[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1257 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1257 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1257 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1257) NAVA-RATNA. The nine gems: pearl, ruby, topaz, diamond, emerald, lapis lazuli, coral, sapphire, and one not identified called Go-meda. The nine gems of the court of Vikrama, probably meaning Vikramāditya, whose era the Samvat begins in 56 B.C. A verse gives their names as Dhanwantari, Kshapanaka, Amara Sinha, Sanku, Vetāla-bhatta, Ghata-karpara, Kāli-dāsa, Varāha-mihira, Vararuchi. The date of Vikramāditya is by no means settled. Bhau Dājī endeavours to identify Vikrama with Harsha Vikramāditya, who lived in the middle of the sixth century. - [Previous: c5.1256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1256) - [Next: c5.1258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1258) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1257) · Pramāṇa