Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c39.s2.2

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v2.c39.s2.2

*Śukla Yajurveda* (*Ś.YV*) or *Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā* (*Vā. Sam*) was probably the first Indian literature to mention *śyāma* or iron specifically, along with a few other metals: *hiraṇya* (gold), *mehaja* (silver), *loha* (copper), *sīsā* (lead) and *trapu* (tin) (*Ś.YV*, 18.13). In the Atharva Veda (AV), a cosmic supernatural being has been described to have different part of the body resembling different metals including *śyāma*:

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