gāyatrī – Acacia catechu, śikhi – Plumbago zeylanica, śiṃśipa – Dalbergia sissoo, asana – Pterocarpus marsupium, śivā – Terminalia chebula, vella – Embelia ribes, akṣaka – Terminalia bellirica, aruṣkarān – and Semecarpus anacardium; the above ingredients are taken in equal quantities and made into a paste. It is added with 18 parts of water along with pieces of iron, taken in an iron vessel, and kept under sunlight while being stirred constantly with an iron ladle for three days. Afterwards, it is cooked over a mild fire along with the iron piece until reduced to one-fourth, and then filtered.
gāyatrī – Acacia catechu, śikhi – Plumbago zeylanica, śiṃśipa – Dalbergia sissoo, asana – Pterocarpus marsupium, śivā – Terminalia chebula, vella – Embelia ribes, akṣaka – Terminalia bellirica, aruṣkarān – and Semecarpus anacardium; the above ingredients are taken in equal quantities and made into a paste. It is added with 18 parts of water along with pieces of iron, taken in an iron vessel, and kept under sunlight while being stirred constantly with an iron ladle for three days. Afterwards, it is cooked over a mild fire along with the iron piece until reduced to one-fourth, and then filtered.