Malas or Rosaries http://www.shivashakti.co http://www.shivashakti.com/mala.htm m/mala.htm As Brahma, Vishnu Vishnu and Maheshvara, Maheshvara, God is not conscious conscious of a Trinity; Trinity; As the rose rose knows nothing nothing of its fragrance, Men Men do not know their their own Divinity Divinity - Dust and Bones, Dadaji Malas (rosaries) are an integral part of puja ﾧ, being used to count the mantra recited to the devata
installed in image or yantra. According According to Devirahasya ﾧ, the classic Tantrika rosaries are made of conch shell, pearls, rodhra (symplocos racemosa), crystal, rudraksha, tulsi (basil), rubies, gold, lotus seeds, skull bone!teeth. "ne should commence by purifying oneself, doing the usual nyasas ﾧ, opening the temple, and making the rosary. The number of beads may be #$, %& or ' but there is al*ays an e+tra bead inserted called the meru, so that one kno*s *hen the cycle is finished. reath should then be installed in the rosary. Again, according to the Devirahasya ﾧ, the seer of the purification purification is -alagnirudra, the metre metre is Anushtubh, Anushtubh, hmashana hairavi, the /ight of Time, Time, the 0reat 1layful "ne adorned *ith 2uman kulls is the devata. 2sau is the ija, Thah is the hakti, 2rah is the 1eg, and the object is the purification of the rosary. After installing breath, the rosary should be bathed *ith the appropriate pure substances (upachara). The mantras given in Devirahasya ﾧ are3 4onch3 "m hrim hrim "m hankhini "m hrim "m. 1earl3 "m 2rim 2rim "m Muktamalini Muktamalini hrim hrim vaha. 5odhra3 "m trim "m 5audre 5odhramalini ah vaha. 4rystal3 "m Ah 2ram 2ram Arkamale 2ram vaha. 5udraksha3 "m Ah hrim 2rim 5um 5udrakshamalini huddha hava vaha. Tulsi3 "m hrim "m trim Tulasi 6aishnavi 6aushad vaha. 5uby3 "m Trom Dhum Manimale Manohare vaha. 0old3 "m hrim Trim Aim -lim auh uvarnamale auh. 7otus eed3 "m 1rim "m 1adma Akshamalini 2sauh vaha. kull!Teeth3 2rim hrim -lim 2ram auh Dantamale Mundamale 1rim trim 2sauh vaha. After purifying the rosary *ith the appropriate mantra, one should then use it, using one8s root mantra, and *orshipping it *ith scent, flo*ers 9c. Then one should pronounce the follo*ing great mantra3 "m Male Male Mahamale arvatattvasvarupini arvatattvasvarupini 4aturvargastvayi 4aturvargastvayi /yastastasmanme iddhida hava vaha. ("m, " 5osary, 5osary, 5osary, 0reat 5osary, the true form of all things, place in me the :our Aims of Mankind. 0ive siddhi; vaha ) "ne should then close the rite in the usual tantrika fashion, placing the breath in the heart again 9c.
