A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c33.8
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c33.8
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∗ अन्धकार च दीप्यते (phosphoresces in the dark). † कलुषा मन्दद्युतयो लेखाकोर्णाः सधातवः खण्डाः । दुर्विद्धा न मनोज्ञाः मशर्कराश्चेति मणिदोषाः ॥ Baráha. Here सधातवः and मशर्कराः no doubt refer to the minute pebbles (gravels) enclosed in the body of the stones. ‡ यथा गुरुतरं वज्र तन्मूल्यं रत्तिवर्गतः i. e. if a diamond weighing 1 *rati* be worth x, one of the weight of 4 *ratis* will be worth 2 *Xx*.
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- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit