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390 See on rubies in India: E. Balfour (1968): III, 449–450; A.K. and S. Biswas (1996): 78–80; D. Joshi (1986): 191–193; K. Karttunen (1997): 243–244; B.K. Sarkar (1974): I, 120; A.M. Shastri (1996): II, 322–323; Watt VI, part I, 584–589; WIRM II, 351–357 (s.v. corundum). Some varieties distinguished are: padmarāga (Oriental ruby; a red ruby, with a tinge of white, according to A.K. and S. Biswas), kuruvinda (rubicelle; corundum according to A.K. and S. Biswas, who also mention that a dull-hued red ruby is sometimes called kuruvinda), saugandhika (spinel; a yellowish red ruby according to A.K. and S. Biswas), and māṃsakhaṇḍa (balas ruby; A.K. and S. Biswas state that the balas ruby, chemically very different from the ruby, is a spinel, mentioned as bālasūryaka in Arthaśāstra 2.11.29). See on the padmarāga: R.N. Saletore (1975): 258–259. See on spinel: WIRM X, 15–16.