Why 108 is considered auspicious and sacred in Hinduism ?
Ever wondered, why 108 is considered as auspicious and sacred number. No it is not by chance , it actually conveys a large meaning with simple but extremely advanced logic.
As you must be aware that there are 27 Nakshatra or Constellations, representing the immediate Universe or our galaxy and each Nakshatra represents various manifestation of God, additionally, each Nakshatra has 4 Pada representing 4 Objective of Dharma meaning Right Act, Artha meaning Economic Prosperity, Kama meaning Desire Fulfillment, Moksha meaning Eternal Liberation.
These Pada also represent 4 Tatva ( Elements - Fir,Earth, Air , Water) . Dharma represents Fire, Artha represents Earth, Kama represents Air and Moksha represents Water , additionally each of 4 direction represents specific Pada, Element and Objective which also is foundation of Vaastu Shastra ( Architecture Design)
These Pada are also generally identified in Hindi by Paav,Foot, Charan and in layman language termed as of of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron.
108, thus, represents possible unique combination of all Pada in 27 Nakshatra (108= 27*4) and representing all manifestation of God .
Accordingly, the concept of Jyotish was also build where 9 Planets were placed in 12 zodiacs (108 divided by 9 is 12) and off these 12 house or Rashi (Zodiac Sign) , 3 each are allocated to Dharma, Arth , Kama , Moksha.
Impressively, 3 each also has meaning which represent three Guna or Nature- Satvik meaning Pure and filled with Goodness , Rajsik meaning Passion and Action oriented towards desire fulfillment, Tamsik meaning destruction, resistance, inertia, ignorance.
Thus 108 also represents possible combination of 3 Guna , 4 Objectives and 9 Planets ( 3*4*9= 108).
108 is highly auspicious number and important in Jyotish, Zodiac Sign and evolution of 12 Months and Vastu Shastra.
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