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Thailand's "Queen Sirikit Navaratna" necklace.. Navaratna (Sanskrit: नवरत्न) is a Sanskrit compound word meaning "nine gems" or "ratnas".Jewellery created in this style has important cultural significance in many southern, and south-eastern Asian cultures as a symbol of wealth, and status, and is claimed to yield talismanic benefits towards health and well-being.
Cintāmaṇi (Sanskrit; Devanagari: चिन्तामणि): 'Wish-Fulfilling Gem' (Tibetan: ཡིད་བཞིན་ནོར་བུ, Wylie: yid bzhin norbu) [4] The mani (jewel) is translated in Chinese ruyi or ruyizhu 如意珠 "as-one-wishes jewel" or ruyibaozhu 如意寶珠 "as-one-wishes precious jewel".
Navaratna is an Indian jewelry style consisting of nine jewels.. Navaratna, a Sanskrit compound word meaning "nine gems", can also refer to the following: . Navaratnas, a group of nine extraordinary advisors in the court of legendary Indian emperor Vikramaditya, the term is later also applied to advisors of Mughal emperor Akbar and king Krishnachandra Roy of the Nadia Raj
Panchaloha (Sanskrit: पञ्चलोह), also called Pañcadhātu (Sanskrit: पञ्चधातु, lit. 'five metals'), is a term for traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance, used for making Hindu temple murti and Jewellery.
The word jewellery itself is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicised from the Old French "jouel", [2] and beyond that, to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything. In British English, Indian English, New Zealand English, Hiberno-English, Australian English, and South African English it is spelled jewellery.
The Syamantaka (Sanskrit: स्यमन्तक, romanized: Syamantaka) is a legendary jewel featured in Hindu literature, regarded to be blessed with magical powers. [1] It is described to be a ruby. [2] The jewel is described to protect its owner if they were virtuous and good, but bring evil to them if they were not. [3]
Alamkara : Traditional jewellery; Tambula : Offering of paan after naivedya; Tarpana : Offering libations of water for satisfaction of disembodied & divine beings. In practice it is substituted with offerings of drinks like drinking water & Pānakaṃ alongside naivedya. Stotra : Recitation of hymns & eulogies of the deity who is worshipped.
This category is for articles related to specific dictionaries and glossaries of the Indo-Iranian language Sanskrit. Pages in category "Sanskrit dictionaries" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.