Re-cap and more on Gems- Sarbani & Chadrashekar

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font-family:Verdana">Jaya Jagannatha

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font-family:Verdana">Dear Sarbani,

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font-family:Verdana">Re-cap

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font-family:Verdana">GP 1.73.7 Vaidurya- Chief of the has the colour of the

neck of a peacock or that of the colour of bamboo.

font-family:Verdana">73.10 Spurious ones are identified as glass with the

inability to scratch.

font-family:Verdana">73.11 Two palas is equal to that of Sapphire. (cheaper

than sapphire)

font-family:Verdana">So these statements will exclude Lapis immediately.

font-family:Verdana">Vaidurya: Settling on Chrysoprase (chalcedony; quartz

group) Green, apple green, includes Heliotrope (Bloodstone), Cornelian,

Chalcedony white with blue streaks (banded) or the gemmy one looks bluish.

Hardness 6.5-7

font-family:Verdana">Spurious gems: Girikaca: Lapis/Azurite? Sisupala:

Turquoise? These all have the hardness of 3.5-4

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font-family:Verdana">GP.1.74 Pusparaga: Orange-red-yellow Sapphire (commercial

term Paparadscha)

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font-family:Verdana">GP.1.75 Karketana- Orthoclase + feldspar group

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font-family:Verdana">GP.1.76 Bhismamani: Chrysoberyl group

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font-family:Verdana">GP.1.77 Pulaka: Garnet family

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font-family:Verdana">GP. 1.78 ???? : Translated as Blood stone; which is from

the chalcedony group (can you please fill this in sanskrit)

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font-family:Verdana">GP.1.79 Sphatika: Quartz family, crystallization of all

minerals with hardness of 6-8

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font-family:Verdana">GP.1.80 ???? : Red Coral

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font-family:Verdana">Brhat Samhita:

font-family:Verdana">There are 22 kinds of gems.

font-family:Verdana">Diamond, Sapphire (corundum), Emerald (beryl), Agate

(orthoclase), Ruby (corundum), Bloodstone, Beryl (All colours of the Beryl

family, including Emerald, Aquamarine etc), Amethyst (quartz family), Vimalaka

(???), Royal gems (quartz??), Crystal (any type of crystallization, as long as

it is not softer than 6) Moonstone (feldspar), Saugandhika (?) Opal, Conch,

Azurite (perhaps this falls under Vaidurya), Topaz, Brahma-gem (which one is

this?), Jyotirasa (??) Sasyaka (??), Pearl and Coral.

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font-family:Verdana">Chandrashekar: Can you please indicate the colour of the

Atasi flower.

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font-family:Verdana">Graciously,

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JAYA JAGANNATHA

 

Dear Swee,

 

Namaste.

 

Atasi is Linum usitatissimum in Latin.

 

I list you the shloka containing th sanskrit name of gems, maybe it's useful in identification.

 

Vajra - Diamond

Indraneela - Sapphire

Marakata - Emerald

Karketana - Agate

Padmaraaga - Ruby

Rudhira - Bloodstone

Vaidurya - Beryl

Pulaka - Amethyst

Vimalaka (Spotless gem)

Raajamani - Royal gem

Sphatika - Quartz

Shashikaanta - Moonstone

Saugandhika - (something to do with fragrance, maybe amber or some smelly stone)

Gomedaka - Opal

Sankha - Conch

Mahaaneela - Azurite

Pushparaaga - Topaz

Brahmamani - Brahma (or leading) gem

Jyotirasa (something to do with light and liquid, maybe aquamarine?)

Sasyaka (perfect, of good qualities, may refer to some fruit or grain also)

Mukta - Pearl

Pravaala - Coral

 

Where no translation is given, I gave some hint on the meaning.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Yours,

 

Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net Jyotish Remedies:

WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET Phone:+36-309-140-839

 

 

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Swee Chan

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[vedic astrology] Re-cap and more on Gems- Sarbani & Chadrashekar

Jaya Jagannatha

 

Dear Sarbani,

 

Re-cap

 

GP 1.73.7 Vaidurya- Chief of the has the colour of the neck of a peacock or that

of the colour of bamboo.

73.10 Spurious ones are identified as glass with the inability to scratch.

73.11 Two palas is equal to that of Sapphire. (cheaper than sapphire)

So these statements will exclude Lapis immediately.

Vaidurya: Settling on Chrysoprase (chalcedony; quartz group) Green, apple green,

includes Heliotrope (Bloodstone), Cornelian, Chalcedony white with blue streaks

(banded) or the gemmy one looks bluish. Hardness 6.5-7

Spurious gems: Girikaca: Lapis/Azurite? Sisupala: Turquoise? These all have the hardness of 3.5-4

 

GP.1.74 Pusparaga: Orange-red-yellow Sapphire (commercial term Paparadscha)

 

GP.1.75 Karketana- Orthoclase + feldspar group

 

GP.1.76 Bhismamani: Chrysoberyl group

 

GP.1.77 Pulaka: Garnet family

 

GP. 1.78 ???? : Translated as Blood stone; which is from the chalcedony group

(can you please fill this in sanskrit)

 

GP.1.79 Sphatika: Quartz family, crystallization of all minerals with hardness of 6-8

 

GP.1.80 ???? : Red Coral

 

Brhat Samhita:

There are 22 kinds of gems.

Diamond, Sapphire (corundum), Emerald (beryl), Agate (orthoclase), Ruby

(corundum), Bloodstone, Beryl (All colours of the Beryl family, including

Emerald, Aquamarine etc), Amethyst (quartz family), Vimalaka (???), Royal gems

(quartz??), Crystal (any type of crystallization, as long as it is not softer

than 6) Moonstone (feldspar), Saugandhika (?) Opal, Conch, Azurite (perhaps

this falls under Vaidurya), Topaz, Brahma-gem (which one is this?), Jyotirasa

(??) Sasyaka (??), Pearl and Coral.

 

Chandrashekar: Can you please indicate the colour of the Atasi flower.

 

Graciously,

 

Swee

swee (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net

http://www.brihaspati.net/

 

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