Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.60

v2.c43.s3.t13.60

Kauṭilya described (*AS*, 2.11.4) the defective pearls as ‘lentil-shaped, triangular, tortoise-shaped, semi-spherical, layered, coupled, cut up, rough, spotted, gourd-shaped, dark, blue and badly perforated’. The statements on the defects of pearls mentioned in the other Sanskrit texts (*RP*, 96-101, *AM*, 118-121, *NRP*, 75-84, ARP, 29, LRP, 4 etc.) were collated in Maṇimālā (313-321) as follows.