རིན་པོ་ཆེ་སྣ་བདུན། | Glossary of Terms

Seven kinds of treasures of a wheel-turning king, which are the precious chakra, elephant, horse, jewel, woman, householder, and minister.

Seven possessions owned by any universal emperor: the precious wheel, jewel, queen, minister, elephant, horse, and general.

The seven possessions of a cakravartin including the precious wheel, the precious elephant, the precious horse, the precious jewel, the precious woman, the precious steward, and the precious minister. In some forms of the list the steward or minister is variably replaced by the precious general (senāpatiratna; dmag dpon rin po che) or the precious sword (khaḍgaratna; ral gri rin po che). A more detailed description of these seven can be found in Toh 95, The Play in Full, 3.2–3.12. There is also a detailed description of the seven treasures and the corresponding causal conditions for obtaining them in Toh 4087, the Kāraṇaprajñapti, folio 111.b. The term should not be confused with seven precious substances, a set of seven precious stones or minerals, which is a term found elsewhere but also rendered rin po che sna bdun.

Seven possessions of a universal monarch: the precious lady, precious jewel, precious wheel, precious elephant, precious horse, precious minister, and precious general or, as described in this text, precious master of the household. See also the detailed description in UT22084-068-021-145.

The seven possessions of a cakravartin king: the precious wheel, jewel, queen, minister, elephant, horse, and general.

The usual list is: (1) the precious golden wheel (Skt. cakraratna; Tib. ’khor lo rin po che); (2) the precious jewel (Skt. maṇiratna; Tib. nor bu rin po che); (3) the precious queen (Skt. strīratna; Tib. btsun mo rin po che); (4) the precious minister (Skt. puruṣaratna or pariṇāyakaratna; Tib. blon po rin po che); (5) the precious elephant (Skt. hastiratna; Tib. glang po rin po che); (6) the precious horse (Skt. aśvaratna; Tib. rta mchog rin po che); and (7) the precious general (Skt. khaḍgaratna or senāpatiratna; Tib. dmag dpon rin po che). Here the precious queen is substituted by a precious woman (Tib. bud med rin po che) and the precious general is substituted by a precious householder (Tib. khyim bdag rin po che). However, in this text they appear listed slightly differently (see UT22084-076-001-269). Here the precious queen is substituted by a precious woman (Tib. bud med rin po che), and the precious general is substituted by a precious householder (Tib. khyim bdag rin po che).

The seven royal substances or treasures of a universal emperor: precious wheel (’khor lo rin po che), precious jewel (nor bu rin po che), precious queen (btsun mo rin po che), precious minister (blon po rin po che), precious elephant (glang po rin po che), precious excellent horse (rta mchog rin po che), and precious army officer (dmag dpon rin po che).

The seven precious royal treasures of a universal monarch: wheel, jewel, queen, minister/officer, elephant, excellent horse, and army officer.

Seven royal treasures possessed by a wheel-turning king: the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the queen, the steward, and the minister.

Seven possessions of a universal monarch: the precious lady, precious jewel, precious wheel, precious elephant, precious horse, precious minister, and precious general.

The seven possessions of a king of the entire world: the precious wheel, the precious elephant, the precious horse, the precious jewel, the precious queen, the precious householder, and the precious minister.

The wheel, queen, minister, horse, elephant, general, and jewel. In the list at UT22084-029-001-4899, “chamberlain” is added.