Guest guest Posted November 24, 2001 Report Share Posted November 24, 2001 Dear frater_mercurius,<br>Rudrakshah,coral,simple woodon beadscan be used in a mala.<br>Rudrakash is suoppese to be used more for malas.<br>The mala can be woven into a thread made out of cotton,silver and gold.Every mala has it's different use.It depends on the use, if you are going to use it for japa the one with thread can be used,if for medicinal use you can go for silver or gold.<br>As for your other questions I will let you know that ASAP.<br>warm regards,<br>have a nice day.<br>ayurbud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2001 Report Share Posted November 25, 2001 Thank you for your reply.<br>As I mentioned, I don't know Sanscrit (yet). Can you explain why mala is translated into English as meaning both a rosary (beads) and in Ayurveda as wastes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2001 Report Share Posted November 26, 2001 Dear frater_mercurius,<br>I know about your questions and I think you must have got some of the answers too.<br>This is about your querry where you have asked about the word MALA. I should tell you this very frankly that MALA=rosary and MALA=Waste(As in Ayurved) are two different words.<br> First one is MAALA and the next one is MALA.<br>Due to this additional phonetic 'A' in the first word makes it a rosary.<br>Prasad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2001 Report Share Posted November 26, 2001 Thank you Prasad! I now uderstand that the additional 'A' is the difference. This is unfortunately left out alot when translated into English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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