What do you know, Wikipedia has it all. And its not just tamils, the Japanese and Cambodians have similar traditions (no doubt borrowed from south india when bodhidhamma went into japan, and the chola and pallava kings were ruling most of south east asia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)#In_Eastern_religions_.26_traditions > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Venkat Mangudi > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 1:01 PM > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] does somebody know people doing research on > traditional music at Kerala? > > Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > In the rich tradition of silken thread drift, I wonder if someone can > > explain the special significance of the numbers 108 and 1008 in Tamil > > tradition. > > > Is there a traditional significance? I just thought that it rolled off > the tongue pretty easily that saying 10[1-7,9]. But I might be very > wrong. > > Venkat
