Category:Mala (prayer beads)

**Japamala**
	pearl necklace for praying in the Hinduism and Buddhism
	Upload media
	Wikipedia
Instance of	religious concept;
Facet of	Hinduism; Buddhism;
Said to be the same as	Japamala
Authority file
	Q1336519;
	Reasonator; Scholia; PetScan; statistics; WikiMap; Locator tool; KML file; Search depicted;

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.

Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

B

Buddhist prayer beads‎ (2 C, 174 F)

H

Hindu prayer beads‎ (1 C, 9 F)

Media in category "Mala (prayer beads)"

This category contains only the following file.

Gayatri japa.jpg 1,903 × 2,535; 900 KB

Category:Mala (prayer beads)

Subcategories

B

H

Media in category "Mala (prayer beads)"

Navigation menu