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Mercury processed with gems (mani) is said to become most excellent, and the commentary says gems burst at its touch.

The text says mercury processed with gems (mani) also becomes most excellent, and the commentary says gems burst at its touch and that the method of processing with gems is now told.…

The first sarana is said to make the mercury a hundred times more powerful, pratisarana a thousand times and anusarana a hundred thousand times (the commentary: a lakh). Mercury processed…

The body is said to have thirty-two teeth and no more.

The introduction says no definite time can be given for the origin of Ayurveda, the science of life, because the need for it begins wherever living beings have life; since it is essential…

The editor says Siddha Nāgārjuna was Pūjyapāda's sister's son and composed the Nāgārjuna Kalpa, the Nāgārjuna Kakṣapuṭa and other works, and seems to have prepared a gem-pill for making…

Linganasha is described as timira that has reached the fourth layer of the eye and blocks sight completely; it is also called nilika kacha and has six dosha types, besides two externally…

The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.

The editor says Siddha Nāgārjuna, Pūjyapāda's sister's son, wrote the Nāgārjuna Kalpa, the Nāgārjuna Kakṣapuṭa and other works, and tells the story of his gold-making gem-pill, the…

As an example of Samantabhadra's technical terms the editor explains Ratnatrayauṣadha: in ordinary usage it might mean a medicine made from three gems such as diamond, but in Jain doctrine…

A collyrium of the powders of all major and minor mineral drugs, gems and metals, all salts, garlic and karanja, ground in a decoction of cardamom, trikatu and triphala; it is said to…

Powders (ashes) of all the major and minor mineral drugs, gems and metals, all salts, garlic and karanja, ground with a decoction of cardamom, the three pungents and the three fruits, make…

The physician, keeping the vows of restraint and observance, self-control, truth and purity and himself charged with many mantras, should overcome the grahas with their own mantras and with…

Linganasha that follows staring fixedly at the sun, Indra, serpent deities or brilliant gems such as diamonds, which destroys the power of sight, is not joined with the doshas and leaves…

The editor says Samantabhadra's seat (pīṭha) was at Gerasappā; in the forest where he lived a large four-faced stone temple, a Jvālāmālinī temple and a Pārśvanātha shrine still stand, with…

The physician who keeps the vows of restraint and observance (yama, niyama), self-control, truth and purity and is himself charged with many mantras should overcome the grahas with their…

The editor laments that no Jain medical work had yet been published and that works by Samantabhadra and Pūjyapāda, though known and cited even by non-Jain physicians, cannot be found. He…