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They can also correspond to the [[Five Metals]].
They can also correspond to the [[Five Metals]].


[[Category:Five Precious Substances]]
[[Category:Shrine and Ritual]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category:05-Five]]
[[Category:05-Five]]

Revision as of 10:49, 27 July 2016

Five precious substances (Wyl. rin chen lnga or rin po che sna lnga). There are several lists.

  1. diamond (rdo rje phalam)
  2. sapphire (ka ka Ni la or mthon mthing)
  3. ruby (rA ga)
  4. emerald (ma rgad, mar gad, as ma gar bha)
  5. amber (ka su ra)

or

  1. gold (gser)
  2. silver (dngul)
  3. coral (byi ru)
  4. pearl (mu tig)
  5. Mumen or lapis lazuli (mu men) or copper (zangs)

or

  1. gold
  2. silver
  3. sapphire
  4. ruby
  5. pearl


Crystal (shal) and turquoise (g.yu) also appear in some lists.


They can also correspond to the Five Metals.