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Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.11.39

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.11.39

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Sanskrit

2.11.39

mārjārākṣakaṃ śirīṣapuṣpakaṃ gomūtrakaṃ gomedakaṃ śuddhasphaṭikaṃ mūlāṭīvarṇaṃ maṇivarṇānām anyatamavarṇam iti vajravarṇāḥ //

The colour of a diamond may be like that of a cat's eye, that of the flower of Sirísha (Acacia Sirísa), the urine of a cow, the bile of a cow, like alum (sphatika), the flower of Málati, or like that of any of the gems (described above).

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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