Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.32
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.32
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v2.c43.s3.t13.32
The earlier writers (*RP*, 58; *Bṛ. Saṃ.*, 81.23; *AM*, 90; *ML*, 2.4.431) specifically mentioned *timija* or the pearl from whales. Sarma (1984: 56) has suggested that this is *ambara* or ambergis which ‘consists of the faeces of the Cachelot or Sperm Whale, *Physeter macrocephalus*, which inhabits the Indian ocean’.
Linked texts (3)
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit
- Ratnaparīkṣā of Ṭhakkura Pheru — Ṭhakkura Pheru, Apabhraṃśa