Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.14
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.14
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v2.c43.s3.t13.14
Conch-pearl has been probably the gem, earliest recorded in the Indian literature. In the *Rgveda* and in the subsequent Vedic literatures, *śaṅkha* (conch) and *kṛśan* (conch-pearl) were mentioned together (vide chapters 2 and 3). Kauṭilya recognised that oysters as well as conch-shells were the sources of pearls (*AS*, 2.11.3). Buddhabhaṭṭa (*RP*, 57) and *Garuḍa Purāṇa* (1.69.6) mentioned that conch-pearl is yellow. Varāhamihira (*Bṛ. Saṃ.*, 81.28):
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- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Ratnaparīkṣā of Ṭhakkura Pheru — Ṭhakkura Pheru, Apabhraṃśa