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.