Dear Gunnar,

Thank you for your email.

> In Burma, I have seen for sale two kinds of rosaries:
> one with 32 beads (supposably for "kesa loma
> nakhaa...")

Could you tell me what is "kesa ..." for the use of rosary-chant?
Thank you.

Thomas Law

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@...> wrote:
>
> --- thomaslaw03 <thomaslaw03@...> skrev:
>
> > In the book, An Introduction to Buddhism, the author
> > (Peter Harvey)
> > states that rosaries are used in Southern Buddhism
> > to count off
> > repeated chants as a mantra
>
> In Burma, I have seen for sale two kinds of rosaries:
> one with 32 beads (supposably for "kesa loma
> nakhaa..."), and one with 108; I don't know how this
> longer one is mainly used.
>
> I can't remember having seen rosaries in Ceylon or
> Siam; I haven't visited Laos and Cambodia.
>
> Gunnar
>