Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c50.48

v2.c50.48

*Kuruvinda* : corundum (2.14.48) *Kṣāra* : sugar-cane juice, (2.15.14 and 64, 2.29.43, 2.30.18, 2.31.13) also alkali (2.12.9 and 27; 2.15.15) *Kṣudraka* : minor work in gold (bead-making etc.) (2.13.37 and 40) *Kṣurakalpa* : razor type weapons (2.18.14) see text chapter 5 *Kṣepaṇa* : setting or binding in gold or silver (2.12.37-38) *Khaḍga* : sword (2.18.12) varieties see chapter 5 *Gāndhāra* : red lead (2.14.35) *Gomedaka* : gem of cow-flesh colour (2.11.30; 2.12.6) *Candrakānta* : see *Nandaka* *Cuncuvālukā* : fine sand (2.12.5) *Jatu* : lac (2.14.35) *Jātārūpa* : gold (2.13.3) *Jimūtaprabha* : gem with the lustre of dark cloud (cloudstone?) (2.11.31) *Taṅka* : chisel (4.4.20) *Tapanīya* : gold specially prepared for making ornaments using heat (2.13.61) *Tapanīyakāru* : a maker of ornamental gold (2.13.33) *Tapta* : ornamental gold (2.14.8) *Tāmra* : copper (2.12.23-24, 2.13.52 and 58, 2.17.14, 4.1.35) *Tāra* : silver for ornaments (2.13.49, 2.14.30) *Tāla* : bell-metal (2.12.23) *Tīkṣṇa* : cast or carburised iron (2.12.15 and 24; 2.13.48 and 58) *Tīkṣṇa Dhātu* : iron ore which produce iron (2.12.15) whitish-red (*sinduvāra* flower like) stone *Tuttha* : a crucible for heating and purification of silver (2.13.49) *Trapu* : tin (2.12.14, 23 and 24; 2.17.14, 4.1.39) *Tripuṭaka* : two parts of silver and one part of copper (2.14.20-21) *Tvaṣṭr* : a gold plater (2.13.33) *Tvaṣṭrkarmaṇa* : gold plating (2.13.44) *Danta* : tooth of an elephant or ivory (3.17.8)