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# Anandakanda 2.8.44

Ānandakanda 2.8.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.44)

\<puṣparāga:: parīkṣā:: bad quality\>  
rūkṣaṃ kṣatalaghu śvetaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ gauraṃ saśarkaram /  
malinaṃ bindumadratnaṃ puṣyarāgaṃ na śasyate //

> Rough, flawed, light, white, black, excessively pale, gritty, / dirty, and marked with specks: \[such a\] puṣparāga gem is not commended.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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