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...it releases a hissing sound like an elephant, a horse, or a bull. Consuming these leads to a collection of diseases. The diamond-mica (vajrābhraka) is pure like that; nothing here should be ignored. Therefore, use diamond-mica that has been conquered by diseases likely meaning: prepared to treat diseases. Heat the diamond-mica and sprinkle it with milk. Make it broken and fallen; grind it with the liquid of meghanāda. Impregnated and... it becomes purified mica. Now, two parts of this, and one part of mustā nut grass, with water, place it in copper, then grind it finely. With the dhānya-method, grind it with kāñjika fermented rice gruel. Now, the dhānyābhraka paddy-mica/granular mica is purified. Grind the dhānyābhraka for a day with the juices of punarnavā and meghanāda, then cook in a gajapuṭa... with āsaraṇa again. Impregnate separately with the liquid of mustā, and give three puṭas. With the juices of kāsamarda, five [applications of] cow urine, and fruits, give a puṭa again with the decoction of banyan roots. Six [times] with citron juice, three puṭas with cow's milk. Thus, with arka juice, it should be done; when placed in the saṃpuṭa sealed crucible, it becomes free of spots, white, and can be used in formulations. Cook the dhānyābhraka with mustā decoction for twenty-five puṭas. Cook as before with cow urine and triphala decoctions. In this way, after twenty-five puṭas, cook with kāsamarda liquid. Give three puṭas, and grind with milk in each puṭa. It becomes free of spots, white, and a destroyer of old age, death, and disease. One part of dhānyābhraka and two parts of borax; grind this with... and blow with intense fire. It becomes cool by its own nature...