History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c17.s3.t1.8
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c17.s3.t1.8
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Pāṇini referred to vaidūrya coming from Vidura. Later Patañjali, the commentator of Aṣṭādhyāyī, explained that the gem actually came from the Valavaya mountains, and was only processed in the town of Vidūra (which must have been located somewhere in South India). Centuries later, Buddhabhaṭṭa wrote about Kongavalikasimanta near the Vidūra mountain as the source of beryl or Vaidūrya (RP 199).
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- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Ratnaparīkṣā of Ṭhakkura Pheru — Ṭhakkura Pheru, Apabhraṃśa