, and heated, assumes a yellow appearance immediately. Leaf, made of essence of mica, and killed with måkshika, is to be caused to be swallowed by mercury which becomes thus solidified. Similary, lead, gold, and iron, each equal in quantity to the mercury and incinerated very fine, are to be duly made to be * The word दुःखतारण: means one who puts an end to human misery by transformation of base metals into gold. The word Doctor appears to be a contraction of Dukhtar or Dukhtaran. 247

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रसजलनिधिः।
swallowed by the mercury. Paint a silver leaf with
this mercury, which is to transform the leaf into gold,
विद्धं रसेन यदं द्रव्यं पक्षकं स्थापयेद् भुवि ।
तत आनीय नगरे विक्रीणोत विचक्षणः॥
Base metals transformed into gold by mercury
should be kept buried in the earth for a fortnight,
before they are taken out for sale in the market.
वेधो बहुविधो ज्ञेयो लेपो क्षेपश्च कुन्तकः ।
धूमाख्यः शब्दसंज्ञकः स्पर्शाख्यो दुःखतारकाः॥
Transformation of metals are of various kinds,
viz, (1) lepa, (2) kshepa, (3) kunta, (4) dhuma, (5)
shabda, and (6) sparsha, All of these put an end to
human miseries.
लेपेन कुरुते लौहं स्वर्ण वा रजतं तथा।
लेपवेधः स विज्ञयः पुटमत्र च सौकरम् ॥
प्रक्षेपणं द्रुते लोहे वेधः स्यात् क्षेपसंज्ञितः ।
सन्दंशधृतसूतेन द्रुतद्रव्याहृतिश्च या।
सुवर्णत्वादिकरणं कुन्तवेधः स उच्यते ॥
बहो धूमायमानेऽन्तः प्रचिप्तरसधूमतः ।
स्वर्णावापादन लोहे धूमवेधः स ईरितः
मुखस्थितरसेनाल्पलोहस्य धमनात् खलु ।
वर्णरूप्यत्वजननं शब्दवेधः स कीर्तितः ॥.
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·जोपशमध्यायः। २४९ कलागुणेन aitsta जीणों बद्धो रसेश्वरः। स्पर्शन कुरुते स्वर्ण स्पर्शवेध इति स्मृतः॥ Lepabedha--is an act of bedhanam or transformation of a base metal into gold or silver by subjecting the base metal to putam of an ordinary nature, after painting the surfaces of the metal with mercury, especially prepared. Kshepabedha-is an act of transformation of a base metal into gold or silver by the throwing in of mercury, especially prepared, when the metal is in a state of liquefaction. Kunta-bedhais an act of transformation of a base metal into gold or silver, an act in which a bit of mercury, especially prepared, is held within the grip of a forcep and put upon the base metal when smelted. Dhuma-bedhais an act of bedhanam in which mercury, especially prepared, if thrown upon a base metal, put upon fire, emits a smoke and causes the instantaneous transformation of the base metal into gold or silver. Shabda bedha--is an act of bedhanam in which the transformation takes place by means of heating a small piece of base metal by breath, accompanied with a hissing sound, emited through mouth containing mercury, especially prepared. Sparsha bedhais an act of transformation of base metals into gold by the mere touch of a mercury, already exhausted with at least sixteen times its weight of beejam (metals, gems, etc.), and brought to a state of consolidation. This mercury is popularly known to be the Sparsha-mani (Philosopher's stone) 249

·षष्ठोऽध्यायः।
अथ बन्त्राणि।
स्वेदादिकर्म निर्मातु रसविदुभिः प्रयत्नतः ।
यन्त्रयते पारदो यस्मात् तदयन्त्रमिति कथ्यते ॥
Apparata.
A Jantram (or apparatus) :is sonamed, because it is
made use of by the Chemists in controlling mercury
of boiling etc.
by way
दोला यन्त्रम्।
द्रवद्रव्येण भाण्डस्य पूरिताद्धोदरस्य च ।
मुखस्योभयतः द्वारद्वयं कृत्वा प्रयत्नतः॥
तयोस्तु निक्षिपद दण्डं तन्मध्ये स्वेद्यपोटलीम् ।
प्रलम्ब्य सूत्रयोगेन स्वेदयेच्च यथाविधिः ।
दोलायन्त्रमिदं ख्यातं मुनिभिः सूतवेदिभिः॥
Dola Jantram.
Two holes are to be made, opposile each other,
at the edge of a vessel, half filled with some liquid.
This is provided with a rod, passing through the two
holes across the mouth. A bundle, containing the
material or materials to be boiled, is to be kept
suspended into the liquid, by means of a thread tied
at the middle of the rod, the vessel being placed upon
fire and heated, as required.
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः।
२५१
स्वेदनी यन्त्रम् (कन्दुकयन्त्रम् )।
साम्बुस्थालीमुखावद्ध बस्ने पाक्यं निवेशयेत्
पिधाय पच्यते यत्र कन्दुकयन्त्रमुच्यते।
स्वेदनीयन्त्र मित्यन्ये प्राहुरेतन् मनीषिणः ॥
Swedani Jantram.
Things, meant to be boiled, are to be put upon a
piece of cloth, with which is to be closed the mouth
of an earthen vessel, filled with water. An earthen
basin is to be placed upon the mouth of the vessel, so
as to cover the materials completely, and heat is then
applied underneath. The apparatus is called the
swedani Jantram.
पातनायन्त्रम् (विद्याधरयन्त्रम् )।*
अष्टाङ्गलपरीणाहमानाहेन दशाङ्गलम् ।
चतुरङ्गलकोत्सेधं तोयाधारं गलादधः॥
अधोभागे मूलं तस्य भाण्डस्योपरिवर्तिनः ।
षोड़शाङ्गलविस्तीर्णपृष्ठस्यास्ये प्रवेशयेत् ॥
ऊद्ध, स्थापयां जलं क्षिप्त चाधोभाण्डे रसं न्यसेत् ।
पार्श्वयोर्महिषीक्षीरचूर्णमण्डूरफाणितैः ॥
लिप्त । विशोषयेत् सन्धिं चुल्लयामारोपयेत्ततः।
अधस्ताज ज्वालयेदग्निं यावत् प्रहरपञ्चकम् ॥
उष्णं जलं मुहुस्त्यक्ता शीतं वारि समानयेत् ।
* ऊईपातनयन्त्रमपि कथ्यते एतत् ।
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·२५२ Tarefafat: 1 Faltai ant varg gheng THTHE 1 विद्याधराभिधञ्चैव पातनायन्त्रमीरितम् ॥ Patana Jantram (Vidyadhara Jantram). A vessel with a diameter of eight angulis at the top and ten angulis at the middle, and a height of four angulis from the bottom to the neck, is to be placed upon the mouth of another vessel having a diameter of 1o angulis. The upper vessel is to contain water and the lower vessel is to contain mercury etc, the joint being cemented with a plaster made of buffalo's milk, powdered and oxidised iron, and treacle, and dried. The apparatus is then to be placed upon fire, and heated for fifteen hours continuously. The mercury, deposited on the convex side of the upper vessel, is to be collected very carefully, after the apparatus gets cooled of itself on the oven. अधःपातन यन्त्रम्। अस्योर्द्ध भाजने लिप्त स्थापितस्य जले सुधीः। दीप्तेर्वनोत्पलेः कुर्य्यादधःपातं प्रयत्नतः॥ Adhah patana Jantram, It consists of two earthen vessels. The inner surface of the upper one is to be painted with mercury and the lower one is to contain water. The upper one is to be placed, upside down, upon the lower one, and the joint closely cemented, A fire made of cowdung balls, found dried in the pasturage, is to be 252 ·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। २५३ made upon the upper vessel. This will cause the downward sublimation of the mercury. तिर्यपातन यन्त्रम् । क्षिपद रसं घटे दीर्धे नताधोनालसंयुते । इतरस्मिन् घटे तोयं प्रक्षिपेत् स्वादुशीतलम् ॥ तन्नालं निक्षिपेज जलकुम्भकुक्ष्यन्तरे खलु । तत्र रुद्धा मृदा सम्यग् वदने घटयोरधः ॥ अधस्ताद रसकुम्भस्य जालयेत् तीव्रपावकम् । तिर्यपातनमेतद्धि वार्तिकरभिधीयते ॥ Tirjak patana / antram. Mercury is to be kept in a long vessel, provided with a bent tube, the lower end of which will have to be projected into the body of another vessel containing water. The mouths of these two vessels are to be closed with mud etc. and the first vessel is to be put upon a strong fire, which will cause the inclined sublimation of the mercury which will fall into the water. कच्छप यन्त्रम्। जलपूर्णपात्रमध्ये दत्त्वा घटखपरं सुविस्तीर्णम् तदुपरि विडमध्यगतः स्थाप्यः सूतः कृतः कोष्ठयाम् । लघुलोहकटोरिकया कृतषणमृत्सन्धिलेपयाच्छाद्यः पूर्वोक्तघटखर्परमध्येऽङ्गारैः खदिरकोलभवैः॥ 253 .

·२५४ रसजलनिधिः। स्वेदनतो मई नतः कच्छपयन्त्रस्थितो रसो जरति । अग्निवलेनैव ततो गर्भे द्रवन्ति सर्वसत्त्वानि ॥ Kach-chapa Jantram. A big earthen vessel is to be kept afloat upon water contained in a vessel. Mercury, mixed with bida, is to be kept in a kosthi, placed upon the floating vessel. The mouth of the kosthi is to be covered with a thin iron plate, the joint being closed tightly with six coatings of mud and rags, plastered together. A fire made of Khadira wood charcoal is to be made on all sides of the vessel. Heated in this way, mercury, which is to be rubbed also from time to time, is exhausted. All sorts of essences of metals are then liquefied in that mercury by means of an adequate heat. दीपिका यन्त्रम्। कच्छपयन्त्रान्तर्गतमृन्मयपीठस्थदीपिकासंस्थः । यस्मिन् निपतति सूतः प्रोक्तं तद्दीपिकायन्त्रम् ॥ Dipika Jantram. It is a Kac-chapa Jantram, provided with an earthen lamp, placed upon a mud stand, kept on the surface of the floating earthen basin. Vegetable oil and mercury are to be put into the lamp, kept burning, and fire made on all sides of the Jantram. Mercury. will sublimate and fall into the water. डेकी यन्नम्। भाण्डकण्ठादधश्छिद्र वेणुनालं विनिक्षिपेत् । कांस्यपात्रद्वयं कृत्वा सम्पुटं जलगर्भितम् ॥ 254 ·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। नलिकास्यं तत्र योज्यं दृढं तच्चापि कारयेत् । युक्तद्रव्यविनिक्षिप्तः पूर्व तत्र घटे रसः॥ अग्निना तापितो नालात्तोये तस्मिन् पतत्यधः। यावदुष्णं भवेत् सव्वं भाजनं तावदेव हि । जायते रससन्धानं डेकीयन्त्रमितीरितम् ॥ Deki Jantram. Put one of the extremities of a bamboo reed into a hole made somewhere below the neck of an earthen vessel, well-covered at the mouth, the other end of the reed being connected with another hole made in å samputam consisting of two bell-metal pots containing water. The joints are to be closed very tightly. Mercury, previously mixed with prescribed materials, is to be put into the vessel which is to be placed upon fire. Thus heated, mercury sublimates and falls into the water in the Samputam. The sublimation continues so long as the samputam remains warm. जारणा यन्त्रम्। लोहमूषाद्वयं कृत्वा द्वादशाङ्गलमानतः। ईषच्छिद्रान्वितामेकां तत्र गन्धकसंयुताम् ॥ मूषायां रसयुक्तायामन्यस्यां तां प्रवेशयेत् । तोयं स्यात् सूतकस्याध ऊद्धधिो वह्रिदीपनम् ॥ रसोनकरसं तत्र यत्नतो वस्त्रगालितम् । दापयेत् प्रचुरं यत्नादाप्लाव्य रसगन्धको । 255

·रसजलनिधिः।
स्थालिकायां पिधायोद्ध स्थालीमन्यां दृढ़ां कुरु ।
सन्धिं विलेपयेद् यत्नान् मृदा वस्त्र न चैव हि ॥
स्थाल्यन्तरे कपोताख्यं पुटं कर्षामिना सदा।
यन्त्रस्याधः करीषाग्निं दद्यात्तीवाग्निमेव वा ॥
एवं तु त्रिदिनं कुर्यात्ततो यन्त्रं विमोचयेत् ।
तप्तोदके तप्तचुल्लयां न कुर्य्याच्छीतलां क्रियाम् ॥
न तत्र क्षीयते सूतो न च गच्छति कुत्रचित् ।
अनेन च क्रमेणैव कुर्य्याद्गन्धकजारणम् ॥
Jarana jantram.
Put sulphur into an iron crucible, twelve angulis
in height, and provided with a hole at the bottom.
Place mercury into another iron crucible, not provided
with
any
hole. Enter the first crucible into the other,
and close very tightly the mouths of the crucible,
after pouring a sufficient quantity of garlic juice, duly
filtered, into both the crucibles, so that both mercury
and sulphur are almost inmersed into the liquid.
Place the crucibles in a pot containing water covered
by another pot, the joint being closed very tightly.
The aparatus is then to be heated, by means of what
is called "Kapota putam", or simply, by a strong fire.
The heating is to be continued for three days. The
mercury is to be taken out, after the aparatus is
perfectly cooled. On no account should the aparatus
be broken open before it is perfectly cooled. Sulphur
is thus to be swallowed by mercury. - (The process
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·पहोऽध्यायः।
२५०
is to be repeated, if it is desired to let the mercury
swallow another morsel of sulphur).
सोमानलयाम्।
ऊड वहिरपश्चापो मध्ये तु रससंग्रहः ।
सोमानलमिदं प्रोक्तं जारयेद् गगनादिकम् ॥
Somanala Jantram.
It is an apparatus consisting of an earthen vessel,
which contains
mercury and is covered very well with
nud etc., placed upon another earthen vessel, which
conlains water and is placed inside a pit cut into
the ground, so that the lower part of the first vessel
is immersed in water, and its mouth is placed at the
same level with the surface of the earth, fire being
kindled on the surface of the earth, just above the
mouth of the first vessel.
Mercury, mica, etc. are exhausted by means of this
apparatus.
गर्भ यन्त्रम्।
गर्भयन्त्र विवियते पिष्टिकाभस्मकारकम् ।
चतुरङ्गुलदीर्घान्तु त्यङ्गलोन्मितविस्तराम् ॥
मृण्मयीं सुदृढ़ां मूषां वर्तुलं कारयेन्मुखम् ।
लोहस्य विंशतिर्भागा भाग एकस्तु गुगगुलोः ।
सुश्लदणं पेषयित्वा तु वारं वारं प्रयत्नतः।
मूषालेपं हई कृत्वा लवणार्द्ध मृदम्बुभिः ॥
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·रसहिः। कर्वेत् तुषाभिना भूमौ स्वेदयेन् मृदुमानवित् । अहोरात्र त्रिरात्र वा रसेन्द्रो भस्मतां व्रजेत् ॥ Garbha Jantram, This is meant for the reduction of a mercurial paste (mercury combined with prescribed ingredients) to ashes. Prepare a strong earthen crucible, four angulis in length, and three angulis in breadth, with its mouth made smooth, and of the shape of a spheroid. (Mercury and other things are to be put into it at the time of its making, otherwise, it would be difficult to close the mouth after the crucible gets dried.) Twenty parts of powdered iron and one part of guggůlu are to be rubbed together very carefully, and made into a paste, with which the crucible is to be plastered, over and over again. It is next to be plastered lightly with a paste, made of two parts of mud, one part of salt, and a sufficien tquantity of water. The crucible is then to be burnt in an underground pit for 24 or 72 hours, by means of a mild fire, made of husks. This causes the incineration of mercury. हंसपाक यन्त्रम्। खर्परं सिकतापूर्ण कृत्वा तस्योपरि न्यसेत् । अपरं खर्परं तत्र शनद्वग्निना पचेत् ॥ पञ्चक्षारैस्तथा मूत्रैर्लवणश्च विड़ ततः। हंसपाकं समाख्यातं यन्त्रं तद्वार्त्तिकोत्तमैः॥ Hansapaka Jantram. An earthen vessel, with a wide mouth, is to be 258 ·को 748 filled in with sand, upon which will have to be placed another vessel containing five different kinds of ksharas, five different kinds of urines, salt, and bida. The apparatus is to be heated by means of a mild fire, slowly but steadily. वालुकास्यम्। सरसां गूढ़पती मृद्वस्त्रांगुलपनावृताम् । . शोषितां काचकूपिकां पूरयेत् त्रिषु भागयोः ॥ भाण्डे वितस्तिगम्भीरे स्थापयेत् तां प्रयत्नतः। कृपिकाकण्ठपर्यन्तं वालुकाभिश्च पूरिते॥ भाण्डवक्तूमाणिकया सन्धिं लिम्पेन् मृदा पचेत् । चुल्लयां तृणस्य चादाहान् माणिकापृष्ठवर्तिनः॥ एतद्धि वालुकायन्त्रं यन्त्रतत्त्वविदा स्मृतम् ॥ Baluka Jantram. It consists of a glass bottle, plastered on the outside with rags and mud, one anguli deep, and dried, It is to be filled with mercury, etc., to the extent of two thirds of its capacity. Its mouth is to be closed by means of a piece of chalk, etc. It is to be placed inside a vessel, one bitasti in height, which is filled with sand upto the neck of the bottle. The mouth of the vessel is to be covered with an earthen basin, the joint being closed with rag, mixed with mud, The heating is to be stopped, when it is found that the external surface of the earthen basin, at the top 259

