Handmade in Nepal
	
Length: Approx. 17"
	
Beads: 108
	
Bead Size: 6mm
 
Malas or Buddhsit prayer beads are similar to other prayer beads used in various world religions. Malas are used to keep track while one recites, chants, or mentally repeats a mantra or the name or names of a deity. Malas are used as a tool to keep count of mantra repetitions. Mantras are spiritual syllables or prayers and are usually repeated many times.In  Buddhism, one mala constitutes 100 recitations of a mantra and each mala or prayer beads have 108 beads.