bum rdzas nyer lnga

the 25 vase substances [IW]

twenty five substances [JV]

the twenty-five vase substances [RY]

ritual-vase containing the twenty-five ingredients. The twenty-five ingredients that are prepared to make the contents of the ritual-vase, comprise of five sets of five substances. There are five medicines, such as the root of sweet-flag and the blue lotus. Five kinds of grain, such as barley, wheat and white sesame. Five valuables, which can be either gold, silver, sapphire, ruby and pearl, or if using metals only, gold, silver, copper, iron and tin. Five perfumes,: camphor, cloves, nutmeg, saffron and sandalwood. Five essences: honey, raw-sugar, salt, butter and chebulic myrobalan (arura) [RY]