On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_%28number%29#In_Eastern_religions_.26_traditions> Hm. This seems to be more of an iteration of the places in which 108 is used and a *possible* theory about 108, than any definitive explanation. Deepa.
