[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.583 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.583 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.583 - **Language:** English ### [c9.583](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.583) 3) The mode of wearing Rudrākṣa. He who wears thirty-two rudrākṣas on the neck, forty on the head, six on each ear, twelve on each hand, sixteen on each of the upper arms, one on each eye, one on the lock of hair, and one hundred and eight on the chest is really Śrī Nīlakaṇṭha Paramaśiva Himself. - [Previous: c9.582](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.582) - [Next: c9.584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.584) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.583](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.583) · Pramāṇa