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70 ,—these are the eight mahārasas." [Vide p. 79 and "Explanatory Notes on Minerals."]

"Mākshika, repeatedly soaked in honey, oil of ricinus communis, urine of the cow, clarified butter and the extract of the bulbous root of musa sapientum, and heated in a crucible, yields an essence in the shape of copper."

"Vimala, digested with alum, green vitriol, borax and the watery liquid expressed from moringa pter., musa s., and finally roasted in a covered crucible in combination with the ashes of schrebera swiet, yields an essence in the shape of chandrārka (lit. copper of gold-like lustre.)"

Chapala: [See under Bk. ii.]

"Rasaka: There are three, kinds of it; namely of yellow colour, of the appearance of treacle, and