Numerological significance of number 108

Posted on 29/11/2016 I by: Navneeta

The number 108 is considered a scared number in a wide variety of fields such as Geometry, Arithmetic, Architecture, Physics, Astronomy or Spirituality. Here are a few numerological significances of this holy number.

Digits 1, 0 and 8 in itself.  1 stands for God or higher Truth, 0 stands for emptiness or completeness and 8 stands for infinity or eternity.

Yogic tradition on the other hand suggests there are 108 pithas or sacred sites in India. There are also 108 Upanishads and 108 marma points or sacred places of the body.

Vedic culture opines 108 as a number of the wholeness of existence. The average distance of the Sun and the Moon to Earth is 108 times their respective diameters thus connecting Sun, Moon, and Earth.

Many theorists believe that there are 108 feelings: 36 relating to the past, 36 relating to the present and 36 relating to the future.

There are said to be 108 virtues to cultivate and defilements to avoid 108 in Buddhism.

There are said to be 108 earthly desires in mortals, 108 lies that humans tell and 108 human delusions or forms of ignorance.

In astrology, there are 12 constellations and 9 arc segments called chandrakalas. 9 times 12 equal 108. Chandra is moon and kalas are the divisions within a whole.

River Ganga that is considered sacred in Hinduism spans a longitude of 12 degrees and latitude of 9 degrees. 12 times 9 equal 108.

According to Chinese astrology, there are 108 sacred stars.