[Y-Indology] number 108

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I think that it's at least partly because it's such a mathematically

satisfying number, 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3. It's divisible by 2, 3, 4, 6,

9, 12, 18, 27, and 54. It occurs in Indian astrology as the number

of navAMzas in the zodiac, which are 9ths of signs and also quarters

of nakSatras, so reconciling the solar and lunar systems.

 

Valerie J Roebuck

Manchester, UK

 

 

>Someone has asked me why 108 is considered such an auspicous number.

>Would any of the list members know the answer to this.

>Thanks,

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>Harry Spier

>371 Brickman Rd.

>Hurleyville, New York

>USA 12747