Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s1.37

c8.s1.37

The Indian names of some of the articles of trade mentioned in the work would be as follows:—agate—nānā-varṇa-prastara (akik), antimony—srotoñjana (añjan, sulphuret of lead), bdellium—guggulu, carnelian—māṃsa-varṇa-prastara, clover—triparṇa, coral—probāla (palā) or vidruma, costus—kuṣṭha (kuṭh), frankincense—kunduru (lobān), ivory—hasti-danta, lapis-lazuli—nīl-opala or vaidūrya, lycium—dāru-haridrā, malabathrum—tamāla-patra (tej-pātā), nard—jvarāṅkuśa (gandhabenā), orpiment—haritāla, pepper—kāla-marica, long pepper—pippalī, realgar—manaḥśilā (śeṅko-biṣ), sapphire—nīlakānta, spikenard—jaṭāmāṃsī, storax—śilāpuṣpa, topaz—puṣparāga (pokhrāj) or pīta-sphaṭika, turquoise—harit-āśman vadūrya.