Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/13/9

आकर उद्गतं सीस अन्वयेन भिद्यमानं पाक पत्त्राणि कृत्वा गण्डिकासु कुट्टयेत्, कदली वज्र कन्द कल्के वा निषेचयेत् ॥

sanskrit

Mine gold which is brittle owing to its contamination with lead shall be heated wound round with cloth (pákapatráni kritvá); and hammered on a wooden anvil. Or it may be drenched in the mixture made of mushroom and vajrakhanda (Antiquorum).

english translation

Akara udgataM sIsa anvayena bhidyamAnaM pAka pattrANi kRtvA gaNDikAsu kuTTayet, kadalI vajra kanda kalke vA niSecayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/13/9

आकर उद्गतं सीस अन्वयेन भिद्यमानं पाक पत्त्राणि कृत्वा गण्डिकासु कुट्टयेत्, कदली वज्र कन्द कल्के वा निषेचयेत् ॥

sanskrit

Mine gold which is brittle owing to its contamination with lead shall be heated wound round with cloth (pákapatráni kritvá); and hammered on a wooden anvil. Or it may be drenched in the mixture made of mushroom and vajrakhanda (Antiquorum).

english translation

Akara udgataM sIsa anvayena bhidyamAnaM pAka pattrANi kRtvA gaNDikAsu kuTTayet, kadalI vajra kanda kalke vA niSecayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript