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the Gulabkunverba team, as rajatamākṣika by P.V. Sharma. Ayomala (Ci.16.78) is regarded as iron rust by the Gulabkunverba team and P.V. Sharma. The same substance is also called mandūra (Ci.16.74, 95, 103). The alloy called rīti (the same as pittala according to Cakra) (yellow brass) is mentioned at Sū.5.74 and Si.3.7. Kāmsya (bronze) is mentioned at Śā.8.9, Ci.24.154 and Si.3.7. 566 Sikatā (sand) is found at Sū.14.26 (different from pāmśu); 27.210; Vi.3.7 (different from pāmśu); Ci.12.70; 22.22; 27.58; Ka.1.8 and 8.6; its synonym vāluka occurs at Ci.6.9 and Ka.1.13. 567 Sudhā, meaning lime, is not mentioned elsewhere in the Carakasamhitā. 568 Manahśilā (realgar) is also mentioned at Sū.3.5, 10, 12; 5.26; Ci.3.306; 7.117, 167, 170; 17.77 and 145; 18.52, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 130, 146, 147, 169; 20.39; 23.55, 78, 190, 192, 213; 25.114; 26.152, 196, 235, 250, 252. 569 Āla (orpiment) is also mentioned at Sū.3.5, 10, 12; Ci.9.66; 18.69 and 74; 23.54. Its synonym, haritāla, is found at Sū.5.26; Ci.7.114; 26.196. 570 The term mani is used several times. The same applies to ratna. (Semi-)precious stones mentioned are: arka (Ci.7.85: the same as kuruvinda according to Cakra, who adds that others regard it as a synonym of tāmra, i.e., copper; 17.125: interpreted as sunstone by P.V. Sharma); garamani (Ci.23.253: several gems are called thus according to Cakra); gomedaka (Sū.23.15); kāca (Ci.17.125: interpreted as opal by P.V. Sharma); karketana (Ci.23.252: identical with padmarāga according to Cakra; see on karketana: J. André and J. Filliozat, 1986: 421–422, H.W. Bailey, 1954: 14–15, A.K. and S. Biswas, 1996: 83); marakata (Ci.23.252); mauktika (Ci.3.262 and 265; 21.153; 24.153; gajamauktika is mentioned at Ci.23.252); muktā(mani) (Sū.6.31; Vi.6.17; 8.9 and 11; Ci.1⁴.22; 4.79 and 106; 17.125; 23.200); picuka (Ci.23.252: a gem that is well known in the North according to Cakra); pravāla (I.11.14; Ci.1¹.58; 1⁴.22; 3.262; 17.125; 21.82; 26.56 and 246); sāra (Ci.23.252; compare Ci.17.125: interpreted as motley gem by the Gulabkunverba team); sarpamani (Ci.23.252; see on a stone in the head of snakes: E. Thurston, 1975: 284); saugandhika (Sū.3.10: meaning uncertain; Ci.17.126: a variety of mānikya according to Cakra); sūryakānta (Ci.9.18); vaidūrya (I.7.12; Ci.1⁴.22; 4.79 and 106; 17.125; 23.252; 26.246); vidruma (Vi.8.9 and 11); viṣamūṣikā (Ci.23.252; the same as viṣamani according to Cakra). See on sūryakānta: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 103–104; R. Garbe (1974): 88–89; P.K. Gode (1947g); W. Rau (1983), (1985), *(1986). See on vaidūrya: J. André and J. Filliozat (1986): 371–372; A.K. Biswas (1994), (1996): 285–286, 298–299; A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 81–85; G. Buddruss (1980); A.K. Kumar (1996): 285–286, 298–299; A. Master (1943–46); M. Winder (1987). The occurrence of vidruma (and its synonym pravāla) in early parts of the Carakasamhitā is important; these terms for coral are not attested in Vedic literature, in Pāṇini and Patañjali's Mahābhāṣya, but first appear in texts of the Christian era, as noted by S. Lévi (1936a); pravālaka is mentioned in the Arthaśāstra (2.11.42) (see Th.R. Trautmann, 1971: 177–178). 571 Several types of salt are mentioned: agryalavana (Ci.23.96: rock salt); ānūpa (Vi.8.141); audbhida (Sū.27.303; Vi.8.141); auṣara (Vi.8.141); kālalavana (Sū.27.303: Cakra regards it as identical with sauvarcala; Vi.8.141 and Śā.8.34: different from sauvarcala; Ci.13.34: the same as vida according to Cakra, who adds that it resembles sauvarcala according to others); kālothalavana (Ci.15.171: the same as sauvarcala according to Cakra); kūpyalavana (Vi.8.141); maulaka (Vi.8.141); pākyalavana (Vi.8.141; Ci.15.85 and 109); pāmśuja (Ci.27.304; Vi.8.141); pāteyaka (Vi.8.141); romaka (Vi.8.141; Ci.15.85);