Brihat Samhita

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कर्पूरस्फटिकनिभं चिपिटं विषमं च वेणुजं ज्ञेयम् । शङ्खौद्भवं शशिनिभं वृत्तं भ्राजिष्णु रुचिरं च ॥ ८१-२८ ॥

Pearls (muktā) produced in bamboos are of the colour of camphor or crystal, and are flat and rough. Those produced in conch-shell are of the colour of the Moon and round, bright and beautiful.

english translation

karpUrasphaTikanibhaM cipiTaM viSamaM ca veNujaM jJeyam । zaGkhaudbhavaM zazinibhaM vRttaM bhrAjiSNu ruciraM ca ॥ 81-28 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript