navaratna | नवरत्न | navaratna
nava—ratna | नव—रत्न | n. 9 precious gems (viz. pearl, ruby, topaz, diamond, emerald, lapis lazuli, coral, sapphire, and Go-medha they are supposed to be related to the 9 planets), L. (cf. MWB. 528)
nine gems (for ‘lapis lazuli’ read ‘cat's eye’ [= vEqūrya | व्Eक़ूर्य |], and for go-meḍa | गो-मेड | read go-meda | गो-मेद |, ‘zircon’ or ‘jacinth’; the 9 gems are sacred to the five planets with the Sun and Moon, Rāhu and Ketu).
the 9 jewels (i.e. the 9 men of letters at the court of Vikramāditya, viz. Dhanvantari, Kṣapaṇaka, Amara-siṃha, Śaṅku, Vetāla-bhaṭṭa, Ghaṭa-karpara, Kāli-dāsa, Vara-ruci, and Varāha-mihira), L.
N. of a collection of 9 stanzas and other works.
nine gems (for ‘lapis lazuli’ read ‘cat's eye’ [= vEqūrya | व्Eक़ूर्य |], and for go-meḍa | गो-मेड | read go-meda | गो-मेद |, ‘zircon’ or ‘jacinth’; the 9 gems are sacred to the five planets with the Sun and Moon, Rāhu and Ketu).
the 9 jewels (i.e. the 9 men of letters at the court of Vikramāditya, viz. Dhanvantari, Kṣapaṇaka, Amara-siṃha, Śaṅku, Vetāla-bhaṭṭa, Ghaṭa-karpara, Kāli-dāsa, Vara-ruci, and Varāha-mihira), L.
N. of a collection of 9 stanzas and other works.