in dra nI la

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ཨིན་དྲ་ནཱི་ལ
sapphire [RY]

sapphire, zephyr, 1 of rin chen nor bdun [JV]

(med) Sapphire (Yeshi 2018)
Sanskrit: indranīla (wisdomlib.org)
Fluorite for nI lam (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018)

indra nI las nad kun ma lus sel / zhes pa la rigs gsum ste / indra nI la dang / nI ma la dang / ka ka nI la'o / indra nI la ni / kha dog sngon po nam mkha' dangs pa lta bu 'od zer 'bar ba'i steng du ras bzhag na de la 'od kyis phog pa'i 'od zer sngon po gdugs phub pa lta bu steng du 'byung ba che chung sor mo dgu yis 'khyud pa zhig 'byung bar rin thab ni gser stong gi skor thang ri gsungs so / nI ma la ni kha dog snga lta bu la 'od sor gsum gyi rgya khon du sngon por khyab pa che chung sor gsum gyi nang du chud pa tsam zhig 'byung bas gong ni gser brgya skor ri'o / ka ka nI la ni / snga ma gnyis las cung zad gnag pa / nyi ma gar shar ba'i phyogs su rang gi 'od 'byung la che chung ma nges pas gong gser bcu skor byed do / de gsum ka sing ga la nas yong ba'i chu bo bzhi'i nang gi chu bo dharma gangha zhes bya ba'i nang nas 'byung ba'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 081.1)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°005) indra nI la, Sapphire (n°006) nI lam, Fluorite

Sapphire (Aluminium oxide, Al₂O₃, Corundum group) refers mostly to a blue gem variety of Corundum, but other colored varieties of Corundum are also described as Sapphire, except red corundum, which is better known as Ruby (padma rA ga) (mindat.org).
Fluorite (CaF2), for dGa' ba'i rDo rje's nI lam, is a vitreous mineral of purple and lilac, up to golden, green and pink colours, found as a common gangue mineral in hydrothermal veins. Certain varieties are cut as gemstones, like Tiffany stone. The thermoluminescent variety Chlorophane may be the ‘Night-luminescent pearl’ which dGa' ba'i rDo rje gives for su ga ta bai dU rya.
In the indian context, indranīlaka is given as Emerald (ma rgad) (wisdomlib.org)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 03:23, 29 February 2024 (EST)