ratna (or MIndic ratana ), nt. ( m. forms, see § 6.10 ), jewel, gem , as in Skt. ; ( 1 ) three (Buddha, dharma, saṃgha, as in Pali ): Dharmas 1 , etc. ; see triratna, ratna-traya ; ( 2 ) seven precious substances, or their respective colors, suvarṇa, rūpya, muktā, vaiḍūrya, sphaṭika (or sphā°), musāragalva (or variants, see s.v. ), lohitikā : Mv i.49.10—11 ; 63.1 ; 194.5, 19 ; 195.9 ; 249.6 ; iii.226.10 ; 227.6 ; 323.16 ; a different list of seven, muktāmaṇi, vaiḍūrya, śaṅkhaśilā, pravāla, sphaṭika, musāragalva, lohitikā, Mv ii.472.1 ; the usual list in other texts is nearly like Mv i.49.10 etc. , but omits muktā, and for Nos. 5—7 (6 and 7 of Mv ) has lohitamukti , aśmagarbha, musāragalva : SP 151.1 ; 153.3 ; Divy 297.23 ff. ; Gv 52.15 ; 161.16 ; in SP 239.7 sphaṭika is omitted, karketana added at the end, and the order is abnormal; in Pali no standard list of 7 ratana seems recorded except in the lex. Abhidh.p. , which is cited in Childers and PTSD as suvaṇṇa, rajata, muttā, maṇi, veḷuriya, vajira, pavāḷa ( Miln. 267.23 ff. , cited by PTSD , is not apposite, since this list far exceeds seven in number); yet seven ratnanāni (unspecified) are several times mentioned in Pali ( PTSD ); ( 3 ) fig. , the seven ‘jewels’ of a cakravartin, viz. cakra, hastin, aśva, maṇi, strī, gṛhapati, pariṇāyaka (same list in Pali forms also); see Senart, Légende du Buddha ( 1st ed. ), 20 ff. : LV 14.5 and ff. , full descriptions of each ratna; also MSV i.31.16 ff. , in great detail; lists, Mvy 3621—8 ; Dharmas 85 (here, aberrantly, khaḍga instead of gṛhapati); Mv i.49.3 ; 108.5 ff. (account of how they are acquired, by previous deeds of merit); 193.16 ; ii.158.16 ; iii.107.5 ; Divy 548.24 ff. ; ( 4 ) m. , n. of a former Buddha: Mv i.62.16 (prose); later called Rat(a)navant , q.v.
(nt, nt) jewel; gem; gemstone; treasure