Arthashastra

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तेषाम् अशुद्धा मूढ गर्भा वा तीक्ष्ण मूत्र क्षर भाविता राज वृक्ष वट पीलु गो पित्त रोचना महिष खर करभ मूत्र लेण्ड पिण्ड बद्धास् तत् प्रतीवापास् तद् अवलेपा वा विशुद्धाः स्रवन्ति ॥

The impurities of ores, whether superficial or inseparably combined with them can be got rid of and the metal melted when the ores are (chemically) treated with Tikshna urine (mútra) and alkalies (kshára), and are mixed or smeared over with the mixture of (the powder of) Rajavriksha (Clitoria Ternatea), Vata (Ficus Indica), and Pelu (Carnea Arborea), together with cow's bile and the urine and dung of a buffalo, an ass and an elephant.

english translation

teSAm azuddhA mUDha garbhA vA tIkSNa mUtra kSara bhAvitA rAja vRkSa vaTa pIlu go pitta rocanA mahiSa khara karabha mUtra leNDa piNDa baddhAs tat pratIvApAs tad avalepA vA vizuddhAH sravanti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript