Copper in Ancient India c6.s2.1

c6.s2.1

In the Brāhman Age copper continues to be designated, as has already been pointed out, as the “red metal.” The word *lohitāyas* occurs in the Taittiriya Samhitā (IV, 7, 5, 1) as distinguished from *śyāma* or “black metal.”⁴ It also occurs in the Maitrāyni Samhitā (II, 11, 5 and IV, 44) and in the Kathaka Samhitā (XVIII, 10).