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The Significance of 108 in Indian Cosmology


September 24, 2020 Authored by: Subhash Kak

I ultimately found the answer to the mystery of these numbers while
researching early astronomy. I discovered that the Indians correctly
estimated this to be the distance between the Earth and the in
Sun-diameter units, and the distance between the Earth and the Moon in Moon-diameter units.

An esoteric and very interesting number in Indian cosmology is 108. The
usual explanation given for its importance is its relationship to the
number 18, as evidenced by the eighteen Puranas, and the eighteen
chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, with the number 108 obtained from 18 by
slipping a zero in between 1 and 8, doing this again leading to 1,008.
But this explanation isn’t quite satisfactory. Why is 18 holy, to begin
with? And if it is, why doesn’t slipping a zero in between 1 and 8
destroy that holiness? If it doesn’t for whatever reason, leading to 108
and 1,008 in two stages, why doesn’t it lead to 10,008 and other larger numbers?

Another theory is that 108 is 27 times 4, that is, 27 naksatras
(constellations in the Moon’s monthly circuit) multiple by the four
cardinal directions. While this is interesting, in reality, the Moon
takes 27 1/3 days to complete its circuit, and not exactly 27.

I ultimately found the answer to the mystery of these numbers while
researching early astronomy. I discovered that the Indians correctly
estimated this to be the distance between the Earth and the in
Sun-diameter units, and the distance between the Earth and the Moon in Moon-diameter units.

Three facts that any book on astronomy will verify are the following
excellent approximations:

Distance between Earth and Sun = 108 times Sun-diameter,
Distance between Earth and Moon = 108 times Moon-diameter, and,
most remarkably,
Diameter of the Sun = 108 times the Earth diameter.

The knowledge of the first two by the Indians shouldn’t surprise,
because these can be calculated by anyone without the need for any
instruments. Take a pole, mark its height, and then remove it to a place
108 times its height. The pole will look exactly of the same angular
size as the Moon or the sun.

I don’t believe the Indians knew the third fact, that is the Sun is 108
times as large as the Earth, because there is no evidence of it in the
old astronomy texts.

Since Indian thought takes the outer cosmology to be mirrored in the
inner cosmology of the human, the number 108 is also taken to represent
the distance from the man’s body to the consciousness within. The chain
of 108 links is held together by 107 joints, which represent the number
of marmas, or weak spots, of the body in Ayurveda.

Each zodiacal sign is divided into nine parts (navamsa), making a total
of 108 parts, each with its own presiding deity. The 108 beads of the
rosary (japamala) must map the steps between the body and the inner Sun.
The devotee, while telling beads, is making a symbolic journey from the physical body to the heavens, or is tracing the motions of the Sun
through its 108 steps.

The number 108 joined to the name, as is done by some abbots, is to
claim that one is a spiritual adept, a master of the journey of 108
steps through the intermediate regions of danger. The other number 1,008
has a slightly different basis. Aryabhata’s astronomy divides the Kalpa
(the day of Brahma) into 1,008 yugas. The use of this number as a title
is to assert that one knows the mystery of time from creation to
annihilation.

The number 108 appears in many settings in the Indian tradition. The
Natya Sastra of Bharata speaks of the 108 Karanas – combined movements
of hand and feet – of dance.

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