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Rasendracudamani 14.11

Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 14.11

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Sanskrit

14.11

{gold:: parīkṣā:: bad quality}
rūkṣaṃ vivarṇaṃ malinaṃ kaṭhoraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca dāhe nikaṣe ca pāṇḍu /
sthūlāṅgakaṃ nirbharakaṃ kaḍāraṃ sphuṭatsuvarṇaṃ daśadhā na śastam //

Dry, discoloured, dirty, hard, black on heating, pale on the touchstone, / coarse-bodied, light in weight, brownish, and cracking: gold in these ten ways is not commendable.

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