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Mineral means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Minerals were used as colours for painting in ancient India, according to the rules of Citrasūtra and the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 249:19: There is a reference to mineral colours used in painting and made from the powder of stones of different colours. Such mineral colours were used in the wall paintings of Ajanta and also at Ellora during the 8th century. Perhaps Uddyotanasūri was working on facts as had reached his ears. There actually was in the erstwhile state of Shakti in Madhyapradesh a place named Ṛṣabhapura which is mentioned in the Āraṇyakaparvan as a place of pilgrimage and visited by many persons to which the Pāṇḍavas also went with their teacher. It is probable that the place was notorious for its Kāpālika practices.
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Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 25 - Vishnu Kills Madhu < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
Chapter 12 - A Description of the Earth < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
Chapter 48 - The Meeting of Krishna and Garuda < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 5 - Minerals located near the Vārāṇasī region < [Chapter V - Rise of Vārāṇasī as a Nodal Centre]
Part 7 - Urbanization in the South Bihar area < [Chapter I - The Case Study of Rājagṛha]
Part 2 - Resource area of the Aṅga-Magadha region < [Conclusion]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 12 - Conducting Mining Operations and Manufacture < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Chapter 22 - Regulation of Toll-Dues < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Chapter 35 - Revenue-Collectors and Spies < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Earth and its aspects < [Chapter 5 - Aspects of Nature]
Economics (3): Goods of trade < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Introduction (Kośa Literature–A Brief Survey) < [Chapter 1 - Kośa Literature–A Brief Survey]
Reviews < [November 1948]
Environment, Epistomics and Ispat < [January – March, 1997]
The War in China < [November 1937]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 2.2.17-20 < [Chapter 2 - Description of Girirāja Govardhana’s Birth]
Verse 1.4.24 < [Chapter 4 - Description of Questions About the Lord’s Appearance]
Verse 1.12.8 < [Chapter 12 - Description of Śrī Nanda’s Festival]
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