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56 copper, iron, silver, and gold; now roast them in a closed crucible, &c.

Take 30 parts of lead, 5 parts of sulphur, 2 parts of copper and orpiment each, 1 part of tin and 3 parts of stibium. Now roast them in a closed crucible.

[Here as well as in the preceding sloka, we have distinct mention of अन्धमूषा or a crucible with the lid on. This is one of the preparations which can be brought into line with those of the Tāntric and Iatro-chemical periods.]

[As Vāgbhata borrows his method of preparation of alkali almost word for word from Susruta, it is quite superfluous to reproduce it here.]