OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS, 



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142. Suddhat sangrahya sancurnya sammilya praputet rasaih 

 snuhyark^ nam rasonasya sosayet atapena ca ; 



pistva sarkaravat caitat agnicurnam bhavet khalu. 



143. Suvarcilavanat bhagah sat va catvara eva va 285 

 nalastrarthagnicurne tu gandhangarau tu purvavat. 



144. Golo lohamayo garbhagutikah kevalo'pi va 

 slsasya laghunalarthe hyanyadhatubhavo'pi va. 



145- Lohasaramayam vapi nalastram tvanyadhatujam 



nityasammarjanasvaccliam astrapatibliiravrtam. 290 



146. Angarasyaiva gandhasya suvarcilavanasya ca 

 silaya haritalasya tatha sisamalasya ca. 



147. Hiagulasya tatha kantarajasah karpurasya ca 

 jatormlyasca saralaniryasasya tathaiva ca. 



142. if all this is taken after having been cleansed, is. then 



powdered, and mixed together, one should squeeze it 

 with the juice of Calatropis gigantea, Euphorbia neriifolia 

 and Allium sativum and dry in the sun ; having ground 

 this like sugar, it will certainly become gunpowder. 



143. There may be six or even four parts of saltpetre in the 



gunpowder used for tubular arms, but the parts of 

 sulphur and charcoal remain as before. 



144. The ball is made of iron, and has either small balls in its 



inside or is empty ; for small tubular arms it should be 

 of lead or of any other metal. 



145. The tubular projectile weapon is either of iron or of another 



metal, it is every day to be rubbed clean, and covered 

 by gunners. 



146. With a similar greater or less proportion of charcoal, 



sulphur, and saltpetre, of realgar, of opiment and 

 likewise of graphite ; 



147. of vermilion, also of powder of magnetic iron oxide and 



of camphor, of lac, and of indigo and likewise of the 

 pine gum {Pirns longifolia), 



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