Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t6.21

v2.c43.s3.t6.21

Later Garuda Purāṇa elaborated the two parts of the description given in RP, 242. In the first part guñjāñjana kṣaudra mṛṇālavarṇa was repeated and additional statements were made gandharva vahni kadali sadṛśa avabhāsaḥ — looks like musk-deer, fire or the plantain tree’ and that the gem is available in Dāsārṇa (Dhasāna in Central India), Mekala mountain (source of the Narmadā) and Vāgadava or Bagdad (GP, 1.77.2 and MM, 430). This description could correspond to garnet.