Volume 1

Mani-málá; or, A treatise on gems / by Sourindro Mohun Tagore.

  • Sourindro Mohun Tagore
Date:
1879-81
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mani-málá; or, A treatise on gems / by Sourindro Mohun Tagore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Translation. 93. Diamonds are generally green, white, yel¬ low, brown, copper-colored or black; and the classes are presided over by Ndrd-yana, Vartina, Indra, Agni, Tama and Vd.yu respectively. 94. Of the six classes, those that are red like the China rose or coral, or yellow like turmeric, are productive of good fortune to princes. 95. They can wear a diamond whose hue is a medley of all the colors enumerated above, but never diamonds of diverse colors at one and the same time. I ‘Ml ffst 'S 511:5(7 I 1 ^ 5|tC¥, ^ (71 ftw (iiwl Itw Tfi- srI I JS(!: I
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