Mala Sandeltre - Mala Sandalwood 108 beads 5mm 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 photograph is an example of stock.  Malas Malas are used to keep count of recited mantras and simultaneously deepen one s concentration through the moving of the beads. The different materials that Malas are made of carry a specific effect. According to tradition, each Mala has 108 beads.     Malas används när man reciterar mantran för att räkna och samtidigt fördjupa koncentrationen genom att manuellt förflytta pärlorna. De är 70 cm och har 108 pärlor. Finns i bergkristall, rosenkvarts och ametist