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Brihat Samhita

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क्षारे कदल्या मथितेन युक्ते दिनौषिते पायितं आयसं यत् । सम्यक्शितं चाश्मनि नैति भङ्गं न चान्यलोहेष्वपि तस्य कौण्ठ्यम् ॥ ५०-२६ ॥

Salt shall be dissolved in the juice of the plantain and the juice shall be kept so for a day; if the weapon be tempered in it the next day, it will not break when rubbed against the whetstone, and no other metal can injure it in any way.

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