Index 



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Pearls, perforated with diamond-points, 

 34; luminous at night, 55-57, 59-6°. 

 70-71. 



Pelliot, P., on Fu-lin, 8; on Chou Mi, 

 12; on kin-kang, 17; 18, 22, 30, 33, 

 56, 70. 



Persia, diamond known in, under Sas- 

 sanians, 53. 



Philostratus, 9, 59, 62. 



Phosphorescence, of precious stones, 

 63-71; of animal organs, 19, 64, 69, 

 70. 



Physiologus, 9, 23, 26, 45, 63. 



Pigmies, gems in country of, 55. 



Plato, possibly alluding to the diamond, 

 36. 



Pliny, on eagle-stone, 9; on callaina, 

 15; on testing of diamond, 23; on 

 cenchros, 30; on diamond, 31, 36, 40, 

 41, 42, 43-46; on astrion, 57; on 

 lychnis, 58; on magnetic property of 

 lychnis and diamond, 66. 



Po-lo-ki, diamonds from, 62. 



Porcelain, wrought with diamond-points, 

 28. 



Portuguese, introduced diamond-cut- 

 ting into India, 48; of Macao, intro- 

 duced the Chinese to cut diamonds, 50. 



Prester John, letter of, 38, 61. 



Ptolemy, on diamonds of India, 44. 



Qazwlnl, It, 13, 28, 37, 41. 



Ram's horn, in Chinese opinion, de- 

 stroys diamond, 22; corresponds to 

 ram's blood of the ancients, 23-26, 38. 



Ratnaparlksha, 49. 



Ray, 65. 



Razi, 9. 



Rings, set with diamonds, 6, 34, 40, 53. 



Rock-crystal, properties of, ascribed 

 to diamond, 31; served for imitation 

 diamonds in India, 41; passed as dia- 

 mond in Europe, 46. 



Rockhill, W. W., 54. 



Rohde, E., 11, 15. 



Ruby, 26, 32, 50, 60, 62. 



Ruska, J., 9, io, 11, 12, 23, 31, 37, 41, 

 51, 65. 



Scaliger, J. C, 14. 

 Se-ma Piao, 39. 

 Se-ma Siang-ju, 38. 

 Se-ma Ts'ien, 56. 

 Seal, of diamond, 33. 

 Shamir, 12 note I. 



Shan-tung, diamonds found in, 5 note 2. 



Shi chou ki, 29, 32. 



Si-wang-mu, 33. 



Sindbad, 11, 28. 



Smaragdos, 57, 58. 



Smith, F. P., 21, 29, 50. 



S6keland, H., 49, 50. 



Solomon, 12, 33. 



Stalactites, 21. 



Strabo, 24, 44. 



Su Shi, 31. 



Sung Lien, 63. 



Sung Ying-sing, 71. 



Supparaka-jataka, 22. 



Susemihl, F., 60. 



Ta vernier, 48. 



Teeth of Buddha's statue, formed by 



diamonds, 31. 

 Theophrastus, on parturient stones, 9; 



alludes to diamond, 24, 44; on ruby, 



60. 

 Tlfashl, 13, 27. 

 Tourmaline, 58, 61. 

 Ts'ao Chao, 15. 

 Tsin k'i ku chu, 35. 

 Tu Ku-t'ao, 27. 

 Tu Wan, 21. 

 Tu Yu, 55. 

 Tun-huang, 35, 36. 

 Tung-fang So, 29. 

 Tzetzes, 14. 



Ural, diamonds of, 36, 37, 53. 



Vajra, 16, 53. 

 Vajrasana, 17. 

 Varahamihira, 17, 41, 69. 

 Visser de, 68, 70. 



Wang Ch'ung, 67. 



Watt, G., 16. 



Whale-eyes, employed as pearls, 68, 69. 



Wiedemann, E., 27, 34, 41. 



Will-o'-the-wisp, 67, 68. 



Winnefeld, H., 25. 



Wishing- jewel, 22, 69. 



Wonders of India, Arabic book of, II. 



Yang Shfin, 70. 

 Yu Huan, 56. 

 Yuan Chen, 34. 

 Yule, H., 15. 



Zachariae, T., 12. 

 Zarncke, F., 14, 38, 61. 



