A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.5

v3.c52.5

An *Agastimata* is a work on ratnaśāstra. 10 This treatise is the only one known describing a kind of bargaining through hand-signs, called *hastasaṃjñā*, 11 usual among jewellers in India; 12 this procedure has been recorded by Tavernier, who observed it during his travels. 13 Some assign the *Agastimata* to the late sixth century; 14 L. Finot regarded it as later in date than Buddhabhaṭṭa’s *Ratnaparīkṣā* or *Ratnaśāstra*. 15