Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t3.5
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t3.5
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Pāṇini referred to *vaidūrya* coming from Vidura. Later Patañjali, the commentator of *Aṣṭādhyāyī*, explained that the gem actually came from the Vālavāya mountains, and was only processed in the town of Vidura (which must have been located somewhere in South India). Centuries later, Buddhabhatta wrote about Koṅgavālikasīmanta near the Vidura mountain as the source of beryl or *vaidūrya* (RP, 199):
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- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Ratnaparīkṣā of Ṭhakkura Pheru — Ṭhakkura Pheru, Apabhraṃśa