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1139 NCC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 123. 1140 CC: not recorded. S. Ārya (1984): 124. *Edition: Caukhambā, Vārāṇasī. 1141 CC and NCC: not recorded. Editions: a ṭhakkura-pherū-viracita ratnaparīkṣādi-sapta-granthasaṃgraha, samupalabdha-prācīnatama-pustakānusāra purjātattvācārya jinavijaya muni dvārā saṃśodhita evaṃ supariṣkṛta, sāmagrī-sampādanakartā agarcand tathā bhāmvarlāl nāhṭā, Rājasthāna Purātana Granthamālā 60, Jodhpur 1961, 1–16; this edition, with a prastāvikakathana by Agarcand and Bhāmvarlāl Nāhṭā and a long introduction (35 pages), called Ṭhakkura Pherūkrta Ratnaparīkṣāk paricaya, contains, apart from the Ratnaparīkṣā (= Rayaṇaparikkhā), six more works by Ṭhakkura Pherū. b Ṭhakkura Pherū's Rayaṇaparikkhā, a medieval Prakrit text on gemmology, translated with an introduction, Sanskrit chāyā and commentary by Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, Viveka Publications, Aligarh 1984 (also published in Aligarh Journal of Oriental Studies 1, 1, 1984, 1–84). References are to ed. b. 1142 Identified in S.R. Sarma's annotated translation as the stone called cat's eye. See on the stone called laśuna: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 83–84; Watt II, 175 (lahasania). 1143 Identified as a beryl by S.R. Sarma. 1144 Probably some kind of white chalcedony according to S.R. Sarma. Compare Garuḍapurāṇa 76; Maṇimālā 496–506; Rasajalānidhi III, 159–160. 1145 See on the spinel or balas ruby: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 79. 1146 See on the turquoise: K. Karttunen (1997): 245. 1147 See on the prices of pearls in ancient India: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 118–119. 1148 See on this mythical story: J. André and J. Filliozat (1986): 399–400. 1149 Kuruvinda may be corundum here. See on corundum: E. Balfour (1967): I, 816–817; J. Davy (1969): 18–19; G. Watt II, 572–573; WIRM II, 351–357. See on the kuruvinda: J. André and J. Filliozat (1986): 368, n.205 and 373, n.222; *S.R. Sarma (1983). 1150 Garuḍodgāra is usually one of the names of the emerald. 1151 See on sūryakānta: A.K. Biswas and S. Biswas (1996): 103–104; R. Garbe (1974): 88–89; P.K. Gode (1947g); B. Laufer (1987b), (1987c); W. Rau (1983), (1985). 1152 Unidentified. 1153 Unidentified. 1154 Unidentified. 1155 Badakhshan according to S.R. Sarma. 1156 Yemen according to S.R. Sarma. 1157 Nishapur according to S.R. Sarma. 1158 Mosoul in Iraq according to S.R. Sarma. 1159 *Edited as an appendix to the edition of Ṭhakkura Pherū's Vāstusāra by Bhagwan Das Jain (paramajaina-candrāṅgaja-ṭhakkura-pheru-viracita-vāstusāraprakaraṇa, Jaina Vividha Granthamālā 4, Jaypur 1939). The verses on gems were edited by Jinavijaya Muni as an appendix to his edition of the Rayaṇaparikkhā. 1160 See on the author and his times: *S.R. Sarma (1986–87a). 1161 See on the Śrīmāla caste: K.C. Jain (1975). 1162 Kaṇṇāṇa, known in Jaina Sanskrit literature as Kanyānayana, was a place of pilgrimage, where Jinadattasūri installed a statue of Vardhamāna. The place is identical with Kaliana near Dadri in the Mahendragaṛh district of Haryana (see S.R. Sarma's introduction to ed. b, 2–3).