·of the apparatus, has got so heated as to reduce to
ashes a piece of dried grass placed upon it.
भाण्डे वितस्तिगम्भीरे मध्येनिहितकूपिके।
कृपिकाकगठपर्यन्तं वालुकाभिश्च परिते।
भेषजं कूपिकासंस्थं वहिना यत्र पाच्यते ।
वालुकायन्त्रमेतद्धि यन्त्रतत्त्वबुधैः स्मृतम् ॥
A different version.
A Baluka Jantram is an apparatus, by means of
which are heated medicines contained in a glass
bottle, placed inside a vessel filled with sand upto the
neck of the bottle.
मन्यविध वालुकायन्त्रम्।
पश्चादवालुकापूर्ण भागढे निषिप्य यत्नतः।
पच्यते रसगोलाय वालुकायन्त्रमीरितम् ॥
Another kind of Baluka Jantram.
Mercurial compounds are sometimes heated, buried
in a vessel filled with five adhakas of sand. This
apparatus is also called a Baluka Jantram,
लवणयन्त्रम्।
वालुस्थले सिकताख्ये निक्षपाल लवणस्य हि।
यन्त्रोऽयं लवणाख्यकः शस्यते रसकम्मणि ॥
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः।
२११
अन्तःकृतरसालेपताम्रपात्रमुखस्य च ।
लिप्त्वा मृल्लवणेनैव सन्धिं भाण्डाननस्य च ॥
तद्भाण्डं पटुनापूर्य्य चारैर्वा पूर्ववत् पचेत् ।
Labana Jantram.
A Baluka Jantram is transformed into a Labana
Jantram, if sand is replaced by saltor kshara.
Instead of a glass bottle, it consists of a copper bowl
containing mercury, the cover of the bowl being
cemented with mud and salt. This will have to be
placed inside an earthen vessel containing salt. The
mouth of the vessel is to be covered, the joint being
closed with mud and salt. The apparatus is to be
heated exactly in the same way as a Baluka Jantram.
नालिकायन्त्रमा
लोहनालगतं सूतं भाण्डे लवणपूरिते।
निरुद्ध विपचेत् प्रागवन् नालिकायन्त्रमीरितम् ॥
Nalika Jantram,
It is an iron tube in which mercury is confined,
and which is kept buried in salt in a Labana Jantram,
and heated in the manner described above. (Vide
Baluka Jantram and Labana Jantram).
भूधरयन्त्रम्।
वालुकागूढ़सर्वाङ्गी गर्ने मूषां रसान्विताम् ।
दीप्तोत्पलैः संवृणु याद् यन्त्रं तद् भूधरायम् ॥
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Bhudhara Jantran.
A crucible, containing mercury, is to be placed
inside a pit, cut into the ground, and is to be covered
on all sides with sand with which the pit is filled up.
A strong fire, made of cowdung cakes, is to be made
upon the pit.
पुटयन्त्रम्।
शरावसंपुटान्तःस्थ करीषेष्वनिमानवित् ।
पचेञ्चुल्या द्वियामं वा पाच्यं तत् पुटयन्त्रकम् ॥
Puta Jantran.
It consists of an earthen vessel, containing the
materials to be heated, and covered with another
basin, the joint beiny tightly cemented with mud,
cloth etc. It is to be heated by a fire made of
cowdung cakes, placed on all sides, or simply by
being placed for two hours on an oven.
मथ कोष्ठिकावाम् ।
सत्त्वानां पातनार्थाय पातितानां विशुद्धये ।
कोष्ठिका विविधाकारास्तासां लवणमुच्यते ॥
Kosthika Jantram.
For the purpose of extraction of essences from
metals, and for the purification of these essences,
various kinds of Kosthikas are made use of. Some
of them are dealt with below.
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः।
अङ्गारकोष्ठिका।
राजहस्तसमुत्सेधा तदर्धायामविस्तरा।
चतुरस्त्रा च कुड्यन वेष्टिता मृन्मयेन च ॥
एकभित्तौ चरेद् द्वारं वितस्त्या भोगसंयुतम् ।
द्वारं सार्द्ध वितस्त्या च सम्मितं सुदृढं शुभम् ॥
देहल्यधो विधातव्यं धमनाय यथोचितम् ।
प्रादेशप्रमिता भित्तिरुत्तरङ्गस्य चोर्द्धतः॥
द्वारं चोपरि कर्त्तव्यं प्रादेशप्रमितं खलु ।
ततश्चेष्टकया रुद्धा द्वारसन्धिं विलिप्य च ॥
शिखित्रैस्तां समापूर्य धमेद् भस्नाद्वयेन च ।
शिखित्रान् धमनद्रच्यमूद्ध द्वारेण निक्षिपेत् ॥
सत्त्वपातनगोलांश्च पञ्च पञ्च पुनः पुनः।
भवेदङ्गारकोष्ठीयं खराणां सत्त्वपातनी॥
Angara Kosthica.
It is a quadrangular oven, two cubits in height,
one cubit in length, and one cubit in breadth, the
four walls being made of earth. At the lower end
of one of the walls, there should be made a strong
and well-cut hole, one bitasti or one and half bitasti in
diameter. Another hole is to be made, one pradesha
in diameter, at the upper surface of the oven, which is
sityated one pradesha below the upper extremities of
the four walls. Then edging the borders of the two
holes with bricks and plastering them with mud,
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the oven is to be filled with charcoal, coal, etc,
and the fire is to be kindled by means of two bellows.
Fuel and articles to be heated are to be entered into
the oven through the upper hole. This kosthika is
used for the purpose of extracting essences of hard
substances.
पाताल कोष्ठिका।
हदभूमौ चरेट् गत्तं वितस्त्या सम्मितं शुभम् ।
वर्तुलं चाथ तन्मध्ये गर्तमन्य प्रकल्पयेत् ।
चतुरखुलविस्तारनिम्नत्वे च समन्वितम् ।
गदि धरबीपय॑न्तं तिर्यक नालसमन्वितम् ॥
किञ्चित् समुन्नतं बाह्यगर्राभिमुखनिम्नगम् ।
मृचक्री पञ्चरन्धाढ्यां गर्भगोपरि चिपेत् ॥
मापूर्य कोकिले कोष्ठी प्रथमेदेकभखाया।
पातालकोष्ठिका छषा मृदूनां सत्त्वपातनी ॥
Patala Kosthica.
Cut out, in a hard soil, a circular pit, one bitasti
in diameter and in height. Inside this bigger one, cut
another pit, four angulis in diameter and in height.
Place an iron tube slantingly from the bigger pit to
the bottom of the smaller one, the upper extremity of
the tube being kept at a level, a little higher than the
edge of the bigger pit. Cover the inner pit with an
earthen circular lid provided with five holes. The
bigger pit is to be filled with charcoal, the fire being
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२६५
blown by means of a bellows. This kosthi is meant
for the extraction of essences of soft substances. (The
substance in question is to be kept in an earthen vessel,
closely covered, which is to be put upon the fire, the
upper extremity of the iron tube being connected
with a small hole at the bottom of the earthen vessel,
Sufficiently heated, the substance will emit its essence
which will pass through the iron tube and deposit
itself at the bottom of the smaller pit. For details
see Vol. II).
गारकोष्ठी।
मानसाध्यपदार्थाय गारकोष्ठी प्रकीर्तिता।
नन्दिना कथिता कोष्ठी सृष्टलोहविनाशनी॥
द्वादशाङ्गलनिम्नैषा प्रादेशप्रमिता तथा ॥
चतुरङ्गलतचोद्ध वलयेन समन्विता।
भूरिच्छिद्रवती चक्री वलयोपरि निक्षिपेत् ॥
शिखित्रांस्तत्र निक्षिप्य प्रधमेद् वानालतः ।
मूषामृनिर्विधातव्यमरविप्रमितं दृढम् ॥
अधोमुखश्च तवक्त नाल पञ्चाङ्गुलं खलु ।
वानालमिति प्रोक्तं दध्मानाय कीर्तितम् ॥
Gara Kosthi.
It is a kosthi meant for heating all sorts of things
capable of being heated. Its use was taught by the
great Nandi (follower of the Great God). It is
specially used for separating the ingredients of a
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·286 mixed metal. It is twelve angulis in depth and one pradesha in diameter, with a belt four angulis in height, placed upon it. Place upon this belt a circular lid full of several holes. Cover the kosthi with char. coal fire, and heat the substance in the crucible with what is cailed a banka nala (bent tube). This tube is very strong, is one aratni in length, is made of earth used for the making of crucibles, and is provided, at one of its extremities, with another tube, five angulis in length, and bent downwards. It is meant for heating a substance very steadily. कोष्ठीयन्त्रम्। हस्तप्रमाणं दीर्घमारमष्टसंख्यांगुलं तिर्यक् । समभूभागे घटितं वृत्त मृत्कर्मसंपन्नम् । वातायनद्विवृत्त भस्त्रीमुखतुल्यमित्यधोभागे। प्रथमेत् पशुवसानाले स्वाभिर्वाऽनसत्त्वार्थम् । इदमेव कोष्ठ यन्त्रं पूर्ण विद्याद् यथोचिताहारैः। Kasthi Jantram. It consists of a bucket-shaped, slanting, and cylindrical pipe, made of iron or earth ; with one cubit of slanting height, and eight angulis of diameter at the lower end ; placed upon a smooth-surfaced ground ; plastered all over with mud ; and furnished with two circular air passages—the lower one being just as big as to fit in the end of the tube of a bellows. Fill it with a sufficient quantity of char.coal and blow the fire by means of a tube, made of the bone 266 t

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of an animal, or by a bellows. It is used especially
for extracting essences of mica.
अन्यविध कोष्ठीयन्त्रम् ।
कृत्वा खल्वाकृति चुल्लीमगारैः परिपूरिताम् ।
तस्यां निवेशितं खल्वं पार्वे भस्त्रिकया धमेत् ॥
रसेन मर्दिता पिष्टिः चारैररम्लैश्च संयुता।
प्रद्रवत्यतिवेगेन स्वेदिता नात्र संशयः।
कृतः कान्तायसा सोऽयं भवेत् कोटिगुणो रसः॥
A different kind of kosthi Jantram.
Prepare an oven of the shape of a mortar, upon
which is to be placed a mortar. The oven is to be
filled with charcoal, set on fire, which is to be blown
by means of two bellows, provided at either side of
the oven. Mercurial cake, rubbed with ksharas, amlas,
etc, gets quickly smelted, if heated by means of this
apparatus. This mercury becomes very efficacious,
if the smelting is effected on a piece of kanta iron.
मथान्यविध कोष्ठिकायनम् ।
षोड़शांगुलविस्तीर्णा हस्तमात्रायता शुभा।
धातुसत्त्वनिपातार्थ कोष्टिका परिकीर्तिता॥
वंशखादिरमाधूकवदरीदारुसंभवैः ।
परिपूर्णा दृढ़ांगाररद्धेच तेन कोष्ठ के।
भनयाचान्तरमार्गेण ज्वालयेच्च हुताशनम् ॥
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A third kind of kostika Jantran,
A kosti is one cubit long and twenty four angulis
in breadth. It is used for the purpose of extracting
essences of metals. Half of the space inside the
apparatus is to be filled with hard charcoal, made
of bamboo, khadira, madhuka, and badari wood, the
fire made by which being fanned by air, sent through
the internal passage by a bellows.
बालचरी यन्नम्।
यत्र लोहमये पात्रे पार्श्वयोर्वलयद्वयम् ।
तादृक् स्वल्पतरं पात्र वलयप्रोतकोष्टकम् ॥
पूर्वपात्रोपरिन्यस्तस्वरूपपात्रे परिचिपेत् ।
रसं संमूर्छितं स्थूलपात्रमापूर्य काजिकैः ।
द्वियामं स्वेदयेदेवं रसप्रबोधनाय च ।
तत् स्यात् खलचरीयन्त्र रसपाड गुण्यकारकम् +
सूक्ष्मकान्तमये पात्रे रसः स्याद गुणवत्तरः॥
Khalachari Jantrans.
It consists of two iron pots, one bigger than the
other, each furnished with a circular iron stand. The
smaller one with the stand, will have to be placed
* रसप्रबोधनाय रसस्य मूर्छितरसस्य रससिन्दूरादेः प्रबोधनाय
पूर्वरूप प्रापणायेत्यर्थः। मूर्छितरसस्याम्लयोगेन मईन स्वेदनल
प्रबोधनाय कल्पते-तथाहि सव्वं अम्लाः प्रबोधकाः ।
+ मूर्च्छनानन्तरं प्रबोधनेन रसस्य गुणाधिक्य जायते ।
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upon the bigger one which contains kanji. Put
swooned mercury into the smaller pot, and apply heat
to the apparatus for six hours. This will cause the
regaining of consciousness (i.e., reversion to the
original condition) of mercury which is now in a state
of swoon. This apparatus is used also for the purpose
of increasing the potency of mercury by six times,
(viz. by reviving mercury in a state of swoon).
घटबन्नम्।
चतुःप्रस्थजलाधारश्चतुराङ्गालिकाननः ।
घटयन्त्रमिदं प्रोकं तदाप्यायनकं स्मृतम् ॥
Ghata Jantram or Apyayanan Jantram.
It is a water vessel containing four prasthas of
water, with a mouth four angulis square.
इएका यन्त्रम्।
विधाय वर्तुलं गतं मल्लमत्र निधाय च ।
विनिधायेष्टका तत्र मध्यगर्भवतीं शुभाम् ॥
गर्तस्य परितः कुर्यात् पालिकामंगुलोच्छ्याम् ।
गर्ने सुतं विनिक्षिप्य गर्तास्ये वसनं क्षिपेत् ॥
निक्षिपेटु गन्धकं तत्र मल्लेनास्यं निरुज्य च ।
मल्लपालिकयोर्मध्ये मृदा सम्यङ निरुध्य च ॥
वनोत्पलेः पुटं देयं कपोताख्यं न चाधिकम् ।
इष्टकायन्त्रमेतत् स्याद् गन्धकं तेन जारयेत् ॥
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·Istaka Jantram. A circular pit is to be cut into the ground, and an earthen basin placed upon it. A burnt brick, with a hollow at the centre, is to be placed upon the basin. A circular iron plate, one anguli in height, is to encircle the hollow. Put mercury into the hollow, and cover it with a piece of cloth upon which is to be kept some sulphur. The hollow is now to be covered with another earthen basin, placed upside down. The space between the iron plate and the basin is to be filled in with miud. The whole apparatus is now to be subjected to a mild heat by means of kapoia 'putam. पलिकायन्त्रम् । चषकं वर्तुलं लौहं विनतामोद्ध दण्डकम् । एतद्धि पलिकायन्त्र वहिजारणहेतवे ॥® Palika Jantram. It is a circular iron spoon, furnished with a perpendicular rod with its upper extremity bent a little. (It is generally used in drawing out oil). डमरुकाख्यं यन्त्रम्। यत्र स्थाल्युपरि स्थाली न्युजां दत्त्वा निरुन्धयेत् । यन्त्रं डमरुकाख्यं तद् रसभस्मकृते हितम् ॥ Damaruka Jantram. It consists of one earthen vessel, placed upside down upon another, the joint being closed very tightly. It is used for the purpose of incineration of mercury. * रसरत्नसमुच्चये राजयक्ष्माधिकार पञ्चामृतपर्पटी इष्टम्या। 270 ·१०१ गाभिषाम् (जलयकम् )। मजामध्ये चरेद गतं तत्र सूतं सगन्धकम् । गतस्य परितः कुख्य प्रकुर्यादङ्गलोच्छ्रितम् ॥ ततश्चाच्छादयेत् सम्यग् गोस्तनाकारमूषया । सम्यक् तोयमृदा रुद्ध । सम्यगत्रोच्यमानया ॥ लेहवत् कृतवलक्काथेन परिमदितम् । जीर्णकीहरजः सूक्ष्मं गुड़चूर्णसमन्वितम् ॥ इयं हि जलमृत् प्रोक्ता दुर्भद्या सलिलैः खलु । 'खटिकापटुकिट्ट श्च महिषीदुग्धमर्दि तैः । वहिमृत्स्ना भवेटु घोरवहितापसहा खलु ॥ एतया मृत्स्नया रुद्धो न गन्तुक्षमते रसः। विदग्धवनिताप्रौदनम्ना रुद्धः पुमानिव ॥ ततो जलं विनिक्षिप्य वह्नि प्रज्वालयेदधः । नाभियन्त्रमिदं प्रोक्त नन्दिना सर्ववेदिना। अनेन जीर्यते सूतो निर्धूमः शुद्धगन्धकः ॥ Nabhi Jantram (Jala Jantram). At the centre of an earthen basin put mercury and sulphur, surrounded by a circular carthen enclosure, one anguli in height. Cover the space by means of a crucible of the shape of a cow's teat, placed upside down, and plaster the joint by means * जीणेटिकारजः इति पाठान्तरम् । 271 ·२०२ रसजलनिधिः। of the following paste, which serves as a good waterproof:-oxidised iron, finely powdered, molasses, and lime, rubbed together with a highly condensed decoction of the bark of babbula. This plaster is called "water mud", and water cannot pass through it. Similarly, chalk, salt, and oxidised iron, rubbed together with buffalo's milk, gives rise to a plaster, called, "fire mud". This plaster is a strong fire proof, The joint of the basin and the crucible is to be plastered with this fire mud, which will prevent the mercury from coming out, even when heated. Water is then to be poured into the basin, and heat applied underneath. By this way mercury is exhausted, and becomes incapable of sublimation. It is also purified by the exhaustion of sulphur. जलयबम् (प्रकारान्तरम् )। उपर्यापस्तले तापो मध्ये च रसगन्धको। जलयन्त्रमिदं गोप्यं यन्त्रश्रेष्ठ समीरितम् ॥ अस्मिन् वर्णादिभूसत्त्वं गन्धकादिं च जारयेत् । कृत्वा लोहमयीं घटीमधोमुखसमन्विताम् ॥ मुखमध्ये क्षिपेद् द्रव्य घटीवक्त निरोधयेत् । लोहचक्रिकया रुद्धा तत्सन्धिं सोधु लेपयेत् ॥ तस्मिन् कोष्ठे क्षिपेदन छागं लोहरजोऽन्वितम् । पुनः पुनश्च संशुष्के पुनरेभिश्च लेपयेत् ॥ • Powder of overburnt brick, according to another version. 272 ·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। २०३ लेहवत् कृतवव्वूलक्वाथेन परिमर्दितम् । जीर्णेष्टिकारजः सूक्ष्मगुड़चूर्णसमन्वितम् ॥ लेपयेत् खलु तत् प्रोक्तं दुर्भेद्य सलिलैः खलु । खटिका पटुकिश्च महिषीदुग्धमदि तैः॥ यत्तया मृतनया रुद्धो न गन्तु क्षमते रसः । विदग्धवनिताप्रौढप्रेम्णा बद्धः पुमानिव ।। घटीमधोमुखां ताश्च निमज्ज्य जलपात्रके। पाचयेद यत्नतः सिद्धो वह्नि प्रज्वालयेदधः॥ अथवा कारयेन् मूषां पात्रलग्नामघोमुखीम् । लोहानामनुरूपां च तन्मूषामुखरोधिनीम् ॥ दत्त्वा चान्यां तयोः सन्धिं विलेप्य च यथाविधि। जलमूद्ध विनिक्षिप्य निःसकोचं विपाचयेत् ॥ Jala Jantram. .(This is another version of the preparation of a Jala Jantram or Nabhi Jantram. According to this, the joint of the basin and the crucible is, first of all, to be plastered again and again with powdered iron, mixed with goat's blood, and dried every time. It is then to be plastered with the same two pastes, as described above. In other respects, the two versions are almost the same). 273 35

·२७४
रसजलनिधिः।
प्रस्तयन्त्रम्।
मूषां मूषोदराविष्टामाद्यन्तसमवर्तुलाम् ।
चिपिटां च तले प्रोक्त प्रस्तयन्त्रं मनीषिभिः।
सूतेन्द्रबन्धनाथ हि रसविद्भिरुदीरितम् ॥
Grasta Jantran.
It consists of two crucibles, one of which is to be
placed inside another. Both of these are to be
cylindrical, except at the bottom, where they are
flat. This apparatus is used for the solidification of
mercury.
स्थालीयन्त्रम्।
स्थाल्यां ताम्रादि निक्षिप्य मल्ल नास्यनिरुध्य च।
पच्यते स्थालिकाधःस्थ स्थालीयन्त्रमितीरितम् ॥
Sthali Jantram.
It is a vessel covered with a basin. Copper, etc.
contained in this vessel, is heated by fire applied
underneath.
धूपयन्त्रम् ।
विधायाष्टांगुलपात्र लोहमष्टांगुलोच्छ्यम् ।
कण्ठाधो द्वयं गुले देशे जलाधारहि तत्र च ॥
तिर्फागलोहशलाकाश्च तन्वीस्तिर्प्यविनिक्षिपेत् ।
तनूनि स्वर्णपत्राणि तासामुपरि विन्यसेत् ॥
पात्राधो निक्षिपेद् धूम वक्ष्यमाणमिहैव हि ।
तत्पात्र न्युजपात्रेन च्छादयेदपरेण हि ॥
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। मृदा विलिप्य सन्धिं च वह्नि प्रज्वालयेदधः। तेन पत्राणि कृतनानि हतान्युक्तविधानतः ॥ रसे चरति वेगेन द्रुतं गर्भे द्रवन्ति च । ७ गन्धालकशिलानां हि कज्ज्वल्या वा मृताहिना ॥ धूपनं स्वर्णपत्रानो प्रशस्तं परिकीर्तितम् । तारार्थ तारपत्राणि मृतवतेन धूपयेत् ।। धूपयेच्च यथायोग्यैरन्यरुपरसैरपि । धूपयन्त्रमिदं प्रीक्त जारणाद्रव्यसाधनम् ॥ Dhupa Jantram. Prepare an iron pot, eight angulis in length, breadth, as well as in height, and put into this, a water trough, two angulis below the brim, Place a few thin iron sticks upon the water trough in a slanting manner so as to support thin gold leaves, meant to be reduced to ashes. At the bottom of the iron pot keep the articles, mentioned below, meant to emit smoke rising up to the gold leaves. The iron pot now to be covered with another iron pot, placed upside down, the joint being closed with mud, and fire placed underneath. The gold leaves are thus reduced to ashes, and undergo internal liquefaction, if thrown upon mercury which has been made to move quickly. (According to another version, the mercury with which the leaves were painted, now sublimates and deposits itself at the bottom of the water trough). is * रसश्चरति वेगेन द्रुतं गर्भ द्रवत्यपि । इति पाठान्तरम् । 275

