84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཉི་མའི་སྙིང་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཉི་མའི་སྙིང་པོ།

  • nyi ma’i snying po
  • ādityagarbha
  • Term
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  • sunstone
  • ཉི་མའི་སྙིང་པོ།
  • nyi ma’i snying po
  • ādityagarbha
Definition in this text:

The name for this jewel, “essence of the sun” in both the Sanskrit and Tibetan, appears to be a synonym for sūryakānta (“sunstone”). In Tibetan, these orange gems are usually called me shel (“fire crystal”). They are oligoclase feldspar, exhibiting aventurescence in that they are filled with speckles that appear to emit light.