The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.2
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.2
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Akṣamālā or Mālā, is the string of beads such as is carried by the Roman Catholic priests. The beads consist of a kind of dried fruit, called in Sanskrit, Rudrākṣa. It may be made with other material also, such as crystals, etc.