A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.740

v3.c52.740

The word cunnī as a synonym of māṇikya (ruby) is only found in Ṭhakkura Pherū’s work (56), which also adds a fifth variety of ruby, called jāmuṇiya, to the usual four (56). Peculiar to the Rayaṇaparikkhā are the five varieties of the emerald: garuḍogā-ra, 1150 kīḍauṭhī, vāsaūti, mūgaūnī and dhūlimarāī (72–75). The verses on rock crystal mention ravikānta (= sūryakānta) 1151 and śaśikānta (= candrakānta) as varieties (96). Karketana is said to be found in a country called Pavanuppaṭhāṇa (98). 1152 The zircon is described as occurring in Sirināyakula, 1153 Parevaga, 1154 and the river Navvuya (= Sanskrit Narmadā; 100). The spinel is found in Vandankhasāna, 1155 the carnelian in Yamana, 1156 the turquoise in Nīsāvara 1157 and Muvāsīra. 1158