A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.297

v3.c52.297

NAVARATNAPARĪKṢĀ by Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita.436 This treatise, which forms part of the author’s *Smṛtisāroddhāra*,437 deals with: vajra (36–57), muktāphala (58–106), padmarāga (107–125), indranīla (126–140), marakata (141–152), sphaṭika (153–158), puṣyarāga (159), vaidūrya (160), gomedā (161), and pravāla (162–165); the work ends with verses on artificial gems and ways of detecting them (174–183).438