बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

Adh. LXXXI. Sl. 7-12.] एकाशीतितमोऽध्यायः 633 Slokas 3-6.---The pearls got from Ceylon are multi- shaped, glossy, swan-white and large; those from the Tamraparni are white with a slight red tinge and bright; those from Paraloka are blackish, white or yellow, min- gled with gravel and uneven; those from Surashtra are neither too big, nor too small, and hued like butter; those from Persia are brilliant, clear, heavy and very valuable; those from the Himalayas are light, broken, hued like curds, large and double-shaped; those from the North country are rough, black or white, light, of good size and brilliancy: and those from Pandya Vata are like the neem fruit, or coriander seed, trigonal and very minute. अतसीकुसुमश्यामं वैष्णवमैन्द्रं शशाङ्कसङ्काशम् । हरितालनिभं वारुणमसितं यमदैवतं भवति ॥७॥ परिणतदाडिमगुलिकागुञ्जाताम्रं च वायुदैवत्यम् । निर्धूममानलकमलप्रभं च विज्ञेयमाग्नेयम् ॥८॥ Slokas 7-8—A pearl dark like the Atasee flower is presided over by Vishnu; one like the Moon, by Indra; one having the hue of orpiment, by Varuna; a dark one, by Yama; one red like the seed of a ripe pomegranate or a Gunja, by Vayu; one having the brilliance of smokeless fire or the lustre of lotus, by Fire. माषकचतुष्टयधृतस्यैकस्य शताहता त्रिपञ्चाशत् । . कार्षापणा निगदिता मूल्यं तेजोगुणयुतस्य ॥९॥ माषकदलहान्यातो द्वात्रिंशद्विंशतिस्त्रयोदश च । अष्टौ च शतानि शतत्रयं त्रिपञ्चाशता सहितम् ॥१०॥ पञ्चत्रिंशं शतमिति चत्वारः कृष्णला नवतिमूल्याः । सार्धास्तिस्रो गुञ्जाः सप्ततिमूल्यं धृतं रूपम् ॥११॥ गुञ्जात्रयस्य मूल्यं पञ्चाशद्रूपका गुणयुतस्य । • रूपकपञ्चत्रिंशत्त्रयस्य गुञ्जार्धहीनस्य ॥१२॥ बृ. सं 80.