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# Anandakanda 2.8.18

Ānandakanda 2.8.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.18)

\<pearl:: parīkṣā:: good quality\>  
nakṣatrābhaṃ śuddhamatyantamuktaṃ snigdhaṃ sthūlaṃ nirmalaṃ nirvraṇaṃ ca /  
yastaṃ dhatte gauravaṃ yattulāyāṃ tannirmaulyaṃ mauktikaṃ saukhyadāyi //

> Resembling a star, utterly pure, detached, glossy, large, spotless, free of blemishes,  
> and maintaining weight on the scales—that priceless pearl bestows happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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