Brihat Samhita

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क्षारे कदल्या मथितेन युक्ते दिनौषिते पायितं आयसं यत् । सम्यक्शितं चाश्मनि नएति भङ्गं नद्न चान्यलोहेष्वपि तस्य कौण्ठ्यम् ॥ ५४-११७ ॥

Or, mix together the juice of the plantain or butter milk. Allow the mixture to remain so for a day and then temper in it any cutting instrument which shall afterwards be rubbed against the whetstone. The instrument will never break when worked in stone or metals.

english translation

kSAre kadalyA mathitena yukte dinauSite pAyitaM AyasaM yat । samyakzitaM cAzmani naeti bhaGgaM nadna cAnyaloheSvapi tasya kauNThyam ॥ 54-117 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript