Unripe Ceylon ebony, unripe wood-apple, and also the flower of the silk-cotton tree, the seeds of the frankincense trees, the bark of the East Indian screw tree, and sweet flag.
Boil these ingredients in a droṇa of water until the liquid is reduced to one-eighth of its original volume. After removing it from the heat, a paste made of these same substances should be thoroughly incorporated into it.
Put into the kalka thus prepared Guggulu, the juice of the Śrīvāsaka and of Sarja and Bhallāta, Kundumka, and the fruit of the Atasī and of Bilva. The paste thus formed is known as Vajralepa.
In the construction of temples and of the palaces of kings, of turrets, and in fixing the Liṅga or the image in the temple, in the construction of walls and wells, if the vegetable cement above referred to, be melted and used, the structures will last for a crore of years.
The central parts of lac, jasmine, Indian bdellium, soot, wood apple, and bael fruit; along with lead, the fruits of the neem tree, the ebony tree, the emetic nut, the butter tree, and Indian madder.
Unripe Ceylon ebony, unripe wood-apple, and also the flower of the silk-cotton tree, the seeds of the frankincense trees, the bark of the East Indian screw tree, and sweet flag.
Boil these ingredients in a droṇa of water until the liquid is reduced to one-eighth of its original volume. After removing it from the heat, a paste made of these same substances should be thoroughly incorporated into it.
Put into the kalka thus prepared Guggulu, the juice of the Śrīvāsaka and of Sarja and Bhallāta, Kundumka, and the fruit of the Atasī and of Bilva. The paste thus formed is known as Vajralepa.
In the construction of temples and of the palaces of kings, of turrets, and in fixing the Liṅga or the image in the temple, in the construction of walls and wells, if the vegetable cement above referred to, be melted and used, the structures will last for a crore of years.
The central parts of lac, jasmine, Indian bdellium, soot, wood apple, and bael fruit; along with lead, the fruits of the neem tree, the ebony tree, the emetic nut, the butter tree, and Indian madder.