Throughout Asia, the principle of "NavaRatna," or the 9 Gems, has been held in high esteem since ancient times. The famous Sanskrit vers from the "Jatake Parijata," chap2, sloke 21 complied by Sri Vaidyantha Dikshitar explains the meaning of the 9 gems as follows:
For the Sun use ruby
Moon use (natural) pearl
Mars use red coral
Mercury use emerald
Jupiter use yellow sapphire
Venus use diamond
Saturn use blue sapphire
Rahu use hessonite
Ketu use cat's eye
These gems must be flawless and high- born.
The Vedic jyotish Gem's 'quality standard' is givien as Sujati (high-born) and Amala (Flawless). below is a list of the Nava Ratna (9 gems) together with the recognized Upa ratna (secondary gens) and their ruling planets:
Sun: RUBY (unheated), red spinel, red garnet, and red tourmaline (rubellite) for enhancing the Sun
Moon: Natural (uncultured) Pearl, White coral, and moonstone for enhancing the Moon
Jupiter: Yellow Sapphire (unheated), yellow topaz, yellow beryl (heliodor), and yellow tourmaline for enhancing Jupiter
Rahu: Hessonite, orange zircon, spessartite, malaya, and other orange garnets for enhancing Rahu (Moon's North Node)
Mercury: Emerald (non-oiled), tsavorite, green tourmaline, green diopside, peridot and green jade for enhancing Mercury
Venus: Diamond, white (colorless) sapphire (unheated), white topaz, white beryl (goshenite), and colorless quartz for enhancing Venus
Ketu: Cat's eye (chrysoberyl), beryl, apatite, fibrolite, and tourmaline cat's eye for enhancing Ketu (Moon's South Node)
Saturn: Blue Sapphire (unheated), blue tourmaline (indicolite), blue spinel, and amethyst for enhancing Saturn
Mars: Red Coral (undyed) and red carnelian for enhancing Mars
Throughout Asia, the principle of "NavaRatna," or the 9 Gems, has been held in high esteem since ancient times. The famous Sanskrit vers from the "Jatake Parijata," chap2, sloke 21 complied by Sri Vaidyantha Dikshitar explains the meaning of the 9 gems as follows:
The Vedic jyotish Gem's 'quality standard' is givien as Sujati (high-born) and Amala (Flawless). below is a list of the Nava Ratna (9 gems) together with the recognized Upa ratna (secondary gens) and their ruling planets: