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of Subjects in the Rasaprakāśasudhākara
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| Subjects | Pg. | Ln. |
|---|---|---|
| ## First Chapter | ||
| ### (The Eighteen Refinement Processes of Mercury) | ||
| Invocation (Mangalacharana) | 1 | 5 |
| Index of contents within the book | ,, | 14 |
| Description of the origin of mercury | 2 | 12 |
| The dvija twice-born/mercury types of mercury | ,, | 21 |
| White and other colors | ,, | 22 |
| Specific uses of mercury based on color | 3 | 1 |
| Names of the eighteen saṃskāras refinements | ,, | 8 |
| Defects of mercury | ,, | 16 |
| The seven coverings of mercury | ,, | 20 |
| Criticism of the physician who fails to remove mercury defects | 4 | 1 |
| Steaming of mercury (svedana) | ,, | 5 |
| Grinding of mercury (mardana) | ,, | 17 |
| Size of the mortar suitable for grinding mercury | ,, | 20 |
| Swooning/Stupefying mercury (mūrcchana) | 5 | 10 |
| Raising mercury (utthāpana) | ,, | 18 |
| Types of distillation processes (pātana) | 6 | 6 |
| Upward distillation of mercury (and definition of the apparatus) | ,, | 10 |
| Downward distillation of mercury (and definition of the apparatus) | 7 | 3 |
| Transverse distillation of mercury (and definition of the apparatus) | ,, | 8 |
| Restraining mercury (rodhana) | ,, | 17 |
| Regulation of mercury (niyamana) | 8 | 2 |
| Subjects | Pg. | Ln. |
|---|---|---|
| Exciting/Kindling mercury (dīpana) | 8 | 7 |
| Opening the mouth of mercury | ,, | 15 |
| Amount of mica (abhraka) for feeding | 9 | 9 |
| The biḍa catalytic salt mixture process | 10 | 2 |
| Impregnation (cāraṇa) | ,, | 5 |
| Internal melting/liquefaction (garbhadruti) | 11 | 7 |
| External melting/liquefaction (bāhyadruti) | ,, | 16 |
| Incineration/Absorption (jāraṇa) | 12 | 9 |
| The name and qualities of mercury according to quantity of absorption | 13 | 20 |
| Coloring/Tincturing (rañjana) | 14 | 9 |
| Transmutation of essence (sāraṇa) | 15 | 3 |
| Piercing/Transmutation (krāmaṇa) | 16 | 7 |
| Transmutation (vedhana) | ,, | 20 |
| Method of consuming mercury | 17 | 22 |
| ## Second Chapter | ||
| ### (Method of Binding Mercury) | ||
| Types of mercury binding | 18 | 21 |
| General characteristics of mercury binding | 19 | 2 |
| Means of binding mercury | ,, | 5 |
| Ranking the types of mercury binding | ,, | 8 |
| First type of root-binding | ,, | 13 |
| Second type | 20 | 8 |
| Third type | ,, | 22 |
| Fourth type | 21 | 10 |
| Fifth type | ,, | 19 |
| First type of diamond-binding | 22 | 8 |
| Second type | 23 | 2 |
| Mica-liquefaction binding | ,, | 15 |
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