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तारम् उपशुद्धं वा अस्थि तुत्थे चतुः सम सीसे चतुः शुष्क तुत्थे चतुः कपाले त्रिर् गोमये द्विर् एवं सप्त दश तुत्थ अतिक्रान्तं सैन्धविकया उज्ज्वालितम् ॥

Pure or impure silver (tára) may be heated four times with asthituttha (copper sulphate mixed with powdered bone), again four times with an equal quantity of lead, again four times with dry copper sulphate (sushkatuttha) again three times in skull (kapála), and lastly twice in cowdung.

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