Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t7.2
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t7.2
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v2.c43.s3.t7.2
Quartz has been known as ‘rock-crystal’ when it appears as transparent crystal; this was erroneously believed in the ancient world as ‘very hard ice congealed in intense cold’. The Sanskrit name has been sphaṭika* which was known to occur in the Kāverī Valley, Vindhya mountains, China, Nepal (*RP*, 246; *GP*, 1.79.1), in the Himālayas, Sri Lanka, shores of the Tāpī or Tāptī (*NRP*, 153; *MM*, 435), etc.
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- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Ratnaparīkṣā of Ṭhakkura Pheru — Ṭhakkura Pheru, Apabhraṃśa