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  2. Japamala - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan Buddhist malas may have three extra beads as the guru beads, instead of just one. These symbolize the three vajras (the Buddha's body, speech and mind). [16] It is common to find prayer beads in Japan that contain a small image inside the guru bead, usually something associated with the particular temple or sect.

  3. Prayer beads - Wikipedia

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    Prayer beads are a form of beadwork used to count the repetitions of prayers, chants, or mantras by members of various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Umbanda, Islam, Sikhism, the Baháʼí Faith, and some Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the ...

  4. Sīvali - Wikipedia

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    His veneration predates the introduction of Theravada Buddhism into Burma. Sīvali is typically depicted standing upright and carrying a walking staff, an alms bowl and Buddhist prayer beads. [2] Born to Queen Suppavasa, Sīvali is believed to have remained in his mother's womb for seven years because of past karma. [2]

  5. Buddhist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist prayer beads (mala), which originated in India as a way to count prayers or mantras and commonly have 108 beads. [81] The wish fulfilling tree (kalpavriksha) The fly-whisk, which is a tool to drive away insects and thus symbolizes non-harming (ahimsa). [82] Yantra.

  6. 108 (number) - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan Buddhist malas or rosaries (Tib. ཕྲེང་བ Wyl. phreng ba, "Trengwa" ) are usually 108 beads; [6] sometimes 111 including the guru bead(s), reflecting the words of the Buddha called in Tibetan the Kangyur (Wylie: Bka'-'gyur) in 108 volumes. Zen priests wear juzu (a ring of prayer beads) around their wrists, which consists of ...

  7. Misbaha - Wikipedia

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    Black Misbaha . A Misbaha (Arabic: مِسْبَحَة, romanized: misbaḥa), subḥa (Arabic: سُبْحَة) (Arabic and Urdu), tusbaḥ (), tasbīḥ (Arabic: تَسْبِيح) (Iran, India, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia), or tespih (Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian) is prayer beads often used by Muslims for the tasbih, the recitation of ...

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