We introduce  these stunning and delicate gemstone Mala Beads in a variety of styles and stones.

The Mala is a rosary containing 108 beads.It is used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or name/s of a particular deity, a practice known in Sanskrit as japa.
Hindu tradition holds that the correct way to use a mala is with the right hand, with the thumb flicking one bead to the next, and with the mala draped over the middle finger. The index finger represents ego, the greatest impediment to Self-Realization, so it is considered best avoided (as with the ego) when chanting on a mala.

The number 108  is sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism and other Dharmic religions,  

The ancient Indians were excellent mathematicians and 108 may be the product of a precise mathematical operation (e.g. 1 power 1 x 2 power 2 x 3 power 3 = 108) which was thought to have special numerological significance.

Another numerological property of this number is the fact that it is related to the Powers of 1, 2, and 3: 1 to 1st power=1; 2 to 2nd power=4 (2x2); 3 to 3rd power=27 (3x3x3). 1x4x27=108

Also the chakras are the intersections of energy lines, and there are said to be a total of 108 energy lines converging to form the heart chakra. One of them, sushumna leads to the crown chakra, and is said to be the path to Self-realization.


In astrology the 108 number is also very important, there are 12 constellations, and 9 arc segments called namshas or chandrakalas. 9 times 12 equals 108. Chandra is moon, and kalas are the divisions within a whole.

In astrology, there are 12 houses and 9 planets. 12 times 9 equals 108.

The diameter of the sun is 108 times the diameter of the Earth.

In Chinese astrology, the Tao philosophy holds that there are 108 sacred stars.

In Islam, the number 108 is used to refer to God.

This number is also present in other fields, like mathematics, where the interior angles of an equilateral pentagon measure 108 degrees each. Also 108 is what the mathematics call a Harshad number, a Harshad number is an integer that is divisible by the sum of its digits. Harshad numbers were defined by D. R. Kaprekar, a mathematician from India.

At last 108 is the number of "missing" episodes of the BBC television program Doctor Who destroyed in the 1970s.

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