Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.30
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.30
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v2.c43.s3.t13.30
*Maṇimālā* (261 & 265) described it as generally white like the tusks of that animal, and resembling a plum in shape. Pherū wrote that the boar-pearl is round, *ghī*-coloured and equal in size to *sālaphala*, the fruit of *Shorea robusta* (RYP 44).
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- Maṇimālā — Saurīndramohana Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- Ratnaparīkṣā of Ṭhakkura Pheru — Ṭhakkura Pheru, Apabhraṃśa