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'''Five precious substances''' (Tib. རིན་ཆེན་ལྔ་ or རིན་པོ་ཆེ་སྣ་ལྔ་, ''rinchen nga'' or ''rinpoche na nga'', [[Wyl.]] ''rin chen lnga'' or ''rin po che sna lnga''). There are several lists. 
# diamond (''rdo rje phalam'')
# sapphire (''ka ka Ni la'' or ''mthon mthing)
# ruby (''rA ga'')
# emerald (''ma rgad'', ''mar gad'', ''as ma gar bha'')
# amber (''ka su ra'')

or
# gold (''gser'')
# silver (''dngul'')
# coral (''byi ru'')
# pearl (''mu tig'')
# [[lapis lazuli]] (''mu men'') or copper (''zangs'')

or
#gold
#silver 
#sapphire
#ruby 
#pearl


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


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

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