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How does the text make mercury stay steady in fire?

ग्रंथ पारे को अग्नि में स्थिर कैसे करता है?

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It is put in the juice of sarpakshi, sharavarini, sahachari, patha and kakadani and steamed with oil combined with their paste and decoction; it then stays steady even in very sharp fire.

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The commentary names the plants sarahati-gandani, sarpata, yellow katasaraiya, patha and kakadini. Earlier, in rasabrimhana, the mercury is also made fire-resistant by grinding salt, orpiment, earth and husk, coating the mercury with mica paste and heating it at the mouth of a dry fire.

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