Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t3.7
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t3.7
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Sarma (1984: 68) opined that the etymological link between Vidura and *vaidūrya* was ‘a fiction invented by the grammarians’, but we do not agree with him, since Patañjali’s explanation has been clear enough. Patañjali’s *vālavāya* (mountain) is similar to Buddhabhatta’s *vālika*.