Is Syamantaka Gem the Koh i Noor diamond?

July 2, 2009

DEAR SIRSTHERE IS BELIEF THAT KOHINOOR WAS THE SYAMANTHAKA,TAKEN BY THE BRITISH AND CUT INTO TWO FOR KING AND QUEENBUT AS SAID BY SRI RICHARDJI,IT SEEMS BASELESS,AS KOHINOOR,USED TO PUT NEARLY 2KG OF GOLD EACH DAY WHEREVER IT WAS PUTALSO SHINED LIKE THE SUN(MEANS VERY GLITTERING EMITTING LIGHT) AS STATED BY SRI RICHARDJIBUT WHEVER POSSESSED HAD SOME PROBLEMS AS SEEN IN THE BHAGAVATHA PURANAIT COULD ONLY BE KEPT/TOUCHED BY VERY STAUCH DEVOTEES SUCH AS AKRURA, SATRAJITH KING,THE GREAT JAAMBAVAN JI ETC ETCKrisna--- On Wed, 1/7/09, Richard Shaw Brown <rsbj66 wrote:Richard Shaw Brown <rsbj66 Is Syamantaka Gem the Koh i Noor diamond?To:

"Planetary Group Group" <planetary-gemology >, "Sacred Group Group" <sacred-objects >Wednesday, 1 July, 2009, 9:27 PM

Hello all,

Some kooks have been bugging me trying to say that the Koh i Noor diamond in the Tower of London's Crown Jewels is the very same Syamantaka. Here is my reply to such speculative nonsense...

The question of Syamantaka is impossible to prove, and one can speculate in any way one feels happy. Personally I have seen the Koh i noor, which you can also see, in the Tower of London, and I was NOT impressed. At 105 carats it looked small compared to it's reputation (less than 2 inches). It was not impressive, compared to the Cullinan diamonds (which are 5 times bigger) it looked tiny. Certainly NOT the great Syamantaka Gem as described in Bhagavatam. It did NOT look like the Sungod. In fact, it was hard to see even standing 5 feet away. So, seeing is believing. With the so-called evidence at hand the claim becomes absurd.

Richard Shaw Brown, PG

Musician, Designer, Gemologist & Author

www.richardshawbrow n.com

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