A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s4.t2.2
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s4.t2.2
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v3.c49.s4.t2.2
The metals enumerated are gold, silver, iron, copper, lead (uraga), tin (raṅga), ghana (= kāmṣya), vartula,¹⁷ and ghoṣa;¹⁸ the last three items of this series are called upaloha; iron is of three types: kānta, tīkṣṇa and muṇḍa (19). Zinc is not mentioned.¹⁹ The term dhātu is not employed for the metals.