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The paragraphs in "Bogar karpam" describing the
reactions are given below:
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35 Sloka No. 52 Another karanthai karpam (Sphaeranthus
Zeylanicus)
Crush "karanthai" leaves in a mortor and extract
the juice from them. Strain a measure of this
juice through a piece of fine cloth and keep it
aside. Place a clean spoon in a piece of broken
pot. Pour some mercury in the spoon. As the
mercury melts give it a Surukku with the karanthai
juice. In about four Jamams 36
mercury will be
soft like butter.
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No. 53 Roll the butter-like mercury in a ball.
Sheath the ball with karanthai leaves ground to
paste. Calcine the ball in a fire built with the
cowdung cakes. Repeat the process ten times. Melt
the resulting mercury powder in a crucible. As it
melts add one-fourth of its quantity of gold.
No. 54
gold.
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All also lead equal to the weight of the
Melt all the ingredients together. Allow
the crucible to cool. Grind the contents of the
crucible in a stone mortor. Add as much of lingam
(cinnabar Mercuric Sulphide) and one-fourth as
much of Thalam (岣�arit膩l or T膩laka, i.e. orpiment),
sulphur and Monosilai (Manashila, i.e. Realgar).
Moisten the ingredients with the extract of
karanthai leaves. Grind them thoroughly to a
paste and transfer the paste to a Merukuppi
(A crucible with the triangular shape).
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No. 55 - Heat the kuppi (crucible) for twelve
Jamams (twenty-four hours). The contents of the
crucible will crumble into a red powder. This
Senthuram has a very high alchemical value
35 52 to 55.
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See "Bogar karpam" in Primary Sources; Sloka
Jamam is a measure of time; 1 Jamam is equal to
36 2 hours.
37 Senthuram
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A group of powders prepared by
heating various combinations of ingredients like gold,