Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 12 Sutra 6 - Arthashastra | Japanese | Vedapath

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Sutra 6

Devanagari script

शङ्खकर्पूरस्फटिकनवनीतकपोतपारावतविमलकमयूरग्रीवावर्णाः सस्यकगोमेदकगुडमत्स्यण्डिकावर्णाः कोविदारपद्मपाटलीकलायक्षौमातसीपुष्पवर्णाः ससीसाः साञ्जना विस्रा भिन्नाः श्वेताभाः कृष्णाः कृष्णाभाः श्वेताः सर्वे वा लेखाबिन्दुचित्रा मृदवो ध्मायमाना न स्फुटन्ति बहुफेनधूमाश्च रूप्यधातवः ॥ कZ_०२.१२.०६ ॥

Transliteration

śaṅkhakarpūrasphaṭikanavanītakapotapārāvatavimalakamayūragrīvāvarṇāḥ sasyakagomedakaguḍamatsyaṇḍikāvarṇāḥ kovidārapadmapāṭalīkalāyakṣaumātasīpuṣpavarṇāḥ sasīsāḥ sāñjanā visrā bhinnāḥ śvetābhāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ kṛṣṇābhāḥ śvetāḥ sarve vā lekhābinducitrā mṛdavo dhmāyamānā na sphuṭanti bahuphenadhūmāś ca rūpyadhātavaḥ

Translation

銀鉱は、法螺貝、樟脳、水晶、バター、鳩、山鳩、澄んだ白、または孔雀の首の色のような色をもつ。さらに、芥子、ゴーメーダ(gomeda)、ジャガリー、砂糖の結晶の色、またコーヴィダーラ、蓮、パータリー(pāṭalī)、豆、亜麻布、亜麻の花の色にも似る。鉛や、眼薬（コール）に似た物質を含むことがあり、臭気が強い。砕くと白っぽい、黒い、黒白がかった、または白黒がかった外観を示すが、いずれも線と点の斑があり、柔らかく、吹錬/加熱しても破裂せず、多くの泡と煙を出す—これが銀鉱である。

Word by Word

शङ्खकर्पूरस्फटिकनवनीतकपोतपारावतविमलकमयूरग्रीवावर्णाःhaving a colour like conch, camphor, crystal, fresh butter, pigeon, dove, pure (white), and peacock-neck (sheen)

सस्यकगोमेदकगुडमत्स्यण्डिकावर्णाःhaving the colour of sasyaka, gomeda (hessonite), jaggery, and matsyaṇḍikā (sugar-candy)

कोविदारपद्मपाटलीकलायक्षौमातसीपुष्पवर्णाःhaving the colour of kovidāra, lotus, pāṭalī, pea-blossom, flax/linen, and ātasi (linseed) flowers

ससीसाःlead-bearing / containing lead

साञ्जनाःhaving anjana (collyrium/black mineral)

विस्राःfoul-smelling / having a bad odour

भिन्नाःbroken / cracked / split

श्वेताभाःwhite-tinged / having a white sheen

कृष्णाःblack

कृष्णाभाःblack-tinged / having a black sheen

श्वेताःwhite

सर्वेall

वाor

लेखाबिन्दुचित्राःvariegated with streaks and dots

मृदवःsoft / malleable

ध्मायमानाwhen being blown (in the furnace, under bellows)

नnot

स्फुटन्तिthey do not crack/burst

बहुफेनधूमाःhaving much froth and smoke (on heating)

चand

रूप्यधातवःsilver-ores / silver-bearing metals

Entities Mentioned

silver ore

lead (as associated impurity/indicator)

FAQs

What does the inclusion of 'lead' suggest in administrative terms?

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