Five precious substances
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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.