Seeds from a tree sacred to Shiva, often strung as beads for malas. Legend has it that the rudraksha seed was created from the tears of Lord Rudra, thus endowing it with great spiritual power.
Marble-sized, multi-faced, reddish-brown seeds from the Eleocarpus ganitrus, or blue marble tree, which are sacred to Shiva and a symbol of his compassion for humanity.
seeds from a tree known to be sacred to Shiva. Often strung as beads on a string and worn as a mala (necklace)
the sacred beads often worn by Holy People and Deities. It is a very beautiful bead with a natrual ornamental pattern, often depicted in repeat patterns of circles with diagonal stripes on sari borders.
Sacred beads. Seeds of a tree (glaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb) found mostly in the Himalayan region. According to the legend, a tear from Lord Shiva fell to Earth and from it grew the Rudhraksha tree. Known to have many medicinal and transcendental qualities, a rudhraksha mala is one of the few possessions of an Indian spiritual seeker.
Rudraksha is commonly used to mean the seeds of the rudraksha tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus. The Rudraksha is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree which grows in the area from the Gangetic Plain to the foothills of Himalayas. Rudraksha trees are also found in middle areas of Nepal.
