jueves, 16 de mayo de 2013

22 JYOTISA GEMS


22 Jyotiṣa Gems

There are 22 jyotiṣa gems whose Sanskrit names are known
  • 12 jyotiṣa gems for the rāśi
  • 9 jyotiṣa gems for the graha
  • 1 jyotiṣa gem for the lagna
SanskritTransEnglish (?)SanskritTransEnglish (?)
1वज्रvajraDiamond12शशिकान्ताśaśikāntāMoon-stone
2इन्द्रनीलindranīlaSky Sapphire13सौगन्धिकsaugandhikaLotus-Ruby
3मरकतmarakataEmerald14गोमेदकgomedakaHessonite
4कर्केतरkarketaraChrysoberyl15शङ्खśaṅkhaNacre
5पद्मरागpadmarāgaRuby16महानीलmahānīlaBlue Sapphire
6रुधिरrudhiraCarnelian17पुष्परागpuṣparāgaYellow ~
7वैदूर्यvaidūryaBeryl Cats eye?18ब्रह्ममणिbrahmamaṇiTopaz?
8पुलकpulakaGarnet19ज्योतीरसjyotīrasaAgate
9विमलकvimalakaPyrite20सस्यकsasyakaAzurite
10राजमणिrājamaṇiRed Diamond?21मुक्ताmuktāPearl
11स्फटिकsphaṭikaRock Crystal22प्रवालpravālaRed Coral

Pañca ratna

Five principal gemstones for pañca tattva listed in veda
Used when planets are in own sign indicating the tattva and are lighter color
  1. Vajra (Diamond): Jala | Used to free the waters by Indra
  2. Indra-nīla (Sapphire): Vāyu
  3. Marakata (Emerald): Pṛthvi
  4. Padmarāga (Ruby):    Agni
  5. Muktā (Ivory-Pearl): Ākāśa

Navaratna śloka

“Bṛhat Jātaka1”, quoted in the “Maṇi- mālā2” also “Jātaka Pārijāta3”
māṇikyaṁ taraṇeḥ sujātyamamalaṁ muktāphalaṁ śītagoḥ
māheyasya ca vidrumaṁ marakataṁ saumyasya gārutmatama
devejyasya ca puṣparājamasurācāryasya vajraṁ śaneḥ
nīlaṁ nirmalamanyayośca gadite gomedavaidūryake
  •  Māṇikya (Ruby for Sun)
  • Muktā (Pearl for Moon)
  • Vidruma (Coral for Mars)
  • Marakata (Emerald for Mercury)
  • Puṣparāga (Yellow Sapphire for Jupiter)
  • Vajra (Diamond for Venus)
  • Nīla (Blue Sapphire for Saturn)
  • Gomeda (Hessonite or Opal for Rāhu)
  • Vaidūrya (Beryl, Cats Eye for Ketu)
  1. Varāhamihira
  2. page 575, verse 79 by S.M. Tagore (1879)
  3. chap. 2, sloka 21 compiled by Śrī Vaidyanātha Dikṣitar

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