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19c Chinese quartz & amethyst MALA BUDDHIST ROSARY

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Original price was: $110.00.Current price is: $66.00.

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Late Qing Dynasty (1890s to 1911) Chinese / Tibetan mala – Buddhist rosary consisting of 108 faceted white quartz beads and 4 amethyst ones that serve as spacers dividing the prayer beads into groups of 27 each. Traditionally Buddhist rosary of 108 even-sized beads is used for mantra recitation. The thread represents the continuity of the buddhadharma piercing the 108 worldly passions. The mantras are recited to accomplish the four karmas or enlightened activities of pacifying, enriching, magnetizing, and destroying. On completion of a full cycle of 108 mantras recitations, the mala is turned around and the next mantra cycle is counted in reversed order along the beads. The mala appears to be restrung recently, but the beads themselves are old, with wonderful warm patina from handling. Length when stretched 13.75 inches (without tassel), total length 27.5 inches, quartz bead diameter is 6.5 mm. Fits very nicely around a neck or a wrist, very pleasant to the touch, very nice object for scholar’s table or a practicing Buddhist.

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