Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c48.s1.1

v2.c48.s1.1

*Aṅgāra* : charcoal ; *Abakṣayanam* : tongs *Aṇu* : molecule *Añjana* : collyrium *Abhra* : mica *Ayorasa* : metal rust *Aṣṭaprūḍa* : coin, a *śatamāna* or eight *śāṇa* *Āma* : unbaked pottery *Iṣṭaka* : brick *Ukhā* : cauldron *Kaṃsa* : bronze/bell-metal, Cu alloy with Sn or As etc. *Kārṣṇāyasa* : black metal, or iron *Kṛśan* : conch-pearl (also in *RV*) *Kṛṣṇala* : 1/100 of *śatamāna* *Kṛṣṇāyasa* : black metal, or iron *Trapu* : tin *Trikakuḍa/Traikuta* : *Añjana* collyrium from three-peaked Sulaiman mountain *Nistap* : heating and melting (of gold etc.) *Nilalohita* : baked (black and red) pottery *Parigha* : iron-bar, cudgel *Pariṇaha* : iron-chest *Pariśāsa* : two-armed iron tongs *Pavamāna* : fire, ‘that which purifies’ *Praśasa* : iron axe or chopper *Bhastrā* : leather bag or bellow *Bhūtavidyā* : physics *Mehaja* : silver *Raktikā* : 1/100 of *śatamāna*. *Rāśi* : mathematics *Lavaṇa* : salt, borax *Lākṣā* : shellac *Loha* : copper *Lohamani* : red gem, copper bead (or ruby?) *Lohita/Lohitāyasa* : copper *Śatamāna* : gold coin, *pravṛtta* or circular disc *Śaṅkha* : conch (also in *RV*) *Śalyaka* : iron pointed stick *Śāṇa* : coin 1/8 of *aṣṭaprūḍa* *Śāsa* : sword or knife *Śūrpa* : winnow *Śyāma/Śyāmāyasa* : dark metal or iron *Samudramaṇi* : pearl, sea-gem *Silācī* : shellac *Sīsaka/sīsā* : lead *Saindhava Lavaṇa* : salt from Sindhu or sea *Harita* : yellow metal, gold *Hariśiprā* : yellow golden tiara *Hiraṇya iṣṭaka* : gold-brick *Hiraṇya kaśipu* : gold-cushion *Hiraṇya sakala* : gold-chips