·२०६
रसजलनिधिः।
Fumigation of gold leaves is to be effected by means
of a kajjvali (black sulphide of mercury) made of
mercury and any one of these three-gandhaka
(sulphur), haritala (orpiment), and manas sila (realgar).
The fumigation may also be effected by means of
incinerated lead. Incinerated tin, etc. may be used
for the fumigation of silver leaves, if it is intended to
make use of this silver in course of a reduction of
base metals into silver. The Dhupa Jantram is used
in preparing materials with which mercury is to be
exhausted.
खल्वयन्त्रम्।
खल्वयोग्या शिला नीला श्यामा स्निग्धा दृढ़ा गुरुः ।
षोड़शांगुलकोत्सेधा नवांगुलकविस्तरा ॥
चतुर्विशांगुलदीर्घा घर्षणी द्वादशांगुला।
विंशत्यंगुलदीर्घा वा स्यादुत्सेधे दशांगुला ॥
खल्वप्रमाणं तज्ज्ञ यं श्रेष्ठ स्याद् रसमईने
खल्बयन्त्रं द्विधा प्रोक्त रसादिसुखमने।
निरुद्गारो सुमसृणो कार्यों पुत्रिकया युतो॥
Khalva Jantram.
A khalva or mortar should be made of stone,
blue or black, smooth, strong, and heavy. It should
be of the following dimensions :-16 angulis in height,
9 angulis in breadth, and 24 angulis in length. It is
to be provided with a pestle, 12 angulis in lengthe
A mortar may also be 20 angulis in length and 10
angulis in height. Such a mortar is in common use.
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। These two kinds of mortars, used for the purpose of rubbing 'mercury, etc. conveniently, should be so strong as not to wear away very rapidly by friction. They should be very smooth and be provided with pestles. मतान्तरम्। उत्सेधेस दशांगुलः खलु कलातुल्यांगुलायामवान्। विस्तारेण दशांगुलो मुनिमितनिम्नस्थितैव्वागुलैः । पाल्या द्वयं गुलविस्तरश्च मसृणोऽतीवार्द्ध चन्द्रोपमो। घर्षों द्वादशकांगुलश्च तदयं खल्बो मतः सिद्धकैः ॥ Another version. A mortar should have the following dimensions :-Ten angulis in height, sixteen angulis in breadth at the upper part, seven angulis in breadth at the bottom, and two angulis in thickness. It should be very smooth, and have a crescent-like shape. It should be provided with a pestle, twelve angulis 18ng. मतान्तरम्-वर्तुल खल्वः। द्वादशांगुलविस्तारः खल्वोऽति मसृणोपलः। चतुरङ्ग लनिम्नश्च मध्येऽति ममृणीकृतः॥ मई कश्चिपिटोऽधस्तात् सुग्राहश्च शिखोपरि। अयं हि वर्तुलः खल्बो मर्द नेऽति सुखप्रदः॥ Circular mortar. It is a circular mortar, made of a very smooth stone, twelve angulis in diameter, at the upper part, 277

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रसजलनिधिः।
and four angulis in diameter at the bottom. The
pestle is to be flat at the lower extremity, and capable
of being handled easily, at the upper end. Rubbing
in this mortar is very comfortable.
लौह खल्वः।
लोहो नवांगुलः खल्वो निम्नभागे षड़'गुलः।
मई कोऽष्टांगुलश्चैव तप्तखल्वाभिधोऽप्ययम् ॥
कृत्वा खल्वाकृति चुल्लीमगारैः परिपूरिताम् ।
तस्यां निवेशितं खल्वं पार्वे भस्त्रिकया धमेत ॥
रसेन मदिता पिष्टिः क्षारैरम्लैश्च संयुता ।
प्रद्रवत्यतिवेगेन स्वेदिता नात्र संशयः।
कृतः कान्तायसा सोऽयं भवेत् कोटीगुणो रसः॥
Iron mortar.
Its breadth is 9 angulis at the top and six angulis
at the bottom, having a pestle eight angulis in length.
It may be termed a hot mortar, if heated in the
following manner : Construct an oven of the shape
of a mortar and fill it with charcoal fire. Place the
mortar upon the fire and blow it by means of a
bellows. Mercury rubbed in a hot mortar made of
kanta iron, grows in efficacy by a hundred times.
अन्यविधं ततखल्वम् ।
अजाशकृत् तुषाग्निञ्च भगर्ते त्रितयं क्षिपेत् ।
तस्योपरि स्थितं खल्वं तप्तखल्वमिति स्मृतम् ॥
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२७६
Another kind of hot mortar.
Goat's stool, husk of paddy, and fire are to be kept
in a pit made in the ground. The mortar, placed upon
this pit, is called a hot mortar.
ऊर्द्ध नलिकायन्त्रम् (टंकयन्त्रम् )।
भाण्डकगठादधश्छिद्र वेणनालं विनिक्षिपेत् ।
समानकरकां वापि भाण्डकण्ठे निवेशयेत् ॥
सन्धिं लिप्ता च नालाग्र काचभाण्डं निधापयेत् ।
अधस्ताद प्रस्रवेद वारि टंकयन्त्रमिति स्मृतम् ॥
Urdhva Nalika Jantran (Tanka Jantram).
Make a hole just below the neck of a vessel and
fit in to this a bamboo pipe, the mouth of the vessel
being tightly covered with a basin. Join the other
extremity of the bamboo pipe with a glass vessel,
into which is to flow vapour coming out of the vessel
through the pipe. (This apparatus is meant for the
extraction of essences of materials kept with liquids
in the vessel which is to be placed upon fire).
पाताल यन्त्रम्।
हस्तप्रमाणं निम्नं च गतं कृत्वा प्रयत्नतः।
तस्सिन् भाण्डश्च संस्थाप्य तथान्यत् पात्रमाहरेत् ॥
तस्मिन्नौषधवगं च दत्त्वान्यच्च शरावकम् ।
मुखे संस्थाप्य छिद्राणि कृत्वा चैव शरावके ।
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·२८. रसजलनिधिः। शरावसहितं पात्रं गर्तस्थं भाजने न्यसेत् । संधिलेपं ततः कृत्वा गर्तमापूर्या मृतस्नया ॥ पश्चादनि च प्रज्वाल्य वांगं शीतं ससुद्धरेत् । पश्चात तत्पात्रमध्यस्थं पात्रं युक्तथा समाहरेत् ॥ तदंतःस्थं च तत्तैलं गृह्णीयाद् विधिपूर्वकम् । पातालाख्यमिदं यन्त्रं भाषितं शम्भुना स्वयम् ॥ Patala Jantram. In a pit in the ground, one cubit deep, place a vessel. Another vessel containing prescribed materials and having its mouth covered with a basin, full of holes, is to be kept inside the first vessel, which is also to be covered with another basin. The joints are to be closed by means of mud, and the apparatus heated. When cooled of itself, the oil or tincture, as the case may be, is to be taken out from inside the apparatus. तेजोयन्त्रम् ( लवकयन्त्रम् )। भाण्डे चार्द्धप्रमाणेन द्रव्यं स्थाप्यं प्रयत्नतः। तन्मुखे द्विनलीयन्त्र संस्थाप्य च निरोधयेत् ॥ पश्चान् मन्दाग्निमुज्ज्वाल्य जलं दत्त्वार्द्ध पात्रके। तत् तप्तनलिकाद्वारा निःसार्य च पुनः पुनः ॥ नीचस्थनलिकावक्त भाण्ड स्थाप्यं द्वितीयकम् । तस्मिन्नकं च पतितं गृहणीयात्तु विशेषतः। तेजोयन्त्रमिति ख्यातं तथान्यैर्लवकं मतम् ॥ 280 ·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। २८१ Tejo Jantram (Lavaka Jantrane). Fill up one half of a vessel with prescribed materials, and the other half with water, and close the mouth of the vessel with a lid provided with two tubes, one of which is raised a little high up, and then bent downwards, the other being bent low. Place the vessel upon mild fire, and let hot water come out of the high pipe, again and again, (the other being closed for the time being). Then, when a sufficient number of times, (vapour condensed into) water has been allowed come out through the higher pipe, let the arkam (concentrated extract or tincture) conte into a pot placed at the mouth of the lower pipe. तुला यन्त्रम्। वृन्ताकाकारमूषे दू तयोः युञ्जयादधः खलु । प्रादेशमात्रां नलिकां मृदालिप्तद्विसन्धिकाम् ॥ तत्रैकस्यां क्षिपेत् सूतमन्यस्यां गन्धचूर्णकम् । निरुद्धयमूषयोर्वक्तू वालुकायन्त्रयोः क्षिपेत् ॥ गन्धाधो ज्वालयेदग्नि तुलायन्त्रमुदाहृतम् । तालगन्धाश्मसाराणां जारणाथं प्रयुज्यते ॥ Tula Jantram. Two crucibles, egg-shaped, are to be joined at the lower parts by means of a wooden pipe, one pradesha in length*, the two joints being closely pradesha is the maximum distance measured from the tip of the thumb to that of the little finger. 28I.

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रसजलनिधिः।
cemented by rag, soaked with mud. In one of these
two crucibles put mercury, and powdered sulphur in
the other. Having closed the mouths of these two
crucibles, put them into two different Baluka Jantrams,
the wooden pipe referred to above passing through a
hole in each of the two vessels. Fire is now to be
applied below the vessel containing the sulphur
crucible. This leads to the exhaustion of sulphur by
the mercury (which remains constant in weight, and
does not contain any trace of the sulphur swallowed
or exhausted). This apparatus is used for the
exhaustion of haritala, gandhaka, manas sila, lauha
(iron), etc. It is called an apparatus having the
shape of a tula (libra or balance).
गौरी यन्त्रम् ।
गौरीयन्त्रम् प्रवक्ष्यामि सुखदं जारणाविधौ ।
कृत्वा चाष्टांगुलोच्छायां चतुरस्रां समेष्टिकाम् ॥
श्वेतनागात् समुत्कृत्य मध्ये चूर्णेन लेपयेत् ।
श्लक्षणां रसकृता पिष्टिं कृत्वा प्रागबद्धामभ्रजाम् ॥
रूप्यजां हेमजां वापि सत्वेनापि विनिर्मिताम् ।
निवेश्य तत्र चोद्धधिो वलेश्चूर्ण पिधाय च ॥
तस्याः पिष्टयाश्चतुर्थांशं वारं वारं विशोषयेत् ।
वक्त खर्परचक्री तु दत्वा लिप्यावशोष्य च ।
ऊद्धं हयक्षुराकारं पुटं दद्याल लघूपलैः॥
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२८३
Gauri Jantram.
It is used for the purpose of an easy exhaustion of
mercury. Prepare a brick, eight angulis square, with
its surfaces made very smooth. Make a pit at the
central part of this brick, by means of glass, and
plaster the surface of the pit with lime. Then, prepare
a cake of mercury, mixed with mica, silver, or gold,
or with the essences of the same. Inside the pit is
now to be placed the cake, covered on all sides with
powdered sulphur, one fourth in quantity to the
mercury, and dried. The mouth of the pit is to be
covered with a basin, the joint being cemented,
plastered, and dried. The apparatus is now to be
covered lightly with cowdung cakes, arranged in the
shape of a horse-shoe. These cakes are then to
be burnt
चक्र यन्त्रम्।
गर्तबाह्य भवेद् गत्तॊ मध्ये गर्ने रसं कुरु ।
चक्रयन्त्रमिदं ख्यातं बाह्य गर्ने वृहत् पुटम् ॥
Chakra Jantram.
It consists of a pit inside a bigger one. Mercury
is to be kept in the inner pit, the outer and the bigger
pit being filled with cowdung cakes duly set fire to.
वक यन्त्रम्।
दीर्घकण्ठयां काचकूप्यां गिलयेत् काचभाण्डकम् ।
तिर्यक् कृत्वा पचेचुल्यां वकयन्त्रमिदं स्मृतम् ॥
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रसजलनिधिः।
Baka Jantram.
Fit in a glass bowl to a glass bottle with its upper
part elongated. Heat is to be applied below the bowl,
the apparatus being kept in a slanting posture, (This
apparatus is used for distillation of liquors, tinctures
etc),
नाडिका यन्त्रम्।
विनिधाय घटे द्रव्यं कनीयांसमधोमुखम् ।
घटमन्यं मुखे तस्य स्थापयित्वा द्वयोर्मुखम् ॥
मृदुमृद्भिः समालिप्य नाडिकां विनिवेशयेत् ।
यन्त्रात् कुण्डलितां भित्त्वा जलद्रोणी महोत्तमाम् ॥
आधारभाण्डपर्यन्तं ततश्चुल्यां विधारयेत् ।
अधस्ताज ज्वालयेद् वह्रि यावटु बाष्पो विशेदधः॥
गृह्णीयान् निर्मलं द्रावमाधारस्थितमुत्तमम् ।
नाडिकायन्त्रमेतद्धि मुनिभिः परिकीर्तितम् ॥
Nadika Jantram.
Place a small bowl, upside down, upon a vessel,
containing material to be distilled, and close the
junction of the mouths with soft mud, etc. Connect
the apparatus, by a tube passing in curls through a
water trough, with another vessel having its mouth
closed tightly. The apparatus is to be heated until
the whole of the extract is taken out.
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२८५
वारुणीयन्त्रन्।
ऊर्द्ध तोयसमायुक्त जलद्रोणीविवर्जितम् ।
तोयसंवेष्टिताधारमृजुनाडीसमन्वितम् ।
यन्त्रं तत् वारुणीसंज्ञसुरासाधनकर्मणि ॥
Baruni Jantram.
This differs from a Nadika Jantram in this that it
has got a water pot placed at the top of the vessel
containing the drugs ; it has no water trough through
which the tube is to pass in a Nadika Jantrain; it
requires a straight and not a bent tube, and that it
requires the pot meant to contain the extract to be
surrounded on all sides with water.
वारुणीयन्त्रम्-प्रकारान्तरम् ।
बीजद्रव्यं घटे दत्त्वा संचाद्यान्येन तन्मुखम् ।
मृदा मुखं विलिप्याथ नाड़ी वंशादिसंभवाम् ॥
यन्त्रादाधारगां कृत्वा खावयेद् विधिना रसम् ।
वारुणीयन्त्रमेतद्धि सुरासंसाधने शुभम् ॥
(Translation not necessary).
अथ मूषादिनिरूपणम्।
मूषा हि क्रोश्चिका प्रोक्ता कुमुदी करभादिका।
पाचनी वहिमित्रा च रसवेदिभिरिष्यते॥
मुष्णाति दोषान् मुषेद् वा सा मूषेति निगद्यते ।
उपादानं भवेत् तस्या मृत्तिका लोहमेव च ॥
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रसजलनिधिः।
मृत्तिका पाण्डुरस्थूलाकंकरा शोणपाण्डुरा ।
चिराध्मानसहा सा हि मूषार्थमतिशस्यते ।
तदभावे च वाल्मीकी कोलाली वा समीर्यते ॥
Crucibles.
A musha (crucible) is so named, simply because it
causes the removal of impurities from metals by their
incineration. The main ingredients of a crucible are
mud and iron. The mud which is yellow, reddish yellow,
tough, devoid of pebbles, and is capable of standing
fire for a long time, is commendable for the purpose
of preparing crucibles. In the absence of such mud,
preference is to be given to the mud created by white
ants, or to the mud used by the potters.
या मृत्तिका दग्धतुषैः शणेन शिखित्रका
हयलदिना च।
लोहेन दण्डेन च कुहिता सा साधारणा स्यात्
खलु मूषिकार्थे ।
An ordinary crucible is prepared with mud, mixed
with burnt husk, hemp fibres, and cow dung or.
horse's stool-all mixed well and hammered by means
of an iron rod.
श्वेताश्मानस्तुपा दग्धाः शिखित्राः शणकर्पटो।
लदिः किट्टश्च कृष्णमृतना संयोज्या मूषिकामृदा ॥
The mud used in the preparation of crucibles is to
contain, in sufficient quantities, white stone finely
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। २८७ powdered, burnt husks, cow dung, hemp fibers, horse's stool, oxidised iron, and black nud. वज्र मूषा। मृदस्त्रिभागाःशणलदिभागो भागश्च निई ग्धतुषो- पलादेः। किहा भागं परिखण्ड्य वज्रमूषां विदध्यात् खलु- सत्त्वपाते॥ Bajra Jlusa. A Bajra Musa is prepared with the following: three parts of mud, one part of hemp fiber, one part of cow dung or horse's stool, one part of burnt husk and powdered stone combined, and half a part of oxidised iron. This crucible is used in the extraction of essences of metals. योगमूषा। दग्धाकारतुषोपेता मृत्स्ना वल्मीकमृत्तिका । तत्तद्विसमायुक्ता तत्तद्विविलेपिता ॥ तथा या विहिता मूषा योगमूषेति कथ्यते अनया साधितः सूतो जायते गुणवत्तरः॥ Joga Musa. Joga Musa is made of the following :-burnt charcoal, burnt husk, mud, and earth raised by white ants, mixed with a sufficient quantity of bida, suited to the requirements of the case. The inner side of the crucible is to be plastered with a sufficient quantity 287 ·२८८ रसजलनिधिः। of the same bida. Mercury heated in this crucible, becomes more powerful than before. वनद्रावणिका मूषा। गारभूनागधौताभ्यां शणै ग्धतुरैरपि छ । समैः समा च मूयामृण्महिषोदुग्धसंयुता ॥ त्वया विरचिता मूषा लिप्ता मत्कुणशोणितैः। वालाव्दध्वनिमूलैश्च वज्रद्रावणकौश्चिका । सहतेऽग्नि चतुर्यामं द्रवेणापूरिता सती॥ Bajradrabanika Musu. Mud, immersed in water for a long time, soil raised by earth worms, jute fibers, and burnt husk,* each equal in quantity, and the mud suitable for the preparaation of crucibles, as described above, equal in quantity to the fore-going--all of these rubbed together with buftalo's milk and plastered with a paste, made of the blood of bugs, balaka, and the root of tanduliyaka, make a crucible strong enough for the purpose of smelting diamonds. If filled with a liquid subastance, and heated, it can stand the heat of fire fow twelve hours. गारमूषा। दुग्धषड़ गुणगाराड्या किटाङ्गारशणान्विता। कृष्णमृद्भिः कृता मूषा गारमूषेत्युदाहृता । यामयुग्मपरिध्मानान्नासो द्रवति वहिना ॥ * तुषमष्टगुणेन चेति पाठान्तरम् । * according to another version eight parts of burnt husk is to be used, instead of jute fiber and burnt husk. 288 ·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। २८६ Gara Alusa. Buffalo's milk, mud inimersed in water for a long time, and six times in weight of the milk, oxidised iron, charcoal, jute fiber, and black soil are to be rubbed together and made into a crucible, called, "Gara Musa." This can stand fire for more than six hours. वरमूषा। वज्राङ्गारतुषास्तुल्यास्तच्चतुर्गुणमृत्तिका। गारश्च मृत्तिकातुल्यः सबै रतेर्विनिर्मिता। वरमूषेति निर्दिष्टा याममनि सहेत सा॥ Bara Ilusa, Powdered iron (or mica, or diamond, or quartz), charcoal, burnt husk, one part each, mud for crucible.. four parts, mud immersed in water for a long timefour parts--all these are to be rubbed together and made into what is called a Bara Musa. This can stand fire for three hours. वर्णमूषा तथा रौप्यमूषा। पाषाणसहिता रक्ता रक्तवर्गाम्बुसाधिता। मृत्तया साधिता मूषा क्षितिखेचरलेपिता ॥ वर्णमूषेति सा प्रोक्ता वर्णोत्कर्षे नियुज्यते। एवं हि श्वेतवर्गेण रूप्यमूषा समीरिता ॥ Barna musha or raupya musha. Powdered stone, red earth, rubbed with the juice of that group of plants called the rakta-varga (see 289 27

