Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.31

v2.c43.s3.t13.31

*Maṇimālā* contains extracts from the Sanskrit literature saying (*MM*, 272-276) that pearls occurring in sea-fish are singularly round, small, light and in colour like the back of the sheat fish, *Silurus Boalis*. The pearls originating in whales are *guñjā*-shaped and *pāṭali* coloured (*AM*, 90-91).