CHAPTER –
18
ADDITIONAL
METALS, ALLOYS AND MATERIALS:
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Metal / Materials and
reference |
Process of preparation |
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1. Darpana for Kiranaakarshana
yantra or Solar ray capturing
mirror – in pariveshakriyaa yantra |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in frog-shaped
crucible ® placed in frog
shaped furnace ® use two winged
Bellows and melt up to 300° d ® pour the molten liquid in
to mould. |
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2. Prathibhimba-Arka-Kiranakarshana Naala. For attracting reflections
of solar Rays. Text: Nallika nirnaya |
Prescribed ingredient in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in Samavargika
crucible ® placed in
Samavargika furnace ® using Suragha
bellow melt up to 315° ® pour in to receptacle ® darpana suitable for
attracting reflected solar rays is obtained. |
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3. Sunda-mud made glass in puspini – -yantra. Text: Parthiva paka kalpa |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in crucibles ® heat in Tortoise shaped
furnace for 32 times at 100° using 2 faced
bellows ® pour in to
cooling yantra to get the mirror. |
4. Abhra-mrid
Darpana in Padma Chakra Mukha yantra. Text: Yantra sarvasva
and Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in crucible ® placed in Varrathakunda
furnace ® boiled to 200 ° and poured in to mould |
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5. Cold producing
cristals in pushpini --yantra. Text: Maniprakarana |
Prescribed ingredients in Specified proportions purified and mixed In
Mritkundala moosha ® heated in Kula
kundika furnace ® using Trayambaka
bellows up to 300° ® pour the boiled liquid in
to crystal forming yantra to get pure hard and intensely cold crystal |
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6. Vaataayanee
metal or window metal In Pinjoola Adarsha
Yantra. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in crucible and
heated in furnace up to 100° ® pour and cool. |
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7. Suranjitaadarsha
Darpana in Guhagarbha Yantra. Text: Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients in
specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in beaked crucible
® placed in
Varaaha furnace ® using tortoise
shaped bellows ® heat up to 100° and pour in to mould. |
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8. Anjishta Tree
(Madder root) in Guhagarbha yantra. Text: Aagatatwa Lahari |
The wood of the tree best suited for capturing reflections. |
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9. Dravapaatra or Acid
vessel in pushpini yantra Text: Darpana prakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed,
filled in lotus shaped crucible ® heated in lotus shaped furnace using five mouthed bellows to 323° ® pour in to cooling yantra
to get Sheeta ranjikadarsha or cold-receptacle glass. |
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10. Panchadhara
Loha in Guhagarbha--yantra. To make metal pivots in
yantras. Strong and heavy |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in Mrugendra
Moosha crucible placed in furnace ® using beaked bellows heat up to 300° ® pour in to the mould to
get a fine alloy metals |
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11. Paaragrandhika Drava. An acid for insertion of crystal Chumbakamani in
Guhagarbha Yantra |
Ingredients to be heated in big bellied earthen pot to yield drava
shining like gold. |
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12. Chumbakamani. One of the finest
crystals to capture Reflections—guhagarbha yantra. Text: Manipradeepika. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed,
placed in Karpalaa crucible ® baked in
furnace using owl nosed bellows up to 100° yields Chumbakamani. |
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13. Image producing Niryaasa
or Roopakarsha Niryaasa or
Special Varnish ® a pigment for coating Ascreen-cloth in
Guhagarbha yantra. Text: Niryasa Kalpa |
Detailed process given in the text. |
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14. Patadarpana in Guhagarbha
yantra. Text: Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ®heated in a vessel up to
100° ® hold on a flat surface to
obtain a sheet like cloth. |
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15. Tamogarbha loha in
Tamogarbha yantra. Against poisonous fumes
and Dangerours rays from
enemy. Light and strong |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed,
filled in fish shaped crucible ® placed in crow
shaped furnace ® heat up to 100° and pour in to cooling
receptacle. It will yield fine
darkness capturing metal |
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16. Vaatadhaarana Loha in panchavaataskanda-Naala. Nice, soft, strong,
cool, light metal. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in Meayooka
crucible ® placed in
Jamboomukha furnace ® using
Kakamukha bellows ® heat up to 102° ® cast in the yantra. |
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17. Rowdree darpana in
Rowdree darpana yantra. A flame-proof-glass. Text: Darpanaprakarana. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in Padmasya
crucible ® placed in
Viswodara furnace ® heat up to 200° ® pour molten liquid in to
a mould |
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18. Vaatastambana metal in Vaatastambana Naala. Text: Lohatatvaprakashika. |
Prescribed ingredients in specified proportions purified and mixed ® filled in Matsya shaped
crucible ® placed in
Maghima furnace ® using
Vijrimbhana bellows ® pour in to the
mould. |
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19. Vidyut Darpana metal in Vdiyudarpana yantra. Text: For protection
against lightning from clouds. Yantrasarvasva,
darpanaprakarana. |