Arthashastra

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हरि ताल मनः शिला हिङ्गुलुक चूर्णानाम् अन्यतमेन कुरु विन्द चूर्णेन वा वस्त्रं सम्यूह्य यत् परिमृद्नन्ति तत् परिमर्दनम् ॥

When, by a piece of cloth painted with the powder of sulphuret of arsenic (haritála), red arsenic (manassila), or vermilion or with the powder of kuruvinda (black salt ?), gold or silver articles are rubbed, that act is termed rubbing.

english translation

hari tAla manaH zilA hiGguluka cUrNAnAm anyatamena kuru vinda cUrNena vA vastraM samyUhya yat parimRdnanti tat parimardanam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript