[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c19.18 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.18 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.18 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.18) The Amara koṣa (100 B.C. VI. 121-139) gives an interesting list of the items of cosmetics in the section entitled \*aṅgasamskāraḥ\* or beautification of person:- \*mārṣṭi\*, clean wash, \*udvartana\* and \*utsādana\*, anointing with perfumes and rubbing the body, \*āplavaḥ\*, bath, \*carcā\* or \*sthāsaka\*, applying sandal-paste artistically, \*patralekhā\* or \*viśeṣaka\*, painting of temples and breasts with saffron, \*lohitacandanam\*, red sandal-paste, \*lākṣā\*, lac for the feet, \*lavaṅga\* and \*kaleyaka\*, use of clove and \*agallochum\*, \*kolakam\*, and \*kakkolakam\*, \*kastūrī\*, use of incense and musk-like fragrant substances, \*cūrṇam vāsayogaḥ\*, perfumed powders for cloths, \*gandhamālya\*, use of scent and flower-garlands, and \*paṭavāsakaḥ\*, toilet powder for the face and body. - [Previous: v1.c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.17) - [Next: v1.c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.19) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.18) · Pramāṇa