Part 1 - Extraction of oil from seeds of any kind

First process.

Any kind of seed, known or unknown, is to be powdered very finely, and subjected to bhavana with the juice of green^[1] leaves of arka. The seed is then to be kept, tightly confined in a piece of cloth, and placed upon a pot in the sun. Oil will come out of the bundle containing the seed.

Second process.

Oil can be extracted from oil-seeds, of sufficient quantity, by means of the well-known machine used by oilmen.

Third process.

Seeds of any kind are to be powdered very fine, and sifted through a piece of cloth. They are then to be rubbed with the decoction of uttara-varuni with its roots, and made into a paste with which is to be smeared the internal surface of a bell-metal pot, kept in the intense heat of the sun. Thus heated, the paste will yield oil which is to be filtered by means of a piece of cloth.

Fourth process.

Oil can be extracted by means of the Patala-yantra from all sorts of seeds, bones, and flesh, dried and pounded over and over again.

Fifth process.

Seeds of ankolla, pestled with kanji, are to be kept one night, and then made into a lump which is to be heated by means of the Kanduka-yantra or Svedani-yantra (see page 251, vol. I), for two hours. It is then to be confined tightly in a piece of tough cloth, and pressed by means of a strong piece of wood resulting in the extraction of oil.

Oil can thus be extracted from all sorts of seed.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Ripe, according to another text