Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/12/23

लोह अध्यक्षस् ताम्र सीस त्रपु वैकृन्त कार कूट वृत्त कंस ताल लोह कर्म अन्तान् कारयेत्, लोह भाण्ड व्यवहारं च ॥

sanskrit

The superintendent of metals (lóhádhyakshah) shall carry on the manufacture of copper, lead, tin, vaikrintaka (mercury ॥ ?॥), árakúta (brass), vritta(?); kamsa (bronze or bell-metal), tála (sulphurate of arsenic), and lodhra (?), and also of commodities (bhánda) from them.

english translation

loha adhyakSas tAmra sIsa trapu vaikRnta kAra kUTa vRtta kaMsa tAla loha karma antAn kArayet, loha bhANDa vyavahAraM ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/12/23

लोह अध्यक्षस् ताम्र सीस त्रपु वैकृन्त कार कूट वृत्त कंस ताल लोह कर्म अन्तान् कारयेत्, लोह भाण्ड व्यवहारं च ॥

sanskrit

The superintendent of metals (lóhádhyakshah) shall carry on the manufacture of copper, lead, tin, vaikrintaka (mercury ॥ ?॥), árakúta (brass), vritta(?); kamsa (bronze or bell-metal), tála (sulphurate of arsenic), and lodhra (?), and also of commodities (bhánda) from them.

english translation

loha adhyakSas tAmra sIsa trapu vaikRnta kAra kUTa vRtta kaMsa tAla loha karma antAn kArayet, loha bhANDa vyavahAraM ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript