String of beads used in various religious traditions
For the plant sometimes commonly known as prayer bead, see Abrus precatorius.
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The image depicts several Christian prayer beads; from left to right are a Roman Catholic Dominican rosary, a Lutheran Wreath of Christ, a set of Anglican prayer beads, a Western Christian Pater Noster cord, and a Coptic Orthodox mequteria.
Prayer beads are a form of beadwork used to count the repetitions of prayers, chants, or mantras by members of various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Umbanda, Islam, Sikhism, the Baháʼí Faith, and some Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Common forms of beaded devotion include the mequteria in Oriental Orthodox Christianity, the chotki or komposkini or prayer rope in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the Wreath of Christ in Lutheran Christianity, the Dominican rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic Christianity, the dhikr (remembrance of God) in Islam, the japamala in Buddhism and Hinduism, and the Jaap Sahib in Sikhism.
Baháʼí prayerbeads consist of either 95 beads or 19 beads, which are strung with the addition of five beads below. The Sikh Mala also has 108 beads. The...
cross on Anglican prayerbead sets is a single bead called the "invitatory" bead, which brings the total of beads to thirty-three. The beads used can be made...
or simply mala (Sanskrit: माला; mālā, meaning 'garland') is a loop of prayerbeads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism...
Protestant prayerbeads may refer to: Anglican prayerbeads, used by Anglicans and other Protestants, such as Methodists Wreath of Christ, used by Lutherans...
when referring to the prayerbeads as an object, it is written with a lower-case initial letter (e.g. "a rosary bead"). The prayers that compose the Rosary...
Greek and Cypriot culture. Unlike the similar prayerbeads used in many religious traditions, worry beads have no religious or ceremonial purpose. Modern...
a loop, and a few beads at certain intervals between the knots (usually every 10 or 25 knots) for ease in counting. Longer prayer ropes frequently have...
Elaeocarpus specifically, Elaeocarpus ganitrus. These stones serve as prayerbeads for Hindus (especially Shaivas), Buddhists and Sikhs. When they are ripe...
Anglican prayerbeads (also called "the Anglican Rosary") by some Anglicans and members of other Christian denominations began in the 1980s. This bead set...
can also be recited on Anglican prayerbeads. The chaplet may also be said without beads, usually by counting prayers on the fingertips, and may be accompanied...
threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 millimeter (0.039 in) to over 1 centimeter (0.39 in) in diameter. Beads represent some of the earliest...
conjunction with the innovation of Anglican prayerbeads (Rev. Lynn Bauman in the mid-1980s). The prayer has been widely taught and discussed throughout...
Companions"". sahih-bukhari.com. Dubin, L. S. (2009). "PrayerBeads". In C. Kenney (Ed.), The History of Beads: From 100,000 B.C. to the Present. Revised and...
traditions of using prayerbeads as tools in devotional meditation. Most prayerbeads and Christian rosaries consist of pearls or beads linked together by...
set of prayerbeads developed in 1995 by Swedish Evangelical Lutheran bishop emeritus Martin Lönnebo. The Wreath of Christ contains 18 beads, which are...
the Quran or hadith. It may be counted with either one's fingers or prayerbeads, and may be performed alone or with a collective group. A person who...
the meditative repetition of a mantra, usually with the aid of a mala (prayerbeads). Mantras serve a central role in the Indian tantric traditions, which...
and called Paternoster beads) is a set of prayerbeads used in Christianity to recite the 150 Psalms, as well as the Lord's Prayer. As such, Paternoster...
There are around 150 surviving examples; most are spherical rosary beads (known as prayer nuts), statuettes, skulls, or coffins; some 20 are in the form of...
Many of these prayers are either quotes from the Bible, or set traditional texts. Prayer books as well as tools such as prayerbeads such as chaplets...
Prayer Wheel Rolling metal prayer wheels circling the Swayambhunath stupa, Kathmandu Maṇḍala Pradakshina Buddhist prayerbeads Stupa Tibetan prayer flag...
women, especially during prayer and worship), icons of Jesus Christ and prayerbeads, among other religious articles specific to the individual's Christian...
Bihar features two swastikas in front of a picture of a Bodhi tree with prayerbeads. And the foundation base is brick where the Urdu word for "Bihar," بہار...
synthetic resin in rod form for making beads. These beads are now rare, but rarer still are the handmade beads of Arava Faturan's time. The first Bakelite...
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