·रसजलनिधिः।
page 304) are to be made into a crucible which is to
be plastered with catechu and green sulphate of
iron. This is called, “Barna musha". It is used for
intensifying the colour of red metals. If plastered
with the juice of plants called, "shweta varga,"
instead of that of rakta varga (see page 304), the
crucible is called a "Raupya Musa."
विड़मूषा।
तत्तद्भदमृदोद्भूता तत्तद्विविलेपिता।
देहलोहार्थयोगार्थ विडमूषेत्युदाहृता ॥
Bida Musha.
A crucible prepared with specially prescribed
mud, and plastered with specially prescribed bida, is
called Bida Musha. This is used for the preparation
of medicines for strengthening the body, and for
transformation of metals.
वृन्ताकमूषिका।
वृन्ताकाकारमूषायां नालं द्वादशकांगुलम् ।
धत्तुरपुष्पवच्चोद्धं सुदृढ़ श्लिष्टपुष्पवत् ॥
अष्टांगुला च सच्छिद्रा सा स्याद् वृन्ताकमूषिका ।
अनया खर्परादीनां मृदूनां सत्त्वमाहरेत् ॥
Brintaka Mushika.
It is a crucible of the shape of a brinjal (egg fruit),
and furnished with a strong funnel, twelve angulis in
length, of the shape of a dhatura flower, and attached
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः।
२६१
to the crucible, in the same manner as a flower is
to its stem. This crucible is eight angulis in length,
and is provided with an outlet (through the passage
in the funnel). This is used for the purpose of
extracting essences of kharpara, etc.
गोस्तनी मूषा।
मूषा या गोस्तनाकारा शिखायुक्तपिधानका।
सत्त्वानां द्रावणे शुद्धौ मूषा सा गोस्तनी भवेत् ॥
Gostani Musha.
This crucible is of the shape of a cow's udder, and
is provided with a cover furnished with a handle. It
is used for the purpose of extraction of essences, and
of purification of metals.
मल्ल मूषा।
निर्दिष्टा मल्लमूषा या मल्लद्वितयसंपुटात् ।
पर्पट्यादिरसादीनां स्वेदनाय प्रकीर्तिता ॥
Malla Musha.
This crucible is made of one basin, placed up side
down upon another, the joint being tightly closed.
It is used for the purpose of heating parpati and other
mercurial preparations.
पक्कमूषा।
कुलालभाण्डरूपा या दृढ़ा च परिपाचिता।
पक्कमूषेति सा प्रोक्ता पोहल्यादिविपाचने ॥
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·२६२
रसजलनिधिः
Paleva Musha.
It is a small vesscl such as is made by potters,niade
specially strong, and burnt, as usual. It is specially
used for the purpose of heating a special class of
medicines, called "pottali”, etc.
गोलमूषा।
निर्वक्तूगोलकाकारा पुटनद्रव्यगर्भिणी।
गोलमूषेति सा प्रोक्ता सत्वरद्रव्यशोधनी ॥
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Gola-inusha,
It is a ball-shaped crucible, without any mouth.
The material meant to be subjected to heat is to be
kept inside this crucible at the time it is prepared.
(Having no mouth and no joint whatsoever, it leaves
very little room for the passing of air from the inside
to the outside, and vice versa). By means of this
crucible, it is possible to have the desired operation
performed very soon.
महाभूषा।
तले या कूर्पराकारा क्रमादुपरि विस्तृता ।
स्थूलवृन्ताकवत् स्थूला महामूषेत्यसौ स्मृता।
सा चायोऽत्रकसत्वादेः पुटाय द्रावणाय च ॥
MahaMusha.
It is pointed at the bottom, and gradually widened
on the upper parts, resembling a big egg fruit in
appearance. It is used for the purpose of extraction
of essences and incineration of iron, mica, etc.
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·षष्ठोऽध्यायः।
२६३
मण्डूकमूषा।
मण्डूकाकारमूषा या निम्नतायामविस्तरा।
षड़गुलप्रमाणेन मूषा मण्डूकसंज्ञका ।
भूमो निखन्यतां मूषां दद्यात् पुटमथोपरि ॥
Manduka Musha.
It is of the shape of a frog, and is six angulis in
height, length, and breadth. It is to be put, inside a
pit in the earth, and covered with fire made at
the top.
मूसलमूषा।
मूषा या चिपिटा मूले वर्तुलाष्टांगुलोच्छ्या।
मूषा सा मूसलाख्या स्याञ्चक्रिवद्धरसे हिता॥
Musala Musha.
It is flat at the bottom, cylindrical, and eight
angulis in height. It is suitable for the purpose of
heating a paste
of
mercury.
अथ पुटानि ।
रसादिद्रव्यपाकानां प्रमाणज्ञापनं पुटम् ।
नेष्टो न्यूनाधिकः पाकः सुपाकं हितमौषधम् ॥
लोहादेरपुनर्भावो गुणाधिक्यं ततोऽग्रता।
अनप्सुमजन रेखापूर्णता पुटतो भवेत् ॥
पुटाद ग्रावणो लघुत्वं च शीघ्रव्याप्तिश्च दीपनम् ।
जारितादपि सूतेन्द्रालोहानामधिको गुणः ॥
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·२६४ रसजलनिधिः। Putanus. * The excellenee of the preparation of mercury and other things depend upon the prescribed number of putam. A medicine must not be subjected to a greater or a less number of putam than are actually necessary for its efficaciousness. By means of putam it is possible to reduce a metal to a state of incineration, from which it cannot be restored to its former condition. It is "putam which causes the excellence in the quality of metals, the ability of metals to float in water, the ability of metals to enter into the lines in the palms, lightness of metals, rocks, and other hard substances, the power of metals etc., to spread through the system in a short time, and the ability of the metals to increase the power of digestion. It is putam which invests metals with even a greater amount of efficaciousness than what is possessed by exhausted mercury. महापुटम्। निम्ने विस्तरतः कुण्डे द्विहस्ते चतुरस्रके। वनोत्पलसहस्रण पूरिते पुटनौषधम् ॥ क्रौञ्चयां रुद्ध प्रयलेन पिष्टकोपरि निक्षिपेत् । वनोत्पलसहस्राद्धं कौश्चिकोपरि विन्यसेत् ॥ वहि प्रज्वालयेत्तत्र महापुटमिदं स्मृतम् ॥ A putam or samputam is an act of burning a material being kept inside two basins, joined with each other by means of mud, rag, mixed with mud etc. The apparatus, su constructed, is also called a putam or samputam. 294 ·षष्ठोऽध्यायः। २६५ Mahaputam. Fill up a pit, of cubical shape, two cubits in length, breadth, and height, with one thousand pieces of cowdung balls, found dried in a pasture. The prescribed article, confined in a crucible, tightly covered, is to be put upon this heap of cowdung cakes. Five hundred pieces of the same fuel are then to be put upon the crucible, and fire set upon the heap. Heating an article in this way is called, burning it by "Mahaputam." गजपुटम्। गजहस्तप्रमाणेन चतुरस्त्रं च निम्नकम् । पूर्ण चोपलशाठीभिः कण्ठावध्यथ विन्यसेत् ॥ विन्यसेत् कुमुदीं तत्र पुटनद्रव्यपूरिताम् । पूर्वाच्छगणतोऽर्द्धानि गिरिण्डानि विनिक्षिपेत् ॥ एतद् गजपुटं प्रोक्तं महागुणविधायकम् । साधारणनरांगुल्या त्रिंशदंगुलको गजः॥ . Gaja pulam. A cubical pit, one gaja in length, breadth, and height, each, is to be filled up with cowdung cakes up to the brim. A crucible, containing the prescribed material, is to be placed upon the heap of cowdung cakes. Half the number of the cakes, required for filling up the pit, are now to be placed upon the heap, which is next to be set fire to. Burning a metal in is called, burning by "Gajaputam." A "gaja" is equaivalent to 30 angulis of an ordinary human 295 this way

·२९६
रसजलनिधिः।
being. Burning in this way increases the potency of
mercury to a great extent.
वाराहपुटं कुक्कुटपुटं कपोतपुटश्च ।
इत्थं चारनिके कुण्डे पुटं वाराहमुच्यते ।
पुटं भूमितले यत्तदुवितस्तिद्वितयोच्छ्यम् ॥
तावच्च तलविस्तीर्णं तत् स्यात् कुक्कुटकं पुटम् ।
यत् पुटं दीयते भूमावष्टसंख्यर्वनोत्पलैः ।
तद् बद्धा सूतभस्मार्थ कपोतपुटमुच्यते ॥
Baraha putam, kukkuta putan, and kapota putan.
A Baraha putam is a pit, one aratni in each of
the three dimensions, meant for the burning of
metals, etc., in the same manner, as described above.
A kukkuta putam is a pit, two bitastis in length and
breadth, meant for the burning of metals, etc., in the
same manner, as described above.
A kapota putam is an act of burning in which a
crucible, containing mercury etc., and tightly closed,
is subjected to heat of fire made by eight pieces of
cowdung balls found dried in the pasturage. This
process of heating is resorted to for the purpose of
effecting an incineration of mercury.
गोवरपुटम्।
गोष्ठान्तर्गोखुरक्षुण्णं शुष्कं चूर्णितगोमयम् ।
गोवरं
तत्
समादिष्टं वरिष्ठ रससाधनम् ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः।
२६७
गोवरा तुषैर्वापि पुटं यत्र प्रदीयते ।
तद्गोवरपुटं प्रीक्त रसभस्मप्रसिद्धये ॥
Govara pulam.
It is an act of burning resorted to for the purpose
of incineration of mercury by a fire made of husk or
cowdung found powdered by the strokes of the feet
of cows grazing in a pasturage.
भाण्डपुटम्।
स्थूलभाण्डे तुषापूर्णे मध्ये मूपासमन्विते ।
'वहिना विहिते पाके तदभाण्डपुटमुच्यते ॥
Bhanda putan.
It is a big vessel filled with husk, inside which is
placed a crucible containing the article to be heated
by the fire set upon the husks.
वालुकापुटम्।
अधस्तादुपरिष्ठाच्च कौश्चिकाच्छाद्यते खलु ।
वालुकाभिः प्रतप्ताभिर्यत्र तद्वालुकापुटम् ॥
Baluka putani.
This is an act of heating an article contained in a
crucible by means of heated sand placed on all sides
of the crucible.
भूधरपुटम्।
वहिमित्रां क्षितौ सम्यङ निखन्याद् द्वंयगुलादधः ।
उपरिष्ठात् पुटं यत्र पुटं तद्भधराह्वयम् ॥
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षष्ठोऽध्यायः।
Bhudhara putam.
In this case, the crucible is heated by means of
being placed two angulis below the surface of the
earth in a pit covered with a fire made of cowdung
cakes.
लावकपुटम्।
ऊद्ध षोड़शिकामात्रैस्तुषैर्वा गोवरैः पुटम् ।
यत्र तल्लावकाख्यं स्यात् सुमृदुद्रव्यसाधने ।
Labaku putan.
It is an act of heating a very mild substance; by
means of a fire made at the top of a samputam or
crucible containing the substance, by husks, or
powdered cowdung, sixteen times in weight of the
substance cooked.
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·सप्तमोऽध्यायः।
अथ परिभाषा।
लवणानि षडुच्यन्ते सामुद्र सैन्धवं विडम् ।
सौवर्चलं रोमकञ्च चुलिकालवणन्तथा ॥
क्षारत्रयं समाख्यातं यवसर्जिकटंकणम् ।
पलाशमुष्ककक्षारौ यवक्षारः सुवचिका ॥
तिलनालोद्भवः क्षारश्चैतानि क्षारपञ्चकम् ।
घृतं गुड़ो माक्षिकं च विज्ञेयं मधुरत्रयम् ॥
Definitions.
Salts-There are six kinds of salts, viz, samudram,
saindhavam, bidam, sauvarchalam, romakam (or
sambharam), and chulika (or nabasaram).
The three Ksharas--There are three kinds of
ksharas viz, javakshara, sarjika kshara, and tankanam.
The five ksharas—They are as follows:-the
.kshara of palasha, that of ghantapatali ; java kshara,
subarchika, and the kshara of tila nala.
The three madhus (sweets)-They are three, viz,
ghritam (clarified butter), molasses, and honey.
रसतेलानि
कंगुणीतुम्बिनी घोषा करञ्जः श्रीफलोद्भवम् ।
कटुवार्ताकसिद्धार्थसोमराजीविभीतजम् ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः । अतसीजं महाकाली निम्वजं तिलजं तथा। अपामार्गावदालीदन्तीतुम्बुरुविग्रहात् ॥ अकोलोन्मत्तभल्लातपलाशेभ्यस्तथैव च । एतेभ्यस्तैलमादाय रसकर्माणि योजयेत् ॥ Oils, extracted from the seeds of the undermentioned plants, are to be used in mercurial operations :-kanguni, katu-tumbi, ghosha, karanja, vilba, katu bartaku, (kantakari or brihati?). rajika, somaraji, bibhitaki, atasi, mahakali, nimba, tila, apamarga, devadali, danti, tumburu, ankola ; dhatura, bhallataka, und palasha. जम्बुकमण्डूकवसा वसा कच्छपसंभवा। ककोंटी शिशुमारकगोशूकरनरोद्भवा ॥ अजोष्ट्रखरमेषाणां महिषस्य वसा तथा । मूत्राणि हस्तिकरभमहिषीखरवाजिनाम् । गोजावीनां स्त्रियः पुंसां पुष्पं बीजं तु योजयेत् ॥ The following are also used in mercurial opera. tions :-fat of jackal, frog, tortoise, crab, porpoise, cow, hog, man, goat, camel, ass, ram, and buffalo ; urine of elephant, camel, she-buffalo, ass, horse, cow, goat, and ram ; menstrual discharge of women, and semen of men. महिषाम्बुदधिक्षीरं साभिघारं शकृटुरसः । तत् पञ्चमाहिषं ज्ञेयं तद्वच्छागलपञ्चकम् ॥ 300 ·सप्तमोऽध्यायः। Pancha-mahishan-The urine, curd, milk, clarified butter, and juice of stool of a buffllo are called the pancha-imahisham. Siniilarly, chagala-panchakam are the same five different substances relating 10 a goat, अम्लवर्गः। अम्लवेतसजम्बीरनिम्बुकबीजपूरकम्। चाङ्गरीचनकाम्लकमम्लिक कोलदाडिमम् ॥ अम्बष्ठाश्चिञ्चापत्रं च नाराङ्ग रसपत्रिका । करमर्द तथा चान्यदलवर्गः प्रकीर्तितः॥ 'The following and other sur vegetables are called the Amlabarga (sour group) ;-ilmlabetasa, jambira, nimbu, bijapura, changeri, chanaka juice, tintidi, kola, darima, ambastha (hog plum), tintidi leaves, nagaranga, chukra leaves, and karamarda. चणकाम्लश्च सर्वेषामेक एव प्रशस्यते । अम्लवेतसमेकं वा सर्वेपामुत्तमोत्तमम् । रसादीनां विशुद्धयर्थं द्रावणे जारणे हितम् ।। Of all these, amlabetasa, and chanak leaf juice are the best. The former is especially suited to the requirements of purifying, liquefaction, and exhaustion of mercury. अम्लपश्चकम्। कोलदाडिमवृक्षाम्लचुल्लिकाचुक्रिकारसम् । पञ्चामलकं समुद्दिष्टं तच्चोक्त चाम्लपञ्चकम् ॥ 301

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रसजनिधिः
Juices of the following five sour materials are
called the amlapanchakam-kola, darima, tintidi,
chullika, and chukrika.
पञ्चमृत्तिकाः।
इष्टिका गैरिका लोनं भष्मवल्मीकमृत्तिकोः।
रसप्रयोगकुशलैः कीर्तिताः पञ्चमृत्तिकाः॥
The following five kinds of earth are called the
pancha mrittika, or mrit-panchakam ;-brick, red
ochre, salt, ashes, and soil raised by white ants.
विषवर्गः।
शृङ्गकं कालकूटं च वत्सनाभं सकृत्रिमम् ।
पित्तं च विषवर्गोऽयं स वरः परिकीर्तितः॥
रसकर्मणि शस्तोऽयं तद्वन्धनविधावपि ।
अयुक्तथा सेवितश्चायं मारयत्येव निश्चितम ॥
The following poisons are called the bisha
varga :-shringaka, kalakuta, batsanabha, kritrima
(artificial), and biles. These are commendable in
mercurial operations including the solidification of
mercury. These poisons, if swallowed improperly,
cause death.
उपविषवर्गः।
लाङ्गली पिषमुष्टिश्च करवीरो जया तथा ।
नीलकः कनकोऽर्कश्च वर्गो ह्युपविषात्मकः ॥ ®
* ६० पृष्ठं द्रष्टव्यम्।
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·सप्तमोऽध्यायः। ३०३ The following are called the upabishas :-(semipoisuns):-langali, bishamushti, karabira, jaya (bhanga), nila, dhatura, and arka. * दुग्धवर्गः। हस्त्यश्ववनिता धेनुर्गद्द भी छागिकाविका । उष्ट्रिकोदुम्बराश्वत्थभानुन्यग्रोधतिल्वकम् ॥ दुग्धिका स्नूगगणं चैतत् तथैवोत्तमकण्डिका। एषां दुग्धैर्विनिर्दिष्टो दुग्धव! रसादिषु ॥ Milks of the undermentioned animals and trees are called Dugdha barga. They are used in mercurial operations :-elephant, horse, cow, ass, goat, ram, camel; udumbara, aswattha, arka, bata, lodhra, dugdhika, snuhi, and uttamakandika (small dugdhika). विडू गणः। पारावतस्य चाषस्य कपोतस्य कलापिनः । गृध्रस्य कुक्कुटस्यापि विनिर्दिष्टो हि विडूगणः । शोधनं सर्वलोहानां पुटनाल्लं पनात् खलु ॥ Stools of the undermentioned birds are called the bidgana. All the lohas (metals excepting mercury), are purified, if coated all over with these bidgana, and subjected to puta paka, . For some other kinds of poisons and semi-poisons, see •page 9. 303 .

