[Advaita-l] Why holy mantras are chanted 108 times and not anyother number of times?

[Ananth Padmanabhan]

I remember reading that 108 signifies the 108 nadis in our body and the chanting of 108 times signify the nadis to be in their 'yathAsthAnam' so that they resonate with the SELF.

> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 07:35:59 -0800
> From: sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com
> To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Why holy mantras are chanted 108 times and not	anyother number of times?
> 
> 108 is the ratio of the distance between the Earth and the Sun divided by the diameter of the Sun. Similarly 108 is also the ratio of the distance between the Moon and the Earth divide by the diameter of the Moon. The ancient seers saw some significance in the number 108.
> 1008 times chanting is also important and the number 1008 has some other significance.
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/8/10, Dr. Yadu Moharir <ymoharir at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Dr. Yadu Moharir <ymoharir at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Why holy mantras are chanted 108 times and not anyother number of times?
> To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Friday,
>  January 8, 2010, 5:55 AM
> 
> Namste Ramesh:
>  
> Some interesting thoughts on 108:
>  
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)
>  
> http://www.salagram.net/108meaning.html
>  
> http://www.swamij.com/108.htm
> 
> Hope this helps
>  
> Dr. Yadu
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/8/10, Michael Shepherd <michael at shepherd87.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Michael Shepherd <michael at shepherd87.fsnet.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Why holy mantras are chanted 108 times and not
>  anyother number of times?
> To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 6:29 AM
> 
> 
> Ramesh, pranams
> 
> Mantra and japa are complex subjects, with various numbers and speeds
> mentioned. The online Hindupedia has attempted to sum up the subject; but
> there are many traditions.
> 
> On the number 108, regarded as special and sometimes said to be derived from
> jyotisha, mathematicians might note (and I can't give a further explanation
> !), that 108 happens to be 1 to the power of one (i.e.1) times 2 to the
> power of two (i.e.4) times three to the power of three (i.e. 27).
> 
> Michael
> 
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> RAMANAN
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> Subject: [Advaita-l] Why holy mantras are chanted 108 times and not
> anyother number of times?
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Learned List members,
>  
> Pranams, 
>  Can the learned members of the board clarify this doubt of mine please? 
> Why are Holy Manthras chanted 108 Times? why not any other number? Thanks
> and pranams once again, Ramesh
>  Ramanan.
> 
> 
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