[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c50.48 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c50.48 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c50.48 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c50.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.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) - [Previous: v2.c50.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c50.47) - [Next: v2.c50.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c50.49) - [Up: v2.c50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c50) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.11.30) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c50.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c50.48) · Pramāṇa