Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.61
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.61
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v2.c43.s3.t13.61
If any part of an oyster remains fast attached to a pearl, the defect is called śukti-lagnadoṣa. Mīnākṣaḥ is the pearl with marks like the eyes of a fish. When a pearl is without lustre and shade, it is said to have the jathara defect. Atirakta has the shade of a coral. If a pearl has three bracelet-like streaks, it is called trivṛtta. Cipita pearl is not perfectly circular; the triangular one is tryasra and the kṛṣapārśva is a pearl with a broken side (MM, 313-321; see also AM, 118-121).