[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.77.4 # Garudapurana 1.77.4 English (machine translation) 1.77.4 - **Language:** English ### [1.77.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.4) Those \[gems\] having fierce shapes resembling crows, dogs, donkeys, jackals, or wolves, or vultures with mouths moist with flesh and blood, / bring death and should be avoided by the wise; the price of one pala is said to be five hundred \[coins\]. ### [1.77.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.4.p1) Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter, entitled “Examination of Pulaka Gems,” in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.77.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.4) · Pramāṇa