Definitions
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- noun A large
evergreen broad-leaved tree whose seed is traditionally used for prayerbeads inHinduism . - noun A bead chain or
mala made from it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A Hindu holy man wearing a hat studded with "rudraksha" garlands, queued up to register for the pilgrimage, Tuesday.
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A Hindu holy man wearing a hat studded with "rudraksha" garlands, queued up to register for the pilgrimage, Tuesday.
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In the center of the sheet was a single pink pearl, the size of a rudraksha seed.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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In the center of the sheet was a single pink pearl, the size of a rudraksha seed.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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In the center of the sheet was a single pink pearl, the size of a rudraksha seed.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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A stagnant room, white plastered walls, incense teasing a tattered picture of her husband, rudraksha beads wrapped around her fingers.
Mallika Chopra: What Happened in Mumbai is Very Personal 2009
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They use a rosary of rudraksha or of coral beads, but of no greater length than can be concealed in the hand, or they keep it in
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The website www. ommrudraksha.com dealing with genuine rudraksha items.
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Once down the hill we hit the religious stores where i purchased some peacock feathers used for smudge ceremony, a little photograph of Shiva on his leopard skin for my kombi van and some rudraksha mala beads.
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He gifted me some mantras and then offered me a rudraksha talisman.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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