Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s8.23

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“The Vaijayantī is a necklace composed of a successive series of groups of gems, each group wherein has five gems in a particular order; it is described in the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa thus :—‘“Viṣṇu’s necklace called Vaijayantī is five-formed as it consists of the five elements and it is, therefore, called the elemental necklace. Here five-formed points to five different kinds of gems, namely the pearl, ruby, emerald, blue stone and diamond”. Viṣṇurahasya also says, “from the earth comes the blue gem, from water the pearl, from fire the Kaustubha, from air the cat’s eye and from ether the Puṣparāga”