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ख द्योत गण्डू पद चूर्णं समुद्र जन्तूनां भृङ्ग कपालानां खदिर कर्णिकाराणां पुष्प चूर्णं वा शकुन कङ्गु तैल युक्तं तेजन चूर्णम् ॥

The powder of khadyota (fire-fly) and gandúpada (earth-worm) or the powder of ocean animals mixed with the powder of bhringa (malabathrum), kapála (a pot-herb), and khadira (mimosa catechu), and karnikára (pentapetes acerifolia), combined with the oil of sakuna (a bird) and kanka (vulture), is tejanachúrna (ignition powder).

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