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रसजलनिधिः।
रक्तवर्गः।
कुसुम्भं खदिरो लाचा मअिष्टा रक्तचन्दनम् ।
अक्षी च वन्धुजीवश्च तथा कर्परगन्धिनी।
माक्षिकं चेति विज्ञयो रक्तवर्गोऽतिरञ्जनः॥
The following are called Rakta barga (red group),
and are used in preparing a red colour :-kusumbha,
khadira, laksha, manjistha, rakta chandanam, akshi,
bandhujiba, karpura-gandhini, and makshika.
पीतवर्गः।
किंशुकः कर्णिकारश्च हरिद्राद्वितयं तथा ।
पीतवर्गोऽयमादिष्टो रसराजस्य कर्मणि ॥
The undermentioned plants are called the Pita
barga (yellow group). They are used in mercurial
operations :-kinshuka, karnikara, haridra, and daru.
haridra.
श्वेतवर्गः।
तगरः कूटजः कुन्दो गुना जीवन्तिका तथा।
सिताम्भोरुहकन्दश्च श्वेतवर्ग उदाहृतः॥
The undermentioned are called sveta barga (white
group) :-tagara, kutaja, kunda, shveta-gunja, jivanti,
and root of white lotus.
कृष्णवर्गः।
कदली कारवल्लो च त्रिफला नीलिकानलः।
पङ्कः कासीसवालानं कृष्णवर्ग उदाहृतः॥
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·सप्तमोऽध्यायः। The following are called, the krisna varga, (black group) :-kadali, karaballi, triphala, nilika,. chitraka, panka, kasisa, and tender mango fruits. रक्तवर्गादिवगैश्च द्रव्यं तजारणात्मकम् । भावनीयं प्रयत्न न तादृग् रागाप्तये खलु ॥ If it is intended to impart a particular colour to a metal, etc., the latter is to be subjected to bhavana, at the time of its exhaustion, with the juices of the corresponding group of plants, (such as ractabarga, etc.). लोहकाठिन्यनाशनवगः। महिषीमेषशृङ्गोत्थः कलिङ्गो धवबीजयुक् । शशास्थीनि च वर्गोऽयं लोहकाठिन्यनाशनः ॥ The following articles are destroyers of the hard - ness of metals :-ashes of the horns of she-buffalo, and of ram, indrajava, dhava seeds, and bone of hare. दुर्दाबलोहादि द्रावणवर्गः। गुगुग्गुलुगुञ्जाज्यसारटुष्टंकणान्वितैः । 'दुर्दावाखिललोहादेर्द्रावणाय गणो मतः ॥ The following serve to facilitate the smelting of those metals which are very difficult to smelt :- molasses, guggulu, gunja, clarified butter, honey, and tankanam. चाराः सर्वे मलं हन्युरम्लं शोधनजारणम् । मान्य विषाणि निम्नन्ति स्नग्ध्यं स्नेहाः प्रकुर्वते ॥ 305 20

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The characteristic of ksharas is the destruction
of impurities, that of amlas (sour non-mineral liquids)
is purification and exhaustion, that of poison is the
destruction of tardiness, and that of oil, fat, marrow,
etc. is to soften and to remove coarseness.
शोधनीयगणः।
काचटंकणशिप्राभिः शोधनीयो गणो मतः।
सत्त्वानां बद्धसूतस्य लोहानां मलनाशनः
कापालिकगुणध्वंसी रसवादिभिरुच्यते॥
Sodhaniya gana.
Kacha, tankana, and shipra are called sodhaniya
gana. They are the destroyers of impurities in
essences of metals, solidified mercury, and metals.
They are also said to be the destroyers of what is
called the “kapalika guna."
कज्ज्वली रसपको।
धातुभिर्गन्धकाद्यश्च निद्र वैर्मर्दितो रसः।
सुश्लक्ष्णः कज्ज्वलाभोऽसौ कज्ज्वलीत्यभिधीयते ।
सद्रवा मर्दिता सैव रसपङ्क इति स्मृतः॥
Kajvali is the fine black powder obtained from
rubbing of mercury with metals, sulphur, and other
things, without the addition of any liquid substance.
This powder, if rubbed with a liquid substance,
becomes what is called a rasa-panka.
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·सप्तमोऽध्यायः।
.
रसपिष्टी।
अकांशतुल्याद रसताप्यगन्धम
निष्कार्द्ध तुल्यात् तृटिशोऽभिखल्वे ।
अर्कातपे तीव्रतरे विमर्यम
पिष्टी भवेत् सा नवनीतरूपा ॥
Rasa pisti.
Copper and an equal quantity of mercury, makshika,
and sulphur--each even so little as half a niska or
one triti in weight-turn into a paste-like substance,
called rasa pisti, if rubbed together and kept in an
intense heat of the sun.
खल्वे विमर्थ गन्धेन दुग्धेन सह पारदम
पेषणात् पिष्टतां याति सा पिष्टीति मता परैः।।
The paste-like substance, prepared out of sulphur,
milk, and mercury, rubbed together in a mortar, is
also called rasa-pisti.
पातनपिष्टी।
चतुर्थाशसुवर्णेन रसेन घृष्टपिष्टिका ।
भवेत् पातनपिष्टी सा रसस्योत्तमसिद्धिदा ॥
Patana pisti.
The paste-like substance, obtained by rubbing
mercury with one fourth its weight of gold, is called
Patana pisti. It is of much importance in mercurial
operations.
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·३०८ रसजलनिधिः। वर्णकष्टी तथा रौप्यकृष्टी। रूप्यं वा जातरूप्यं वा रसगन्धादिभिर्हतम् । समुत्थितञ्च बहुशः सा कृष्टी हेमतारयोः॥ कृष्टी क्षिपेत् सुवर्णान्तर्न वर्णों हीयते तया। वर्णकृष्ट्या कृतं बीजं रसस्य परिरञ्जनम् ॥ Swarna-kristi and Rupya-kristi. Gold or silver, incinerated with mercury, sulphur, etc. and restored to its former condition for several times, is called swarna-kristi, or rupya-kristi, respectively. If swarna-kristi is mixed with gold, the latter does not undergo a loss of colour. The seed prepared out of swarna-kristi is a good dyer of mercury. हेमरक्ती तथा ताररकी। ताम्रतीक्ष्णसमायुक्त द्रुतं निक्षिप्य भूरिशः। सगन्धलकुचद्रावे निर्गतं वरलोहकम् ॥ तेन रक्तीकृतं स्वर्णं हेमरक्तीत्युदाहृतम् । निक्षिप्ता सा द्रुते स्वर्णे वर्णोत्कर्षविधायिनी ॥ तारस्य रञ्जनी चापि बीजरागविधायिनी। एवमेव प्रकर्त्तव्या ताररक्ती मनोहरा । रञ्जनी खलु रूप्यस्य बीजानामपि रञ्जनी॥ Copper, combined with an equal quantity of tikshna (steel), is to be smelted and immersed, for several times, in a solution of sulphur and the sour juice of a 308

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lakucha fruit. The amalgam turns, by this process,
into an excellent metal. Gold, reddened by being
mixed with this amalgam, is called Hema-racti,
which, if thrown upon smelting gold, improves the
colour of the metal.
Tara racti, which improves the colour of silver
and tara-bija (silver seed), is prepared similarly.
अथ परिमाणानि।
तृटिः स्यादणुमिः षडू भिस्तैर्लिक्षा षड़ भिरीरिता ।
ताभिः षडभिर्भवेद् यूकः षड़ यूकास्तद् रजः स्मृतम् ॥
षड़ रजः सर्षपः प्रोक्तस्तैः षडू भिर्यव ईरितः।
एका गुञ्जा यवैः षड़ भिर्निष्पावस्तु द्विगुञ्जकः ॥
स्याद् गुमात्रितयं वल्लो द्वौ वल्लौ माष उच्यते।
द्वो माषो धरणं ते द्वे शाणनिष्ककलाः स्मृताः॥
शानश्च कथितष्टंक इति क्वचिद् विचक्षणैः ।
निष्कद्वयं तु वटकः कोलो गद्यान एव सः॥
स्यात् कोलद्वितयं तोलः कर्षों निष्कचतुष्टयम् ।
उदुम्बरं पाणितलं सुवर्ण कवडग्रहः ।
अक्षं विडालपदकं शुक्तिः पाणितलद्वयम् ॥
शुक्तिद्वयं पलं मुष्टिः प्रकुच्चो विल्वमित्यपि ।
पलद्वयं तु प्रसृतं तवयं कुड़वोऽञ्जलिः।
कुड़वौ माणिका तौ स्यात् प्रस्थो द्वे माणिके स्मृतः॥
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·३१० रसजलनिधिः शरावोऽष्टपलं नूनं ज्ञयमत्र विचक्षणः । प्रस्थद्वयं शुभं ते द्वे पात्रकं तदेवादकम् । तैश्चतुर्भिघटोन्मानलल्वणार्मणकुम्भकाः ® द्रोणस्य शब्दाः पर्यायाः पलानां शतकं तुला। पलानां द्विसहलञ्च भार एकः प्रकीर्तितः॥ " 2 Measures of weight. 6 anus (molecules) make one triti. 6 tritis liksha. 6 likshas juka. 6 jukas , sarshapa (mustard seed.) 6 sarshapas java (barley seed.) 6 javas gunja or racti. 2 gunjas nispava. 3 gunjas balla. ballas masha. mashas dharana. 2 dharanas niska, shana, kala, or tanka. niskas kola, bataka, or gadyana. tola or karsha. (Synonyms of karsha are :-udumbara, panitala, subarna, kabaragraha, aksha, and bidalapadaka.) karshas make one shukti. shuktis or 4 tolas pala, musti, prakuncha, or vilba. 2 " 2 2 kolas 2 2 नल्वन इति पाठान्तरम्। 301 ·सप्तमोऽध्यायः। " 2 palas 2 prasritas 2 kudabas manikas 2 " 2 prasthas 2 shubhas 4 adhakas » prasrita. kudaba or anjali. ,, manika or sharaba, prastha (64 tolas, or one seer.) shubha, adhaka or patra. drona, ghata, unmana, rashi, lalvana, armana, or kumbha. tula (400 tolas.) bhara. " " 100 palas 2000 palas द्रोणाभ्यां सूर्पो विज्ञ यश्चतुःषष्टिशरावकः । सूर्याभ्याश्च भवेद् द्रोणी वाही गोणी च सा स्मृता। द्रोणीचतुष्टयं खारी कथिता सूक्ष्मबुद्धिभिः । 2 dronas make one surpa, 2 surpas droni, bahi, or goni. 4 dronis or gonis khari. अथ रसवन्धाः। पञ्चविंशतिसङ्ख्यकान् रसबन्धान् प्रचक्षते । येन येन हि चाञ्चल्यं दुर्य हत्वं रसस्त्यजेत् ॥ हठारोटौ तदाभासः क्रियाहीनश्च पिष्टिका। क्षारः खोटश्च पोटश्च कल्कवद्धश्च कज्ज्वली॥ सजीवश्चैव निर्जीवो निर्वोजश्च सवीजकः । शृङ्खलानु तिवन्धौ च वालकश्च कुमारकः ॥ 311 ·३१२ रसजलनिधिः। तरुणश्च तथा वृद्धो मूर्त्तिवन्धस्तथाऽपरः । जलवन्धोऽग्निवन्धश्च सुसंस्कृताभिधस्तथा ॥ महावन्धाभिधश्चेति पञ्चविंशतिरीरिताः। केचिद्वदन्ति षड़ विंशो जलौकावन्धसंज्ञकः॥ स तावन्न ष्यते देहे स्त्रीणां द्रावेऽतिशस्यते । The commentators have described twentyfive different ways of solidifying mercury. They are as follows:-(1) hatha (2) arota (3) hatha bhasa and arotabhasa (4) kriyahina (5) pistika (6) kshara (7) khota (8) pota (9) kalka baddha (10) kajjali (11) sajiva (12) nirjiva (13) nirbija (14) sabija (15) shrinkhala (16) drutibandha (17) balaka (18) kumara (19) taruna (20) briddha (21) murtibandha (22) jalabandha (23) agnibandha (24) susanskrita and (25) mahabandha. Some add to the list a new item, viz. jalaukabandha (which will be dealt with in another volume). हठो रसः स विज्ञ यः सम्यकशुद्धिविवर्जितः॥ स सेवितो नृणां कुर्यात् मृत्युवा व्याधिमुद्धतम् । सुशोधितो रसः सम्यगारोट इति कथ्यते ॥ स क्षेत्रीकरणे श्रेष्ठः शनैर्व्याधिविनाशकः । पुटितो यो रसो याति योगं मुक्ता खभावताम् । भावितो धातुमूलादैयराभासो गुणवैकृते ॥ Solidification of mercury, not properly purified, is what is called, "hatha bandha." This mercury gives 312

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rise to death or a very serious disease. Solidification
of mercury, properly purified, is what is meant by
"arota bandha." This mercury is commendable
· for the purpose of internal use ; it cures diseases
slowly. The mercury, though mixed with metals and
drugs, does not allow itself to be solidified, but
sublimates and assumes its original condition, when
subjected to heating by means of putam, is called,
"abhasa."
असंशोधितलोहादेयः साधितो यो रसोत्तमः ।
क्रियाहीनः स विज्ञ यो विक्रियां जात्यपथ्यतः॥
The mercury which is solidified by being combined
with metals, etc, not properly purified, is what is
called "Kriyahina.” The taking of such mercury,
if followed by improper diets, gives rise to several
after-affects of trouble-some nature.
तीव्रातपे गाढ़तरावमर्दात् पिष्ठी भवेत् सा
नवनीतरूपा।
स रसः पिष्टिकावद्धो दीपनः पाचनस्तराम् ॥
The mercury which assumes the appearance of
butter by being rubbed steadily and exposed to the
intense heat of the sun, is called "pishtika baddha."
This mercury increases appetite and is a good
digester of food.
शङ्खशुक्तिवराटाययोऽसौ संसाधितो रसः।
क्षारवद्धः परं दीप्तिपुष्टिकृत् शूलनाशनः ॥
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·३१४ रसजलनिधिः। The mercury which is solidified by being combined with conchshell, oyster, and couri, duly purified and burnt to ashes, is called "shara-baddha." It cures colic, and gives rise to appetite and nutrition. बद्धो यः खोटतां यातो ध्मातोध्मातः क्षयं व्रजेत् । खोटबद्धः स विज्ञ यः शीघ्र सर्वगदापहः॥ Solidified mercury, if it undergoes condensation and reduction in quantity every time it is heated, is called "Khota baddha.” It cures diseases very soon. द्रुतकज्ज्वलिका मोचापत्रके चिपिटीकृता। स पोटः पर्पटी सैव बालायखिलरोगनुत् ॥ Kajjali, liquefied (by being heated) and put upon a plantain leaf (placed upon cowdung), and then pressed lightly (by means of another piece of plantain leaf containing cowdung), is called pota or parpati, and is the curer of all diseases, especially of children. स्वेदाद्यः साधितः सूतः पंकत्वं समुपागतः। कल्कबद्धः स विज्ञ यो योगोक्तफलदायकः॥ Mercury, if it assumes the appearance of mud, by being subjected to heat, etc. and combined with herbs, made into a paste, is called "Kalka-baddha." This mercury partakes of the properties of the herbs with which it is combined. कज्ज्वली रसगन्धोत्था सुश्लक्ष्णा कज्ज्वलोपमा। तत्तयोगेन संयुक्ता कज्ज्वलीवद्ध उच्यते॥ : 314 ·सप्तमोऽध्यायः। ३१५ The black sulphide of mercury, prepared by mercury and sulphur, finely powdered and rubbed together, is cailed “Kajjali baddha." भस्मीकृतो गच्छति वहियोगाद् रसः सजीवः स खलु प्रदिष्टः। संसेवितोऽसौ न करोति भस्म काय जराव्याधिविनाशनश्च ॥ If mercury, in course of the operations performed for its incineration, sublimates, by being subjected to heat, and comes out of the crucible, it is called, "sajiba baddha." It does not possess the properties of incinerated mercury, and is not considered efficacious in curing senility and diseases. जीर्णाभ्रको वा परिजीर्णगन्धो भस्मीकृतश्चाखिललोहमौलिः। निर्जीवनामा स हि भस्मराजः निःशेषरोगान् विनिहन्ति वेगात् ॥ Mercury, incinerated after having been made to swallow mica and sulphur, becomes superior to all other metals, and is called, “Nirjiba baddha." It cures diseases immediately. रसस्तु पादांशसुवर्णजीर्णः पिष्टीकृतो गन्धक- योगतश्च । तुल्यांशगन्धैः पुटितः क्रमेण निजिनामा सकलामयन्त्रः॥ 315 ·३१६ रसजलनिधिः। to Mercury, incinerated by means of putapaka after having been made swallow one fourth its quantity of gold, and made into a lump by being rubbed with an equal quantity of sulphur, is called "Nirbija baddha." It cures all sorts of diseases. पिष्टीकृतैरभ्रकसत्त्वहेमताराकान्तैः परिजारितो यः। हतस्ततः षड्गुणगन्धकेन स बीजबद्धो विपुलप्रभावः॥ The mercury which is exhausted with the essence of mica, gold, silver, copper, and kanta iron, all rubbed together, and incinerated with six times its weight of sulphur, is called, “bijabaddha." It is of supreme strength. वजादिनिहतः सूतो हतः सूतः समोऽपरः। शृङ्खलाबद्धसूतस्तु देहलोहविधायकः॥ विचित्रं तत्प्रभावश्च सवेगां व्यातिशीलताम् । वर्णयितुं न पारगो कोऽपि महेश्वराद विना ॥ Mercury, killed with diamond, etc., and combined with an equal quantity of mercury killed otherwise, is called "Shrinkhala baddha.” It imparts hardness to the body. None but Mahadeva can describe the strange efficaciousness of this mercury, and the power of its being quickly assimilated in the system. 316

·सप्तमोऽध्यायः।
युक्तोऽपि बाह्यद्रु तिभिश्च सूतो
बद्धंगतो वा भसितस्वरूपः।
स राजिकापादमितो निहन्ति
दुःसाध्यरोगान् द्रतिबद्धनामा॥
Mercury, which is solidified, or subsequently
reduced to ashes, after having been combined with
metals which undergo external liquefaction or which
turn into a liquid while kept close to but outside
mercury, is called "drutibaddha", and can cure difficult
diseases, if taken in doses of a quarter of a rajika
(equal in weight to a mustard seed).
समानजीर्णः शिवजस्तु बालः
संसेवितो योगयुतो जवेन ।
रसायनो भाविगदापहश्च
सोपद्रवारिष्टगदानिहन्ति ॥
Mercury, exhausted with an equal quantity of mica,
and then reduced to ashes, is called "balabaddha.” If
taken with the proper anupanam or accompaniment,
it.can cure and prevent all sorts of diseases.
हरोद्भवो यो द्विगुणाभ्रजीर्णः
स स्यात् कुमारो मिततन्दुलोऽसौ।
त्रिसप्तराः
संघातघाती च रसायनश्च ॥
खलु पापयोग
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·३१८
रसजलनिधिः।
Mercury, exhausted with double its quantity of mica
and then reduced to ashes, is called 'kumara baddha'.
It can cure, in three weeks, all the diseases due to
serious vices (e.g. leprosy), and can also prevent the
occurrence of diseases.
चतुर्गणव्योमकृताशनोऽसौ
रसायनाग्रयस्तरुणाभिधानः।
स सप्तरात्रात् सकलामयनो
रसायनो वीर्यवलप्रदाता
The mercury which has swallowed four times its
weight of mica,and is then reduced to ashes, is the best
of all rasayanas (medicines which cure and prevent
senility and diseases). It is called tarunabaddha.'
It can cure, in a week, all sorts of diseases, and
increases strength and vitality.
यस्याभ्रकः षड़ गुणितो हि जीर्णः
प्राप्ताग्निसह्यः स हि वृद्धनामा।
देहे च लोहे च नियोजनीयः
शिवाहते कोऽस्य गुणान् प्रवति ॥
The mercury, which has swallowed six times its
weight of mica, and is then reduced to ashes, is called
"briddha baddha.' It is applicable in curing diseases as
well as in the incineration of metals.
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·सप्तमोऽध्यायः। यो दिव्यमूलिकाभिश्च कृतोऽत्यग्निसहो रसः। विनाभ्रजारणात् स स्यात् मूर्तिबद्धो महारसः॥ अयं हि जाय॑मानस्तु नाग्निना क्षीयते रसः। योजितः सर्वरोगेषु निरुपमफलप्रदः॥ The mercury which is enabled, by means of being rubbed with controlling herbs of amazing properties, to stand fire without being exhausted with mica, is called 'murtibaddha.' This mercury is to be duly exhausted, and used in all sorts of diseases with incom. parable success. It does not undergo any diminution in size, if placed upon fire. शिलातोयमुखैस्तोयबद्धोऽसौ जलबद्धकः । स जरारोगमृत्युनः कल्पोक्तफलदायकः॥ The mercury which is solidified by means of ice, etc. is called 'jalabaddha.' It is a destroyer of senility, diseases, and death. It can be made to produce any effect desired. केवलोयोगयुक्तो वा ध्मातः स्याद गुटिकाकृतिः। अक्षीणश्चाग्निबद्धोऽसौ खेचरत्वादिकृत् स हि ॥ When mercury alone, or in conjunction with some thing else, is solidified, and undergoes no diminution, when subjected to heat, it is called 'agnibaddha', and serves to endow the user with the power of flying in the air, 319 ·३२० रसजलनिधिः। हेना वा रजतेन वा स हि परोधमातो ब्रजत्येकता- मक्षीणो निचितो गुरुश्च गुटिकाकारोऽति दीर्घोज्ज्वलः चूर्णत्वं पटुवत् प्रयाति निहतो घृष्टो न मुञ्चन्मलं निवन्धो द्रवति क्षणात् स हि महाबन्धाभिधानो रसः॥ If mercury, when heated with gold or silver, becomes solidified, amalgamated, heavy, elongated, and bright, without undergoing any diminution, it is called 'Mahabaddha'. When killed, it can be reduced to powder like salt ; when rubbed, it does not part with any rust; if not properly solidfied, it turns into a liquid immediately. 320

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
अथ अतिरिक्ताः वेधन प्रक्रियाः।
स्वर्णकरणम् ।
ब्रह्मवृक्षस्य काष्ठे न नागमादाय मारयेत् ।
पुनः खर्परकं नीत्वा द्वयमेकत्र चूर्णयेत् ॥
तेन मूषा वटक्षीरात् क्रियते गाढ़वर्तुला।
पलं पलं भवेत् पूर्व पलमेको रसो भवेत् ॥
तस्यां सूतं समारोप्य वालुकायन्त्रमध्यगम् ।
कारयेत् मूषिकां गाढ़ामेकादशगुणं तदा ॥
गन्धकं जारयेत् सूक्ष्मीकृतं तत् पारदे शनैः।
उत्तार्य मूषिकां यन्त्राच्छीतलां कारयेत्ततः॥
अतिरक्तप्रभा मूषा चूर्णिता सकला भृशम् ।
द्विसप्तत्यंशके देया एको भागश्च सूतकात् ॥
चन्द्रसूर्यो ७ द्विभागौ च काञ्चनं दशवर्णिकम् ।
अवश्यं जायते चन्द्र निर्दोषं दुःखनाशनम् ॥
CHAPTER VIII.
Making of gold.
'Lead is to be incinerated with the wood of
brahma tree, mixed with kharpara, and powdered
together. This powder is then to be rubbed with the
* चन्द्रसूयं द्विभागश्च इत्यपि पाठः कल्पनीयः।
तथाहि रसरत्नसमुच्चये,-भागा षोडश तारस्य तथा द्वादश भाखतः।
एकत्रावर्तितास्तेन चन्द्रार्कमपि कथ्यते ॥
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·रसजलानाधः। milk of banian and made into a crucible, dense and cylindrical. The quantity of the first two, viz, lead and Kharpara, is one palam each. One palam of mercury is to be put into the crucible, kept inside a baluka jantram. Sulphur, eleven times in weight of mercury,and very finely powdered, is to be swallowed by the mercury, by gradual mixture and rubbing. The crucible is then to be taken out of the jantram and cooled. This will be found very red. This is then to be finely powdered. Seventy two parts of this powder, one part of mercury; and one part each of silver and copper, are to be combined. * The combination may result in gold, ten sixteenth parts pure, Substitution of pure silver for copper, may have the effect of producing pure gold. स्वर्णकरणम्। फरवाहस्य काष्टेन विभीतस्याऽथवा करी। अथ दारुहरिद्राया मर्दयते प्रहरद्वयम् ॥ किंशुकस्य रसेनादौ कन्यकाया रसैः पुनः। पीतकासीसकस्यापि जलेनायं विघृष्यते ॥ नागे चाष्टोत्तरशतं भावनानां प्रदीयते । पुटांस्तथाविधान्दद्यात्सुदृढ़ांश्च गरीयसः॥ रक्तः सिन्दूरसंकाशो म्रियतेऽसौ करी ध्रुवम् । त्रिंशदंशेन ताम्रस्य तं नाग योजयेत्परम् ॥ According to another version, seventy two parts of the powder, one part of mercury, two parts of a compound made of sixteen parts of silver and twelve parts of copper, 322

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
तत्तानं जायते तारं ताम्र तारादपानयेत् ।
तत्तारं जायते रम्यमष्टवर्णिकमुत्तमम् ॥
तच्च तेन समं देयं काञ्चनेन च कांचनम् ।
वर्णयुग्ममपास्यैतजायते सर्वकामदम् ॥
Making of gold.
Lead is to be rubbed fur six hours with the wood of
either of these two, viz, pharabaha and bibhitaki, and
with daruharidra. This is then to be rubbed with
the juice of kir'shuka, un burnt by: putapaka. This
is next to be rubbed with the juice of kanya and
agåin burnt by putapaka. This is again to be rubbed
with a solution of yellow kashisa and again burnt by
putapaka. The lead is thus to be subjected to
bhabana and putapaka for hundred and eight times
each. The lead will thus be reduced to ashes of a very
deep red colour. The ashes are to be mixed with
thirty times their weight of copper, which will be
transformed into silver, containing a little copper.
This copper will have to be separated from the
silver, which will have to be again mixed with the
ashes of lead. This will result in the silver turning
into gold twelve carats fine.
रौप्यकरणम्।
चत्वारः खर्जिकाभागा यवक्षारस्तथा पुनः।
सौभाग्यं च तथा धृत्वा श्वेतानं चूर्णितं द्वयम् ॥
शिलाद्वयं भवेत्तत्र सर्व ग्राह्य सुशोभनम् ।
काकमाचीरसस्यांतर्दीयते सर्वमेव तत् ॥
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·३२४
रसजलनिधिः।
तप्तपित्तलपत्राणि कृतसूक्ष्माणि वै पलम् ।
तापंतापं ददेतास्मिन् काकमाचीरसे भृशम् ॥
एकविंशतिवाराांश्च वही देयानि चात्र च ।
एवं शुभ्राणि जायन्ते रूप्यतुल्यान्यसंशयम् ॥
आरं तारं समं कृत्वा मृदुबंग नियोजयेत् ।
एकादशविभागेन भवेत्तारं निरामयम् ॥
एषा राजवती विद्या पुत्रस्यापि न कथ्यते ॥
Manufacturing of silver.
Four parts of swarji, four parts of jabakshara,
four parts of borax, two parts of powdered white
mica, and two parts of manas-shila-all of these are
to be rubbed together and immersed in the juice of
kakamachi. One part of very finely wrought brass
leaf is to be heated mildly and immersed in the
solution, for twenty one times. The foils will thus
grow undoubtedly white like silver. They will
have to be mixed with an equal quantity of real silver
and eleven times their weight of mild tin. The
product will be
pure
silver.
वर्णकरणम्।
दशटंकमितो गन्धो घृतेन सह गालितः
कन्यकाद्रवमध्ये तं निक्षिपेद्वारपञ्चकम् ॥
मस्मिन् शुद्ध दृढे गन्धे त्रिटनं नवसारकम् ।
मरिचानि च पिष्टानि पञ्चतोलानि वारिणि ।
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·अष्टमोऽध्यायः। ३२५ दत्ता दत्ता विभाव्यते। निक्षिप्यते तदा वारि गन्धकः शोष्यते पश्चाद्वद्धश्चणकसंमितः॥ गलद्धम्नि शनैर्दद्याच्छनैर्गन्धं शनैः शनैः। ताम्र पूर्व शनैर्योज्यं गन्धभागो दशात्र च ॥ सर्व सञ्जायते रम्यं हेमरक्तं च निर्मलम् । तोलके माषकं दद्यादेकं वर्णचतुष्टयम् ॥ . Manufacturing of gold. Sulphur, ten tankas (see page 310) in weight, is to, be smelted with ghee, and immersed in the juice of kanya for five times, and then dried and mixed with three tankas of navasara. The mixture is then to be subjected to bhavana with five tolas of maricha, rubbed well with water. The amalgam is then to be dried and made into the form of chanakam. This is then to be gradually put into gold, smelted with an equal quantity of copper in the crucible, the proportion of the sulphur amalgam being one tenth of the total quantity of the two metals in the crucible. The whole thing väill turn into beautiful gold, red, and pure. Further addition to this artificial gold, of every dose of the sulphur amalgam by one sixtcenth part of the gold, will heighten its colour to the extent of six carats fine. खर्णकरणम्। जात्यतुत्थकनाम्नश्च रसकस्यापि माषकम् । शिला माषद्वयेनेतद्भिन्न भिन्न च मारयेत् ॥ 325 ·३२६ रसजलनिधिः। कृत्वैकत्रास्य भागैकं हीनवणे च कांचने । दीयते तोलके चैके वर्णमेवं विवर्धते ॥ Making of gold. The following are to be incinerated separately : mineral tutthaka and rasaka, one sixteenth of a tola each, and manas-sila, one eighth of a tola. All these three things are to be mixed together and combined with one tola of gold of an inferior colour, with the result that the colour of the gold will be improved. रौप्यकरणम् । भागद्वादशकं तीक्ष्णं चूर्ण बङ्गस्य वै त्रयः। तथा नागस्य कर्तव्या त्रयो भागाश्च तालकम् ॥ तण्डुलीयस्य तोयेन मर्दनीयं दृढं ततः। अन्धमूषागतं धमातं दत्त्वा टङ्कणकं भृशम् ॥ प्रकटे च पुनर्मूषे तदलं जायते वरम् । समं तारण कर्तव्यमुत्तमं तद्भविष्यति ॥ Making of silver. Twelve parts of powdered steel, and three parts each of powdered banga (tin), powdered sisaka (lead), and powdered haritala—are to be rubbed steadily with the juice of tanduliyaka, and heated in an andha musha, with tankanam applied gradually. On breaking open the crucible, the metal will be found to be excellent. If combined with an equal quantity of silver, it will turn to be the best silver. 326

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
३२७
रौप्यकरणम्।
पारदं तालकं श्वेतं धान्यानं टंकणं नवम् ।
श्रृंगिकं च विषं वंगं भृतं टंकद्वयं द्वयम् ॥
अर्कसेहुण्डदुग्धेन मर्द येच दिनत्रयम् ।
चनकमानतो वटी कर्तव्याथ प्रयत्नतः॥
वयमेव रसं पश्चात् पुनरेवं मनःशिलाम् ॥
द्वयमत्रापि गृह्णीयात् खर्जिकाटककद्वयम् ।
धत्तूरस्य रसेनैतन् मर्दनीयं चतुष्टयम् ॥
त्रिदिन शोषयेद् गाढ़ पुनस्तानं समं नयेत् ।
दशटंकमितं शुद्ध कृतपत्रं प्रभायुतम् ॥
अन्धमूषे परिक्षिप्य तच्चतुष्टयमौषधम् ।
अर्धमधं च दत्त्वा तद् गालयेद् गाढ़मेव तत् ॥
दलं निष्पद्यते श्वेतं पुनः पूर्व कृताश्च ताः।
वटिका नूतनाः सन्ति तासां मध्ये नयेदथ ॥
भागमेकं पञ्चदशं दलं स्यान्निर्मलं शुभम् ।
कृत्वैकत्र च मूषायां गालयेज्जलसन्निभम् ।।
पञ्चामृतं च तन्मध्ये दीयते सुन्दरं भवेत् ।
दलमेतत् पुनर्भागा अष्टौ तारस्य सुन्दरः॥
एक एव भवेन् मूषे गालनीयं यथा पुरा ।
पुनद्वितीयवेलायां नवभागं दलं भवेत ॥
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·386 रसजलनिधिः। एकभागं भवेत्तारं मूषिकामध्यगं द्वयम् । दण्डेन करवीरस्य सूक्ष्मेण चाल्यते शनैः॥ गाल्यते च तथा चैनं सब भवति रूप्यकम्। एवं निष्पद्यते तारं तत्तारकसमोज्ज्वलम् ॥ Making of Silver Mercury, haritalam, white mica finely powdered, fresh tankanam, shringa poison, incinerated tin-two tankas each, are to be rubbed together for three days, with the milks of arka, and sehundu, and made into pills of the size of a chanakam. Three tankas of mercury, an equal quantity of manas-shila, and two tankas of swarjika, with one of the pills referred to above, are to be rubbed with the juice of dhuthura for three days. Dried copper foils, well purified, and equal in quantity to the amalgam, viz. 10 tankas, are to be put into a blind crucible and smelted with the amalgam, half of its quantity being put at a time. This will turn the copper foils white. This metal will be purer, if smelted again with one fifteenth part of its weight of the pills referred to at the beginning, and a little of ghee, curd, milk, sugar, and honey. Eight parts of the metal thus produced and one part of fine silver are to be smelted, ás before, in a crucible. Nine parts of this product and one part of pure silver are to be again smelted and tnrned, all the while the smelting goes on, with a fine rod made of karabira, The product will be pure silver, as bright as stars. 328

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
३२९
वर्णकरणम् ।
लोहचूर्णमतिश्लक्ष्णं पुढ्यते कन्यकाद्रवैः।
त्रिवेलमतियत्नेन चूर्णं पीतारुणं भवेत् ॥
पुनर्माक्षिकमानीय सैन्धवेनाम्लसंयुतम् ।
पुट्यते त्रिपुटं यावदेकीकृत्य द्वयं पुनः॥
तारं ताम्रपुनर्नीत्वा द्वयमेतद् द्वयं च तत् ।
संमं चतुष्टयं कुर्य्याद धाम्यते सकलं च तत् ॥
किञ्चिन्नागं पुनः किञ्चिद् दत्त्वा दत्त्वा क्षणे क्षणे ।
भवेत्तत्तारशोषं यद् भवेत् तत्किञ्चनाधिकम् ॥
पीत षड़ वर्णिकं तारं योजयेद् दशकं पुनः ।
वर्णयुग्मे विहायाथ वर्णिकाष्टकमुत्तमम् ॥
हाटकं जायतेऽत्यर्थ सर्वकर्मप्रसाधनम् ॥
Making of Gold.
Iron, very finely powdered, is to be mixed with
the juice of kanya, and burnt very carefully for three
times, by means of putapaka. The powder will thus.
turn yellowish red. Again, powdered makshika is to
be mixed with rock salt and some sour juice, and
subjected to putapaka for three times. These two
kinds of powders are to be mixed together in equal
quantities. To these will have to be added powders
of silver and copper, each equal in quantity to each
of the above mentioned powders, so that the amalgam
contains an equal quantity of the four ingredients,
viz, iron, makshika, silver, and copper. All of these
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·३३० रसजलनिधिः। are to be heated together with a little of lead being put into the crucible, every now and then, so long as the heating continues. The heat will have to be applied so long as the silver does not disappear altogether-nay, up to a little while after that. The product is a yellow metal containing gold parts fine. Add to this, gold 18 parts fine, the product being gold of an excellent quality. स्वर्णकरणम् । गन्धकं दरदं लौहचूर्णं चापि मन:शिला । अम्लेन मर्दयेत् त्रीणि दिनानि सकलं च तत् ॥ कटाहे भर्जयेच्चैव पश्चात् सूक्ष्मम् विधाय तत् । शोषणीयं पुनस्तापे पश्चात तत् काचकूपके निक्षिप्य वालुकायन्त्र यावद् यामत्रयं भवेत् । तावदग्निच कुर्वीत दृढ़ तीक्ष्णं शनैः शनैः ।। अथ मूषे क्षिपेत् तारं गलिते तत्र किञ्चन । दीयते ध्मायते मन्दं मन्दं तत् सत्तमुत्तमम् ॥ पीतं तज्जायते तारमष्टवणं न संशयः। अपरं हेम तत्रापि मेलनीयं महोत्तमम् । वर्णिकाद्वितयं हित्वा जायते कनकं नवम् ॥ Making of Gold. Gandhaka, hingula, powdered iron, and manasshila, -all these are to be rubbed for three days with some sour juice. They are then to be fried in a' 330

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
cauldron, dried, powdered finely, and then put into a
glass bottle. This is then to be heated in Baluka
jantram, for nine hours, by a strong fire. A little of
silver is then to be put into a crucible and smelted.
A little of the compound, prepared in the Baluka
jantram, is then to be put into the smelted silver,
with the result that the silver turns into gold to parts
fine. An equal quantity of pure gold, mixer with this
substance, makes the whole thing absolutely pure
gold.
रौप्यकरणम्।
तालेन मारयेद्वङ्गपत्रं सूक्ष्मं विधाय तत् ।
तेन बंगेन सत्तारपत्रं श्लक्ष्णं च मारयेत् ॥
एकेनापि पुटेनैव म्रियते तारमुत्तमम् ।
टंकैकं तालसत्त्वाच्च तारस्य च मृतस्य च ॥
एकमत्र भवेदत्र पारदो द्वयमेव च।
एकत्र पिष्टितं कृत्वा गोलं कुर्यात्ततः परम् ॥
वर्तुलं निक्षिपेत्तं च सुपिष्टे माषचूर्णके।
निवेश्य गुटिकाकारेऽप्पतसीतैलयाचितम् ॥
तेन सा पच्यमानापि पिष्टी कृष्णा भविष्यति ।
संघवेनार्कपयसा ताम्रपत्रं प्रलिप्यते ॥
अतिसूक्ष्म पुनः पत्रं निर्गुण्डीरसमध्यगम्।
क्षिप्यते तावदेवैतद्याबच्छन भविष्यति ॥
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·३३२ रसजलनिधिः। दशटंकमिते भागे तारे पिष्टी निधीयते । समतारण कर्त्तव्यं ताम्रपत्रं च शोषितम् ॥ एवमेतद्दलं जातं जातरूपं महाद्भुतम्। Making of silver. Fine foils of tin are to be incinerated with haritalam. The ashes, so produced, are to be used in incinerating pure and finely wrought silver foils, the incineration being effected by means of one putam. Take one tanka of the essence of naritalam, one tanka of incinerated silver (as referred to above), and two tankas of mercury-all of these are to be rubbed together and formed into a ball, which is to be coated with a paste made of masha gram (a kind of bean), and boiled in atasi (linseed) oil. The ball will thus turn black. Pure and very fine copper foils are then to be coated with saindhava and milk of arka, and kept immersed in the juice of nirgundi, until they turn white. Ten tankas of pure silver and ten tankas of the copper foil are to be smelted together with the black ball referred to above, the product being pure silver. रौप्यकरणम्। तालकं षट्पलं नीत्वा कुलत्थक्काथमध्यगम्। स्वेदयेत् त्रिदिनं यावत् सूचमं कृत्वाऽथ खल्वके । दशटकमितान्यादौ भल्लातकफलानि च । एरण्डस्य च बीजानि दत्ता सर्व विचूर्णयेत् ॥ 332

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
३३३
अर्कसेहुण्डदुग्धस्य तिस्रः पश्चाच्च भावनाः।
आविकस्याथ
मत्स्यस्य वसां दत्ता विमई येत् ॥
शोषयित्वा पुनः कुर्यात् सुदृढ़े काचकूपके।
चुल्लिकायां तदारोप्य मुखमुद्घाटच पाचयेत् ॥
धूम निःसारयेत्तावद्यावद्यामद्वपं त्रयम्।
मुखं विमुद्य ते पश्चात्खटिन्या छिद्रवर्जितम् ॥
यामद्वादशपर्यंतं वह्निर्देयो निरन्तरम् ।
कूपिकाया मुखे सर्व सत्त्वमागत्य तिष्ठति ॥
पुनः सत्त्वं च गृह्णीयात्पुनः कुर्यात्तथाविधम् ।
रसभस्म तृतीयांशं तस्य सत्त्वस्य दीयते ॥
अथावशिष्टं यत्किटतालसत्त्वस्य किंचन ।
तदधो दीयते कि किञ्चित्सत्त्वेन बै समम् ॥
पुनर्यामाष्टकं दद्याद्वहिं तत्रैकमानसः।
नोवं नाधः स्थितं सत्त्वमन्तरालस्थितं नयेत् ॥
कृतसूक्ष्मे शुभे तारपत्रे सत्त्वं समं क्षिपेत् ।
मूषिकाया मधश्चोध्वं श्वेतकाचांतरालगम् ॥
ध्मायते तावदन्ध्रायां यथा स्याद्गोलकोत्तमः।
तत्सत्त्वं तस्य मध्यस्थ गृह्यते शुक्रसन्निभम् ॥
सतारमेकपिण्डस्थ तदादाय महोत्तमम्।
द्वादशांशं भवेदेव पिचलं शुद्धतारकम् ॥
॥
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·३३४ रसजलनिधिः। The .com Making of silver. Six palas of haritala are to be boiled for three days in a decoction of kulattha ; and rubbed very fine in a mortar. Bhallataka fruits and castor seeds, ten tankas in weight each, are also to be finely powdered. These three things, viz. haritala, bhallataka fruits, and csstor sceds, are to be rubbed together, and subjected to bhabana, for three times, with the milks of arka and schundu, respectively. pound is then to be rubbed with the fat of ram and fish. When dried, the powder will have to be put into a very strong glass bottle, and heated without closing the mouth of the bottle, Smoke is expected to come out of the bottle, after six to nine hours of heating. The mouth of the bottle is then to be closed hermetically, by means of a piece of chalk-the heating is to last continuously for thirty six hours, without any interruption. At the mouth of the bottle will be found deposited the essence of the substance thus heated, which will have to be taken out very carefully. The remains of the substance are to be heated again in the aforesaid way, which will result in the extraction of some more essence. A part of this essence, with one third its quantity of incinerated mercury, is to be put into another glass bottle, below which is to be put remains of the substance mixed with a little of the essence. Heat is then to be applied again for twenty four hours, after which is to be taken out the essence deposited, neither at the top nor at the bottom, but at the central portion of the bottle. This essence, with an equal quantity of very fine silver foils, is to be 334 .

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
३३५
heated in a blind crucible, with lairs of white glass put
above and below them. When sufficiently heated, the
contents of the bottle will smelt into a ball-like
substance having the appearance of semen. This
vill have to be taken out and heated with twelve
times its weight of brass, which will turn into purc
silver.
स्वर्णकरणम्।
निवरसेन सद्गन्धं भावयेच्छुद्धमातपे।
एकविंशन्मिताभिस्तं भावनाभिः समन्ततः ॥
कुक्कुटांडद्रवेणामुं चतुर्केलं विभावयेत् ।
अथ ताम्रस्य पत्राणि सुसूक्ष्माणि दृढ़ानि च ॥
कर्तव्यानि च गन्धेन तेन लेप्यानि तानि च ।
पुटनीयानि तान्यग्नो निधाप्यते पुनर्जले ॥
बिलप्याथ विलेप्याथ गन्धकेन पुनः पुनः ।
सप्तवेलमिदं कर्म कृत्वा कृत्वा पुनः पुनः॥
तानि विधमाप्य वै गाढं गृह्यते ताम्रमुत्तमम् ।
अरुणादित्यसंकाशं निर्दोष तारमुद्धरेत् ॥
तारे टंकत्रये देयं टंकमेकं शुभं रविः।
पुटयते ताम्रमेवैतद्यावत्ताम्रक्षयो भवेत् ॥
घर्षितं च पुनस्तानं दृश्यते सप्तवर्णिकम् ।
तत्र हेम द्वादशांशमन्यन्मेलय चोत्तमम् ।
हेम संजायते सर्व रम्यं चैव सुखप्रदम् ॥
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·रसजलनिधिः। Making of gold. Purified sulphur is to be subjected to bhavana with lime juice for twenty one times, and with hen's egg for four times. Very fine and strong copper foils are then to be coated all over with that sulphur. These are next to be burnt by putapaka and immersed in water. They are again to be coated with the sulphur, burnt and immersed in the same way, for seventy times altogether. Three parts of pure silver and one part of this copper are to be burnt together by putapaka, which is to be carried on till the copper disappears altogether. The product is gold to parts fine. With this is to be mixed pure gold a parts fine. The compound will turn to be pure gold. वर्णवण वृद्धिकरणम्। अनसत्त्वं समादाय तत्र तोम्र च तत्समम् । ध्मायते तद्वयं पश्चाद् यावदैक्यं द्वयं व्रजेत् ॥ सत्त्वं तत् केवलं नीत्वा विना ताम्रण पीतवत् । अतुलं पीतभासं यदभागमेकं तदा नयेत् ॥ दशवर्णं च यद्ध म पञ्चविंशतिभागिकम् । गालयित्वैकतः कुर्यात् सत्त्वहेमद्वयं पुनः॥ वणैकस्य भवेटु वृद्धिः सत्त्वं तद्वर्द्धतेऽधिकम् ॥ Augmenting the colour of gold. Essence of mica and an equal quantity of copper are to be smelted together and compounded. An essence is to be extracted in the usual way out of 336 ·अष्टमऽध्यायो। this compound. This essence is wonderfully yellow. Twenty five parts of gold, ten sixteenth parts fine, and one part of this essence are to be smelted together, with the result that the whole compound will turn to be gold # parts fine. Further addition of every one part of the aforesaid essence wili result in the enhancement of the colour of the gold by Ig part. स्वर्णकरणम् । शिलामाक्षिकनागाश्च कर्पूरमणिकाः समाः। राजावर्त पुराणस्य लोहस्य तनुजं मलम् ॥ देहस्थमरुजं ग्राह्य लोहे लग्नं च यद् भवेत् । दरदं खर्परं तुत्थं पीतकाशीशमर्दितम् ॥ मूषायां धमनं कुर्यात् सुदृढ़ गन्धकं क्षिपेत् । षड़ गुणं जारयेन् मूषे शनैरेनं शनैः शनैः । उपर्यन्या भवेन मूषाऽप्येवं जारणपद्धतिः । अष्टवणे सुवर्णे तदरसगुञ्जा प्रदीयते ॥ एकतोलेऽपि ताम्र तद्गालिते शीघ्रमुत्तमम् । वर्धते कनकं सत्यं महावर्णचतुष्टयम् ॥ भोगाय स्वर्णकार्य तु वंशनाशाय कल्पते । कार्य्यमेतत् परित्याज्यं दारिद्रय हि समाचरेत् ॥ पूजयेद् भैरवं तदा सततं गुरुमर्चयेत् । सततं योगिनीवृन्दं ब्रह्मचर्येण नित्यशः। गन्धपुष्पादिनैवेद्यतर्पणैर्भक्तिभावतः ॥ 337 43

·रसजलनिधिः ।
Making of gold.
Manas-shila, makshika, sisaka (lead), karpura-mani
(camphor gem), rajabarta, rust of iron of a very long
standing, cinnabar, kharpara, tuttham, and yellow
kasisa--all of these are to be rubbed together and
heated steadily in a crucible, with sulphur being
put into it, six times in weight of each of the other
ingredients. The crucible is to be put inside another
crucible, and the superfluous sulphur burnt gradu.
ally.
One rati of the compound, thus prepared, is
to be smelted with one tola of
copper,
the result being
gold te parts fine. *
रौप्यकरणम्।
मण्डूरं खर्परं शुद्ध दशतोलमितं पुरा ।
भाव्यते खरमूत्रेण भावना एकविंशतिः॥
शिला नवसारं चैव पृथक् तोलमितौ च तौ।
संमिश्रय महिषीदुग्धभावितौ तौ यथा पुरा ॥
सेहूंण्डपयसा चैव भावितोऽसौ यथा भवेत् ।
अथ सूतं समादाय त्रितोलं च मनःशिला ॥
विमर्थ खल्वके दत्त्वा भाजने निक्षिपद द्वयम्।
कृतकज्ज्वलिकां गाढ़ां ताम्रचक्री तदुपरि ॥
दत्वापि तदधस्ताच्च मध्ये वह्नि प्रदापयेत् ।
द्वियामं यावदेव स्यात् ततः पर्पटिकां नयेत् ॥
• Preparation of gold is ordinarily prohibited. It is only for
the bare subsistance of life that one may have recourse to it.
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·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
अथाष्टतोलमादाय तालसत्त्वं मनोहरम् ।
एकत्र क्रियते सद्यः सुदृढ़ निम्बुकाम्बुना ॥
दिनसप्तकपर्यन्तं कुर्यात् तेनातिघर्षणम् ।
हखनागार्जुनीपत्रं समनागार्जुनीजले ॥
तया विघृष्यते पश्चात् घृष्टं सव्वं पुरा कृतम् ।
काचकुम्भे निधायाऽथ वह्नियामाष्टकं कुरु ॥
अधस्तिष्ठति यत्सत्त्वं षोड़शांशेन संभवेत् ।
तेन संमिश्रयते ताम्रमवश्यं चन्द्रसन्निभम् ॥
अष्टटंको भवेच्छुभ्रः खर्परस्तालकस्य च ।
सप्त चैकत्र कृत्वाऽथ पुनस्तारं तथाऽनकम् ॥
एकमेकमिदं तोलमौषधं चैकमेव च ।
अधश्चोद्ध, मिदं दत्वा मूषिकां चांध्रयेत् ततः॥
धृत्वाग्नौ धमायते गाढ़ यावदैक्यं गमिष्यति ।
द्वितोलं सुन्दरं तारं परं हृद्य भविष्यति ॥
.
Making of silver,
Purified mandura and kharpara, ten tolas each, are
to be subjected to bhavana, for twenty one times, with
strong urine. Manas-shila and navasara, one tola each,
are to be mixed together, and subjected to bhavana
with buffalo's milk. Three tolas of mercury, previously
subjected to bhavana with the milk of sehundu, and
three tolas of manas-shila are to be rubbed together.
All the things, noted above, are to be rubbed together,
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·380 रसजलनिधिः। and made into a dense and black powder. These are to be put into a vessel covered with a copper plate, and heated by fire, made below and around the vessel, for six hours. The compound, thus prepared, is to be rubbed with eight tolas of essence of haritala, mixed with lemon juice. The amalgam, thus prepared, is to be rubbed for seven days with the juice of small nagarjuni leaves, equal in weight to the lump. It is again to be rubbed with some more leaves, and to be heated for 24 hours by means of a Baluka jantram, at the bottom of which will be found deposited the essence (one sixteenth in weight) of the whole thing. Copper mixed with this essence becomes as white as silver. Eight tolas of white kharpara (essence of kharpara, i.e. zinc), seven tolas of haritala, one tola each of silver, and abhram (white mica) are to be mixed together and put into a blind crucibie, with one tola of the newly prepared white substance at the top and one tola of the same at the bottom. The crucible is to be heated until all the things smelt together and turn into a compound. The result is only two tolas of a very beautiful silver. रौप्यकरणम्। चांगेर्याः स्वरसेनेतल्लोहचणं विघृष्यते। पाणिभ्यां षट्पलं गाढ़ प्रत्यहं दिनसप्त च ॥ तस्य चूर्णस्य मध्ये वै सप्तटंकमितं भवेत् । सत्त्वं तालस्य दातव्यं मृन्मये मूषके दृढम् ॥ 340

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
अध ऊद्धं सितं काचं दत्त्वा तनमुद्रथ मूषकम् ।
कोकिलांगारकै तिं त्रिवारं साधु साधितम् ॥
पुनरादाय तचूर्णं शुद्ध वंगं तदा नयेत् ।
सप्तटंकमितं पत्रं चूणं तत्र विनिक्षिपेत् ॥
पुटचते तूपलैर्गाद यथा वंगं विशत्यसौ।
लोहताले समादाय तच्चूर्ण लोहतालयोः॥
सप्तटंकमितं दत्त्वा तारं सूक्ष्मं प्रगालयेत् ।
लोहकिट्ट समं नीत्वा मूषातो लोहतालकम् ॥
तदा तन्नीयते कि सुरचूर्ण नयेत् सुधीः ।
खर्जिकाशोधितः शुभ्रो दीयते तप्तपित्तले ।
षटकमानके टंकमेकं तच्चूर्णमुत्तमम् ।
दीयते चान्धमूषायां तारमुत्पद्यते शुभम् ।
समं तारेण कर्त्तव्यं यथा रम्यं भवेदिदम् ॥
Making of silver.
Six palas of powdered iron are to be rubbed
steadily with the juice of changeri for seven days, by
means of the two hands. This powder is to be con.
fined with seven tankas of essence of haritala in a
strong earthen crucible, which is to be covered, at the
top as well as at the bottom, with white glass, and
then closed as usual with mud, etc. The crucible is
then to be burnt by means of a fire made of charcoal,
for three times. The contents of the crucible are
then to be powdered, and again subjected to putam
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·३४२ रसजलनिधिः। with seven tankas of purified and powdered tin, in such a way that the tin mixes itself with the powder. Seven tankas of this compound, powdered well, are to be smelted with an equal quantity of iron and haritala, and fine silver. The compound is then to be powdered and mixed with an equal quantity of oxidised iron, and mercury. A little silver, purified with swarji, is then to be placed upon a heated brass plate. Six tankas in weight of this brass foil is to be then mixed with one tanka of the powder referred to above, and heated in a blind crucible. This results in the production of silver, which, when smelted with an equal quantity of pure silver, turns into an excellent silver. रौप्यकरणम्। पारदं च शिलामन धान्यानं कृतमुत्तमम् । मृतवंगं सर्जरसं स्वर्जिका टंकणं तथा ॥ समं षटकषटकं चतुर्विशतितालकम् । शोधितं मर्दितं शुद्ध बीजानि रक्षकस्य च ॥ तालमानानि चादाय वज्रीक्षीरेण मर्दयेत् । सर्वमेकत्र तत्कृत्वा द्विदिनं खल्वमध्यगम्॥ गोदुग्धेन दिनकं स्यादग्नि यामाष्टकं कुरु । वतसनाभं च काचस्य कूपिकाया मुखे क्षिपेत् ॥ नलिकारूपमादाय दृढ़ संधि निरुध्य च । चतुःषष्टिगुणे ताम्र शुद्ध श्वेते च दीयते । 342

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
३४३
Making of silver.
Mercury manas-shila, dhanyabhra, (mica, finely
powdered in the manner to be explained in vol. II),
incinerated banga, rala, swarji, and tankana-each six
tankas in weight, haritala, 24 tankas, rubbed and
•purified seeds of ranjaka, 24 tankas in weight,--all
of these are to be rubbed in a mortar, with the milk
of bajri for two days, with cow's milk for one day,
and then heated for eight days. The compound is
then to be mixed with aconite and put into a glass
bottle and heated. It is then to be smelted with sixty
four times its weight of white and purified copper,
which will turn into silver.
रौप्यकरणम्।
घनाभसा सह तालं स्वेदयेद् दिवसत्रयम्।
तालकं बलिनं नीत्वा सममेतद् द्वयं कुरु ॥
एकविंशतिसंख्यककुक्कुटाण्डद्रवेण तत् ।
द्वयं विमर्दयते तीव्र यावदैवयं व्रजेद् द्वयम् ॥
टंकद्वादशकं नीत्वा स्वर्जीटंकनकं पृथक् ।
मध्ये तालस्य निक्षिप्य सत्त्वं समुद्धरेत् ततः ॥
टंकद्वादशकं सत्त्वं तत आहत्य खल्बके ।
सारलोहभवं चूर्ण क्षिप्यते टंकपञ्चकम् ॥
मर्दयते घनवारिणा यथा चैक्यं भवेद द्वयोः ।
एवं तत् स्थाप्यते सत्त्वं कृतमेकत्र घर्षणात् ॥
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·३४४
रसजलनिधिः।
अथ वंगं समादाय टंकाष्टकं महोज्ज्वलम् ।
त्रिटंकं पारदं दत्त्वा तथा तारं त्रिटंककम् ॥
एकत्र मईयते सव्वं ध्मायते च मूषे भृशम् ।
वह्नियोगेन तद्गाढ़ तालसत्वेन मेलयेत् ॥
मर्दनं सततं खल्वे घनांभसा सह खलु ।
एकविंशतिवारेण भाव्यते तालकं दिवा ।।
भावनायाः परं तालं पुव्यते निशि नित्यशः।
ततः सप्तदिनं तालं भाव्यते पुट्यते निशि ॥
पुनस्तद् भाव्यते गाढ़पुटो देयो महाख्यकः।
एवं शुभं भवेत् तालं सत्त्वं निर्दोषमुत्तमम् ॥
चतुःषष्टिगुणे वंगे ताम्र वाऽथ प्रदापयेत् ।
भागैकं तस्य सत्त्वस्य वेधनं जायते ध्रुवम् ॥
Making of silver.
Haritala is to be boiled for three days with water
mixed with abhra. This is then to be rubbed with
an equal quantity of sulphur and twenty one hen's
eggs, until they mix together and become a lump,
Twelve tankas each of swarji and tankan are then to
be mixed with the lump, of which an essence is to be
extracted in the usual way. Then, twelve tankas of
this essence and five tankas of powdered steel are to
be rubbed with water mixed with abhra, until they mix
together and turn into a lump. Then, eight tankas
of pure steel, three tankas of mercury, and three
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·अष्टमोऽध्यायः। tankas of silver are to be rubbed together, and mixed with the lump by being heated in a crucible. The product is then to be rubbed for a long time with mica, mixed with water, and dried. This process is to be performed during day time for twenty one days. All these twenty one days, the product is to be subjected to putam at night, Next seven days, the product is to be rubbed with mica water and dried every night, and then subjected to putam at the very same night. The substance will thus grow white, and essence taken out of it will be as pure as any thing, One part of this essence and sixty four parts of tin or copper will turn into a pure silver. स्वर्णकरणम्। दरदेनाहतं ताम्र त्रिवारं जीव्यते रविः। कालिमारहितं शश्वद्ध गुरुपीतारुणच्छवि ।। अथ खर्परमादाय भाव्यते त्रिफलांभसा। पुनः सेहुण्डदुग्धेन तावता मूषिकां कुरु ॥ दीयते तत्र तत् ताम्र विमुद्रय धमायते भृशम् । ताम्रतो हेम जायेत राजयोग्यं निरन्तरम् ॥ Making of gold. Copper, killcd with cinnabar for three times, and revived each time, becomes pure, heavy, and yellowish red. Then a crucible is to be made with kharpara, subjected tá bhabana with triphala water and rubbed with the milk of sehunda. The copper referred to 345

