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<nowiki>Yapa mala; hindu imafüzér; જપમાળા; Japamala; Mala; جاپ مالا; 印度教念珠; Mala; მალა; 数珠; Japa mala; Japamala; Джапа-мала; जपमाला; Mala (buddhalaisuus); Ĝapamalo; ஜெபமாலை; Mālā; জপমালা; Mâlâ; Japamala; Джапа-мала; Mala; Japamala; Japa mala; Mala; Japamala; ಜಪಮಾಲೆ; japa mala; Japamala; جابامالا; Japa mala; មាលា; ヒンドゥー教や仏教で用いられる道具; objet de prière; hindusikt radband; Чётки для подсчета чтения мантр в индийских религиях; भारतीय प्रार्थना मनका स्ट्रिंग; Perlenkette zum Gebet im Hinduismus und im Buddhismus; pearl necklace for praying in the Hinduism and Buddhism; ভারতীয় ধর্মে আধ্যাত্মিক অনুশীলনের মালা; vallási fogalom; இந்து, பௌத்த சமயத்தினர் தியானத்தின்போது பயன்படுத்தும் மணி மாலை; Akshamala; Juzu; Japa mala; Akṣamālā; Aksamala; Japa; ジャパマーラー; マントラ数珠; マーラー; ヨガ・マーラー; Mālā; Japa Mala; Japamaala; Różaniec indyjski; Różaniec tybetański; Japa mala; Hindoeistisch gebedssnoer; Hindoeïstisch gebedssnoer; Japa-mala; Джапа мала; Мала; Juzu; Zuzu; dzsapa-málá; málá; ჯაპა; Japa malā; Mālā; Cuentas para rezar; Malā; Japamala; Mala; Japa mala; Japa-mālā; Japa mālā; Mantra yapa; Cuentas de plegaria; Japa mala</nowiki>
Japamala 
pearl necklace for praying in the Hinduism and Buddhism
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Japa mala or mala (Sanskrit:माला; mālā, meaning 'garland') are a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists, usually made from 108 beads, though other numbers, usually divisible by 9, are also used. Malas are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity. This practice is known in Sanskrit as japa.

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