Sandalwood Mala 10mm Beads with Light Orange Tassel

Hand-knotted Sandalwood mala with light orange silk tassel measures. 10mm measures 48 inches long (inner diameter).   Sandalwood mala meaning: Hand-carved 108 Sandalwood beads.  A mala is primarily used as meditation or prayer beads, each bead marking the repetition of a prayer. The sandalwood beads have a natural fragrance and are knotted on light orange silk.  As this mala was hand-carved and assembled, bead sizes may vary slightly.   Prayer beads are called malas in Buddhism.  They are like necklaces, but made to certain specifications and used for the purpose of meditation and prayer.  Sometimes they are called malas necklace in the west  Malas are now a part of popular culture and are worn as necklaces as a fashion element. Malas meaning A mala is made up of beads that you hold, one at a time, to recite a mantra.  There are 108 beads to hold so the mantra gets repeated 108 times.  This practice is called sādhanā in Buddhism.  The idea is that using the malas beads to track the nu