·३४६
रसजलनिधिः।
above, is to be put into this crucible, and heated
strongly, This will turn the copper into gold.
रौप्यकरणम् ।
तालकं षट्पलं शुद्ध चूर्ण भूनागजं शुभम् ।
तृतीयांशं भवेत् तस्य तालकस्यान्तरे क्षिपेत् ॥
पलं टंकणकं दत्त्वा मर्दयेत् कदलीद्वैः ।
कन्दजैस्त्रिदिनं यावत् पश्चात् कूप्यस्य मध्यगम् ॥
रुध्यते त्रिदिनं यावत् तदा सत्त्वं नयेत् ततः।
तेन सत्त्वेन सत् तानं षोड़शांशं च वेधयेत् ॥
किञ्चिच्च स्फुटते तारं तत्र चान्यद् ददेत च ।
तारं च कोमलं शुद्धं तदा भद्रं भवत्यपि ॥
Making of silver.
Six palas of haritala, powdered and purified, two
palas of the essence of earth-worms, and one palam
of tankana are to be rubbed with the juice of banana
plant and with the juice of shuranam for three days.
The amalgam is then to be confined within a glass
bottle for three days, before essence is taken out of it
in the usual way. This essence is competent to
transform sixteen times its weight of good copper
into silver. In case the silver, thus produced, happens
to be coarse, it is to be smelted with some pure
silver.
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·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
३४७
रौप्यकरणम्।
विंशटंकमितं तालं षटंकप्रमितं रसम् ।
द्वयमेकत्र संमिश्रय चित्रस्नेहेन मई येत् ॥
त्रिदिनं गाढ़मेतच पुनः काचस्य कूपके ।
निधाय त्रिदिनं सम्यक् सत्त्वं निःसारयेत् शुभम्॥
आदाय कूप्यतः सत्त्वं तत्किट च समुत्सृजेत्।
अन्यत् तालं तथा दद्यादस्मिन् सत्त्वे तथा रसम् ॥
तथा विधिस्तथा मानं तथा तैलं तथा क्रमः।
मईनं च तथा कुर्यात् तथा वहिर्यथा पुरा।
तथा च त्रिदिनं कूप्यारोपं कुर्यात् तथा नयेत्।
निहरेच्च तथा किट्ट तथा सत्त्वं नयेत् पुनः॥
यामाष्टकं पुनर्वहिरेतदेव विशिष्यते।
पुनरन्यत् तथा तालं तथा सर्व विधीयते ॥
तथा पुनरसौ देयस्तथा कर्म न संशयः।
त्रिवेलमेव कर्त्तव्यं तालसत्त्वे तथा विधिः॥
तोलमेकं भवेत्तारं टंकमेकाधिकं शुभम्।
रेत्यते मेल्यते तेन तालसत्त्वेन गाढवत् ॥
तरुणस्नेहसंपिष्टं गाई गाढ़े यथा भवेत् ।
मेलयित्वकतः कृत्वा ग्रन्थिरूपं भवेत् स्फुटम् ॥
पुनः कूप्ये निधायाथ पुनरग्निं प्रदापयेत् ।
वहियोगेन गाढ़ने तन्मिलत्यैकतो द्वयम् ॥
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·३४८ रसजलनिधिः। तदधोदृश्यते यत्तु चन्द्ररश्मिसमप्रभम् । तत् सर्वं दीयते ताम्र चतुःषष्ट्यंशभागके ॥ एकभागममुदद्याच चन्द्रकान्तिसमं भवेत् ॥ Making of silver. Twenty tankas of haritala and six tankas of mercury are to be rubbed together steadily with castor oil for three days, and then kept confined for three days in a glass bottle, before essence of the substance is extracted in the usual way. The essence is to be separated from the other substances and mixed with 20 tankas of haritala and six tankas of mercury and rubbed together, as before. Eesence of this new substance is to be taken out exactly in the same manner as described above. The essence, thus extracted, is to be subjected to heat for 24 hours. It is then to be mixed with 20 tankas of haritala and six tankas of mercury, and rubbed, as before, with a view to essence being taken out for the third time. A little over one tanka of this essence with one tola of silver, finely powdered, are to be mixed and rubbed together with castor oil. When safficiently rubbed, the compound is to be again heated with the result that a white substance will be found deposited at the bottom of the pot. One part of this white substance and sixty four parts of copper, if properly smelted, will produc fine silver. ताम्रस्य श्वेतीकरणम्। ताम्रपत्रं विधातव्यं सूक्ष्म तत् लेपयेद् बुधः । अपामार्गकृतक्षारवारिणा धमायते ततः॥ 348

·अष्टमोऽध्यायः।
पुनर्निधाप्यते ताम्रपत्र ततचारवारिणि ।
सप्तवेलमिदं कुर्यात् कर्मशुल्व भविष्यति ॥
अतीव कोमलं चैतद भविष्यति न संशयः ।
अस्मिन् पत्रे विधातव्यो वेधस्तत् सूतकस्य च ॥
निर्मल कोमल शुद्भमतिश्वेतमकव॒रम् ।
वेधकार्ये विधातव्यं ताम्रमदभुतमुत्तमम् ॥
Bleaching of copper.
A fine copper leaf is to be coated all over with
a solution of apamarga burnt into ashes, and then
heated. The process is to be performed for seven
times with the result that the copper leaf will turn
very soft, pure white, and spotless. Such copper is
to be used for the purpose of transformation into
gold or silver.
अम्बागच्छो विवुधजननीदिव्यदेहं दधाना
मातृप्रेमणा सकलभुवनं प्रोज्ज्वलीकृत्य दुर्गे।
पुत्रस्य ते नयनसलिलै रुद्धदृष्टः समक्ष
ज्ञातुं शक्तो गिरिशगृहिणीं विश्ववन्द्यामहं न ॥
२
निद्राजाब्यस्तिमितनयनोऽऔषमानन्दमूदः
आदेशं ते सदयहृदये साधनाया धनं मे ।
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रसजलनिधिः।
चेष्टा मे ते चरणकमले शक्तिहीनेन दत्ता
भूदेवं ते द्विजकुलभव सिद्धवैद्य दयख ॥
३
मातृस्नेहाविधुरशिशुकं नाभिनन्देत कोऽपि
विश्वाधीशामृतपदतले स्थानलाभं करिष्ये ।
आकाङ्क्षयं हृदयनिहिता पूर्यते कि नं शम्भो
पाता त्वञ्च त्वमसि जगतः स्मृष्टिनाशैकहेतुः॥
मृत्युस्तब्धं नयनयुगलं मोचयित्वान्तिमे मे
संरक्ष त्वं तवपदयुगं मूद्ध पीठे ममैव ।
दृष्ट्या मार्गे मम चिरगुरो राजराजेन्द्र तिष्ठ
दृक्तृष्णा मे निखिलहृदयव्यापिनी शाम्यतु हि ।
भक्तस्य त्वं चिरदिनभवां वासनां पूरयख
आराध्यस्त्वं सकलभुवने हे प्रिय हे शरण्य ॥
इति मुखोपाध्यायोपाधिक-सिद्धवैद्य-श्रीभूदेवदेवशर्मणा विरचित
रसजलनिधि-नामक-महानन्यस्य प्रथमखण्डः समाप्तः।
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·APPENDIX.
GLOSSARY.
A.
Abhra-mica.
Angula—a finger's breadth.
Arånala---see kanji.
Aratni-a measure of length from the elbow to the tip
of the little finger.
Asava—is a liquid obtained by fermentation of
prescribed materials immersed in water for a
month in a jar, closely covered.
B.
Balla-see measures of weight, page 310.
BataractaLeprosy,
Banga-tin.
Bhavana-A thing is said to be subjected to bhavana
with a liquid substance, if it is saturated
with the latter and dried, by being exposed
to the sun during day time and to open
air during night.
Bimbisi- nausea.
Bitasti-a measure of length equal to 12 angulas,
(being the distance between the extended
thumb and the little finger).
# This does not contain Latin names for the vegetable drugs
referred to in the book. A booklet dealing with English, Latin,
Tamil, Telegu, Hindi, and Bengali synonyms of all these names is
intended to be compiled by the author, in collaboration with his
disciplo, kaviraj N. Swargamani Sbastri, kaviratna, of Rampad
(Madras)

·11 C. Chulika salt-Sal-ammoniac. Same as Narasara or Navasara. Chumbaka-Load stone. It is a kind of oxide of iron, and is a variety of kanta iron. Essence of earth-worms, metals, gems, etc., For processes, see vol II (in the Press). G. Gairika-red ochre. Gaja putam--See chapter VI. Gandhaka-Sulphur. Ghee-clarified butter, Ghritam-Do. Gold mica-Yellow mica, which is to be used exclusively in connection with operations leading to the transformation of base metals into silver. Granthi_A kind of scrofula. Gulma-Tumour in abdomen. J. Jabakshara-Carbonate of potash, prepared from ashes of barley husks. Jantram--apparatus, see chapter VI. Jasada-Zinc. K. Kanji-A liquid obtained by fermentation of 6icers of boiled rice and 16 seers of water Yone ·iii seer being equal to 64 tolas or 64 x 126 grains (troy) in weight. The liquid is called aranala, if wheat is used in place of rice, # Kanta iron-A variety of iron, see vol. II (in the Press), Karpura moni—White marble. Some people take it for touch stone. Kasisa--Sulphate of iron. It is of three different kinds, viz, dhatu kasisa or valuka kasisa, puspa-kasisa or padma-kasisa, and kasisa proper. The first variety is of ash colour, the second of yellowish colour, and the third of green colour. Kharpara-calamine. Kola-equal in weight to half a tola or a half rupee weight (i. e. 63 grains, troy). Kshara-means two things, viz, ashes and alkali, see page 299 Kshari salt-Salt prepared from ashes of banana plant, etc. L. Laghu putam--See putam, page 293. M. Mantram-Chanting of sacred texts. Mutra-krichra--stricture, gleet. N. Narasara or Navasara nu Sal-ammoniac. भारणालस्तु गोधूमै रामः स्यानिस्तुषोकृतः। पका संहितैस्तत्त सौवीरसदृशं गुणैः । कुल्माषधान्यमण्डादिसहित काजिक वितु ।

·iv Nepal copper-copper, procured from mines in Nepal, is the purest obtainable. 0. Osteomyclitis-a name coined by an allopathic friend of the author to denote a disease in which a liquid substance oozes out of a particular part of the bone, P. Pacti shula--colic at the time of digestion of food. Pansu salt-Same as kshari salt. Phulla Turika-pure alum. Poisons-see vol. II (in the Press). Putapaka-heating by means of a putain (see page 293). R. Racti-gunja, see page 310. Rasaka-calamine. Rati--same as racti. Raupya } silver. or rupya S. or Saindhava-rock-salt. Saurastri a kind of earth from which alum is Saurastra extracted. mrittika Shali ricema kind of rice having a white coating. Shastica rice-a kind of rice which grows and is harvested in course of sixty days. Silver mica--white mica which is used exclusively in the transformation of base metals into silver, Sisaka-lead.

·V Sphatika- a quartz of a superior quality. There are three varieties, viz, Surya kanta (sun stone), Chandra kanta (Moon stone), and the ordinary one. See vol. II. Sphatikari-alum, Swarji-Carbonate of soda. Swarna-Gold. Swarna-makshika-pyrites with golden tints. I. or in Tamra-copper. Tankanam borax. Tanganam Tikias-Cakes produced from powdered charcoal and ashes of leaves, mixed with water in which rice has been boiled. Tola-126 grains (troy) or a rupee-weight, see page 310. Torisee tubari. Trikatu-Combination of the three pungents, viz., shunthi, pippali, and maricha, Triphala-combination of the three friuts, viz, haritaki, amalaki, and bibhitaki. Tubari or Turika alum or Tori U. Udararoga-production of wind in the belly and dropsy. Urdhapatanam-upward sublimation. } V. Vida-see page 81.

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·Truimph of Ayurveda after several centuries of slumber and self-humiliation. Please read the following before you select your physician :- ( 1 ) I have much pleasure in certifying that Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji M.A. showed wonderful skill in treating and radically curing a hopeless case of a malignant type of Kala-azar in my family. Prolonged Allopathic treatment by the leading physicians of the metropolis had proved inefficacious in effecting permanent cure of the disease. KANTI CHANDRA MOOKERJI, Inspector, Detective Department, Alipore. 9th January, 1926. ( 2 ) This is to certify that I had been suffering from a very high blood pressure (220 units) for a long time, and treated very carefully by most of the leading physicians of Calcutta, but the result was disappointing. In spite of a very scanty diet to which I was restricted, and in spite of a regular use of medicines for a considerable time, no appreciable reduction in the blood pressure could be noticed.

·At last in September last, I placed myself under the treatment of Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerje M.A., whose treatment proved to be a miracle. After fifteen (15) days of his wonderful treatment, the blood pressure was found to be normal (i.e. 155 units normal for my age). This is a success which I think is unprecedented. I have every reason to believe that ,Kaviraj Mookerji's method of treatment is a novel and extraordinary one. Calcutta, 3 William's Lane, 14th. Nov. 1926. M. L. SHAW, Ex. Hony. Magistrate: ( 3 ) I have much pleasure in testifying to the remarkable skill in Ayurvedic treatment shown by Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji, M.A. He has been in charge of many difficult cases among relatives and friends for sometime and everyone has been amazed at sure and immediate recovery. Especially in the treatment of female diseases, he has shown marvellous success which deserves every commendation. He has also been found to remedy what had been regarded by competent Allopathic Physicians as an incurable childlessness. RADHAKAMAL MOOKERJI, M.A., P.R.S., ph, D., Professor and Head of the Department of Economics and Sociology, Lucknow University.

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Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji, M.A. of 172 Bowbazar
Street was recommended to me as a physician of
great ability. My father, Mr. P. Banerji, who was
suffering from high blood pressure and attendant
weakness, and had been under the treatment of the
best medical men (Allopaths, Homeopaths, and
Kavirajas) for nearly five years, was placed under
Kaviraj Mookerji's treatment about two months ago,
and I am glad to be able to say that his medicines
have produced marvellous effects.
S. N. BANERJI,
(Secretary, National Insurance Co.)
Calcutta. 4th July 1925.
Note by the physician. The blood pressure in
this case was reduced to a normal state in course of
two months.
( 5 )
A grand daughter of mine had been suffering from
fever and cough for about three years.. Prolonged
treatment, of a very expensive character, by most of
the leading physicians-Allopaths and Homeopaths
of Calcutta proved useless and wasteful. When
I was about to give up all hope of her recovery, I
was advised by a relative of mine to place the child
under the treatment of Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji,
by whose marvellous skill the patient was cured in a.
fortnight.

·4 Sometime later, my youngest son got an attack of a very obstinate type of Malaria. All sorts of medicines and injections by Allopaths made the case every day. Kaviraj Mookerjee was again consulted, and by his uncommon skill, the patient was cured very soon. worse HEM CHANDRA GHOSE Cashier, Office of Messrs McLeod & Co, Calcutta, 22nd, April 1925. (6) Sometime ago one of my brothers and myself got an attack of typhoid of a very malignant type. Treatment by competent Allopathic physicians proved useless. At a very critical stage of the disease, we consulted Kaviraj Bhudeb Monkerji, by whose uncommon skill we were cured very soon. Prior to his treatment, we had no idea of the fact that it was possible to cure typhoid in such a short time. HARADHION BOSE, Kasba, Ballygunge (24 Perganas). 22nd April, 1925. ( 7 ) A female relative of mine had been suffering for several years from a malignant type of Kala-azar with an unusually enlarged spleen, and had been treated by the leading Allopaths, Homeopaths and Kavirajas of Calcutta, but to no effect. She was at last ·5 cured by Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji, who has also been found to cure in a very short time a hopeless case of melengitis. His treatment is the most wonderful I have ever heard of, ADINASI CHANDRA Durt, Kasba, Dhakuria l'. O., (24 Perganas), ( 8 ) In January 1924, I fell a victim to an acute rheumatic pain, culminating in an almost complete paralysis. Allopathic and Homeopathic treatments, for monthis together, having been of no avail, I placed myself under the treatment of Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji, who brought about a radical cure of the disease, and saved me from the clutches of death, in a very short time. DHIRENDRA Natu Guosh, Office of Messrs McLeod & Co., Calcutta. ( 9 ) cure, Suffering for nearly three months, from Malaria which the local physicians failed to came down to Calcutta from my native place at Akhirigunge, Murshidabad, for medical treatment. Here I was treated by an eminent Allopathic physician, attached to the Medical College Hospital, but injections after injections of quinine failed to check the fever. Then I placed myself under the treatment of Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji M.A, of Bowbazar, Calcutta, who cured me in a very short time.

·6 I I had, and many people still have, a wrong notion that there is no medicine except quinine which can cure Malaria, but now I am convinced that there are many Ayurvedic medicines, not known. to the ordinary kavirajas, which can cure all sorts of fever very shortly and without any re-actionary effects, such as weakness, giddiness, etc., which quinine produces. pray to God for the long life and success of the Kaviraj, who has created a sensation in many parts of the country by his novel and effective method of treatment. 8A, Beadon Street, Calcutta, KALIPADA RAKSHIT. 4th April, 1926. ( 10 ) (Translated from Bengali) Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji is well-known to me. After a creditable University career and high honours received from the Calcutta University, he has devoted his life to the culture of Ayurveda. The success which he has already scored in the field is remarkable. Many of my friends and relatives, and I myself, had to be treated in difficult diseases, by this able physician. We have always found him highly successful. He has been able to cure even cataract by the application of medicines only. I have no doubt be will live to be a great physician. RADHA KUMUD MOOKERJI, M.A., P.R.S., Ph.D. Calcutta, Professor and Head of the Depart- 4th Jan. 1925. ment of Indian History, Lucknow University.

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( 11 )
I had been suffering from a chronic asthma for
nearly 25 years. All sorts of Allopathic injections, and
Homeopathic and Ayurvedic medicines had been
used, but to no effect. I have at last been cured
radioally by the use of Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji's
"Swasa. Kadamvari,” which is undoubtedly the best
of all medicines for asthma, cough, bronchitis, etc.
MAHIM CH. MITRA,
7/3 Beadon Street, Calcutta.
( 12 )
I am very glad to announce that two or three
doses of Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji's “Jaladarista"
have cured my cook from Cholera of a virulent type.
DEVENDRA LAL DUTT,
Senior Lecturer, Government
Commercial Institute, Calcutta.
( 13 )
Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji, M.A. treated my father,
Rai Bahadur Monomohun Chackerburty, retired
Superintendent of Police, who had been suffering
from an acute cough in old age, and I have much
pleasure to say that the treatment was very successful.
A. M. CHAKRAVARTY,
Deputy Magistrate, Alipur (24-Pergs.)

·8 A case us ( 14 ) Kaviraj Bhudeb Mookerji, min, las treated several cases in my family with remarkable success. of teething Diarrhoea, which was giving trouble for nearly iwo months and appeared to be very obstinate, was cured by him in two or three days. He has also cured maay other difficult and obstinate cases, to my entire satisfaction. I have been really astonished at the efficacy of his medicines and his mode of treatment. Bijoy KUMAR SIRCAR, Lecturer in Economics, Calcutta University, It is ncedless to produce more proofs of the unprecedented success with which we have been curing all sorts of diseases. Our system is almost new, and has not been in culture for the last thousand years. Consult for all sorts of diseases, curable or incurable. No disease is incurable with us. Medicines are sent by V. P. P. to muffasil patients. Patients in foreign countries may also be treated by correspondence, and a remittance in advance. For the spread of this almost forgotten system of medical treatment, we have started a College into which are being admitted highly educated and intelligent students, preferably gtaduates with brilliant academic career. Tuition fee Rupees 30/- half yearly, payable in advance. No restriction of vreed, caste, or nationality. Teaching is imparted through the medium of English or Bengali. Session commences in March. Rasacharya Kaviraj BHUDEB MOOKERJI, M.A. (Triple) Principal, Bengal College of Ayurveda. (Formerly Lecturer, Post Graduate Classes in Commerce, Calcutta University).

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