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dear brohter mohanraamji

 

having seen your contributions in the other group, i feel this group

too needs contributions from highly learnt and knowledgeable people

like you. earlier partha too gave similar contributions like you but

somehow he is not available now. i would be personally happy to see

such cognoscenti in this group. from your mails, i have developed

great respect for your guruji dakshinamoortiji and seeing your own

knowledge, i feel both you and your guruji are equal, guruji in

giving knowledge to you and you in sharing that knowledge with us.

you both have excellent knowledge in tantra and matra besides

astrology whereas i am still studying them for the past few decades.

 

as you too rightly observed, only ruby found its mention in the

scriptures and your throwing more light on the subject gave a more

clear understanding for the querents.

 

besides atharva veda, several tantra samhitas/shastras written by

sages prescribed how to use various gems and their powders for

curing disesases.

 

there are few religious places in the south where this

real "nagamani ruby" is emblazoned by the dieties. could you kindly

share details of such places so that interested members would have

an opportunity to see them.

 

looking forward to your continued knowledge sharing and with best

wishes

arjun

 

 

, mohan ram <mohanraaam>

wrote:

>

> Dear Panditarjunji,

>

> I will recount what I remember from my discussions

> with my guruji Pandit. R.DAKSHINAMOORTHIji regarding

> gemstones. He generally desists from recommending

> gemstones for luck (except when the client insists on

> this) though he does prescribe them for curing certain

> ailments that have not responded to conventional

> medical treatment.

>

> Though we have puranic records of usage of ruby by

> kings, there was a tradition that "Nagamani" - the

> ruby obtained from a snake that has NEVER bitten a

> human being for 100 years was traditionally reserved

> for the use of deities in temples or for kings.

> Persons born of royal lineage need not check for

> suitability of Ruby for their use. Infact, the crown

> of great emperors was traditionally decorated with

> "Navarathnas"- all the 9 gems.

>

> However, individual use of gems was never recommended

> in the classics for ordinary persons. Infact, in some

> ancient remedial works, I have even read that gifting

> the gemstone is recommended rather than wearing of

> them. Only when a person is wealthy and wants to use

> a precious stone for decorating his/her ornaments,

> astrological advice was sought- not to ensure that is

> lucky for the wearer - but, to ensure the stone

> selected is not adverse to the wearer! There are also

> ayurvedic works that have described using ratna bhasma

> (ash obtained by reducing the gemstone to ash by

> proper procedures) for curing certain maladies. This

> is the correct approach towards gemstone, which was

> followed for many centuries until the advent of this

> current era when overt commercialization have led to

> rampant use of gemstone for luck!

>

>

> If gems have the power of changing fate and altering

> destinies, then no ruler would have ever lost his

> crown! is it not?

>

> That said, gems do have occult properties. They have

> the potential to reduce some doshas to a great extent.

> But, we must bear in mind, simply wearing a gemstone

> is not a panacea for all evils as is advertised by

> vested interests now a days.

>

> Guruji Pandit. R.DAKSHINAMOORTHI used to say that the

> best way to imbibe the power of gems in life is to

> visit ancient temples built according to agama

> shastras. You will find that the deities are

> invariably decorated with powerful gemstones. Praying

> to those deities by visiting the kshetras will

> definitely give a side-effect-free method to bring the

> element of luck into your life with the power of

> gemstones.

>

> Best wishes to members of this forum on the occasion

> of the English New Year 2006.

>

> Best wishes.

> --- panditarjun2004 <panditarjun2004> wrote:

>

>

>

> dear friends

>

> the articles under this link are thought provoking.

> even though i have

> very little knowledge on stones, i am definitely sure

> that ruby was

> recommended in the vedas to bestow kingdom or princely

> riches. there

> wre numerous instances of how ruby was worn by kings

> and various

> benefits of ruby even in dwaparyug. in the vedas ruby

> was mentioned as

> the mother of all gems representing planet sun around

> which all other

> planets are revolving. simply put, these scriptures

> mean that the

> wearer of a ruby would become as famous as sun. i can

> speak more on

> surya vamsh and who all descended and the significance

> of ruby. there

> were also instances of how snakes used to have a ruby

> (nagamani) as a

> bait to attract their pray.

>

> since ruby was mentioned as the mother of all gems in

> vedas, naturally

> other gems too existed then and were used. however,

> only pure natural

> gems are glorified in these scriptures and not the

> semi precious stones

> or uparatnas or further added substitutes.

>

> becasue of such scepticism on stones by some people

> and my inability to

> corroorate or substantiate the basis of recommendation

> from vedas

> except ruby, i have started recommending rudraksh

> whose usage,

> lordships and significance was recommneded by none

> other than lord

> shiva.

>

> with best wishes

> arjun

>

>

> , Surjit

> Tinaikar

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