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# Rasendracudamani 12.52

Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 12.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.52)

{vaiḍūrya:: parīkṣā:: bad quality}  
śyāmaṃ toyasamacchāyaṃ cipiṭaṃ laghu karkaśam /  
raktagarbhottarīyaṃ ca vaiḍūryaṃ naiva śasyate //

> Dark, having the lustre of water, flat, light, rough,  
> and containing a red band—such a cat's eye is not praised at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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