neuter · ratana 1.1 · ratana 1.2
ratana , MIndic (in most texts usually m.c. ) for ratna, jewel , see § 3.99 for examples; also in many cpds. , see cpds. with ratna- .
a gem; precious thing;; a cubit
Ratana 1 (neuter) [cf. Vedic ratna, gift; the BHS form is ratna (Divy 26) as well as ratana (Avś II 199)] 1. (literal) a gem, jewel Vv-a 321 (not = ratana 2 , as Hardy in index); Pv-a 53 (nānāvidhāni). — The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Miln 267). They are (the precious minerals) suvaṇṇa, rajata, muttā, maṇi, veḷuriya, vajira, pavāḷa. (So at Abh 490.) These 7 are said to be used in the outfit of a ship to give it more splendour: Ja II 112. The 7 (unspecified) are mentioned at Thig 487 (satta ratanāni vasseyya vuṭṭhimā "all seven kinds of gems"); and at Dhp-a I 274, where it is said of a ratana-maṇḍapa that in it there were raised flags "sattaratana-mayā." On ratana in similes see JPTS 1909, 127. 2. (figurative) treasure, gem of (—°) Snp 836 (etādisaṃ r. = dibb'itthi-ratana Pj II 544); Miln 262 (dussa° a very fine garment). — Usually as a set of 7 valuables, belonging to the throne (the empire) of a (world-) king. Thus at D II 16 f.; of Mahā-Sudassana D II 172 f. They are enumerated singly as follows: the wheel (cakka) D II 172 f., the elephant (hatthi, called Uposatha) D II 174, 187, 197; the horse (assa, Valāhaka) ibid.; the gem (maṇi) D II 175, 187; the woman (itthi) ibid.; the treasurer (gahapati) D II 176, 188; the adviser (pariṇāyaka) ibid. The same 7 are enumerated at D I 89; Snp page 106; Sv I 250; also at Ja IV 232, where their origins (homes) are given as: cakka° out of Cakkadaha; hatthi from the Uposatha-race; assa° from the clan of Valāhassarāja, maṇi° from Vepulla, and the last 3 without specification. See also remarks on gahapati. Kern, Toev. sub voce ratana suspects the latter to be originally "major domus" (cf. his attributes as "wealthy" at Mvu I 108). As to the exact meaning of pariṇāyaka he is doubtful, which mythical tradition has obscured. — The 7 (moral) ratanas at S II 217 and III 83 are probably the same as are given in detail at Miln 336, viz. the 5: sīla°, samādhi°, paññā°, vimutti°, vimutti-ñāṇa-dassana (also given under the collective name sīla-kkhandha or dhamma-kkhandha), to which are added the 2: paṭisambhidā° and bojjhaṅga°. These 7 are probably meant at Pv-a 66, where it is said that Sakka "endowed their house with the 7 jewels" (sattar.-bharitaṃ katvā). — Very frequent is a triad of gems (ratana-ttaya), consisting of Dhamma, Saṅgha, Buddha, or the Doctrine, the Church and the Buddha [cf. BHS ratna-traya Divy 481], e.g. Mhv 5, 81; Vibh-a 284; Vv-a 123; Pv-a 1, 49, 141. -ākara a pearl-mine, a mine of precious metals Thag 1049; Ja II 414; VI 459; Dīp I 18; -kūṭa a jewelled top Dhp-a I 159; -paliveṭhana a wrapper for a gem or jewel Pp 34; -vara the best of gems Snp 683 (= vararatana-bhūta Pj II 486); -sutta the Suttanta of the (3) Treasures (viz. Dhamma, Saṅgha, Buddha), representing Sutta Nipāta II 1 ( PTS editor pages 39-42), mentioned as a parittā at Vism 414 (with 4 others) and at Miln 150 (with 5 others), cf. Pj I 63; Pj II 201. Ratana 2 [most likely = Sanskrit aratni: see ratani] a linear measure (which Abh page 23 gives as equal to 12 aṅgula, or 7 ratanas = 1 yaṭṭhi: see Kirfel, Kosmographie der Inder , page 335. The same is given by Buddhaghosa at Vibh-a 343: dve vidatthiyo ratanaṃ; satta r. yaṭṭhi) Ja V 36 (vīsaṃ-r-sataṃ); VI 401 (°mattaṃ); Vv-a 321 (so given by Hardy in index as "measure of length," but to be taken as ratana 1 , as indicated clearly by context and commentary); Miln 282 (satta-patiṭṭhito aṭṭha-ratan'ubbedho nava-ratanāyāma-pariṇāho pāsādiko dassanīyo Uposatho nāgarājā: alluding to ratana 1 2!).
【中】 1. 珠寶，寶貴的事物。2. 腕尺。~ttaya,【中】 三寶（即： 佛、法、僧）。~vara,【中】 最好的珠寶。
(nt, nt) jewel; gem; gemstone gem
(nt, nt) treasure; precious thing precious thing
(nt, nt) queen; woman [lit.] jewel; treasure
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