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सर्व लोह चूर्णम् अग्नि वर्णं वा कुम्भी सीस त्रपु चूर्णं वा पारिभद्रक पलाश पुष्प केश मषी तैल मधु उच्छिष्टक श्री वेष्टक युक्तो अग्नि योगो विश्वास घाती वा ॥

The powder of all the metals (sarvaloha) as red as fire, or the mixture of the powder of kumbhí (gmelia arberea, sísa (lead), trapu (zinc), mixed with the charcoal powder of the flowers of páribhadraka (deodar), palása (Butea Frondosa), and hair, and with oil, wax, and turpentine, is also an inflammable powder.

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