Rosary: ​​how to twist, species

What is a rosary beetle? How to twist this object? What are they needed for? There are many questions. Let's understand.

So, what is the need for a rosary and what is it generally? This is a special tool known in various religious and spiritual practices, which is used to concentrate the spiritual energy of its owner. With such a deep mystical meaning, this item looks modest: beads strung on silk thread or string.

What should you orient yourself to, buying your rosary beads? The types of this object are exactly what you need to pay attention to when choosing them yourself. The number of beads and their sizes depend on exactly what religious tradition belongs to the owner of this subject.

History of the beads

Now we know what the beads are. How to twist correctly, we'll figure it out a little later. Now let's talk about their history. This object has come to us from the East. The first mention of the beads is found in the Indian legends of the second millennium BC. Even then they were used to help focus on reading sacred verses or other sacred texts.

The first rosary was made from leather cord,which tied knots at an equal distance from each other, most often it was the width of the finger, so that it would be convenient to stroke such a string with one hand.

A little later they began to string on the cordberries, wooden brusochki, grain. Finally, the main material for the creation of steel beads, and the shape was chosen spherical, since it is these rosaries that are most convenient to twist. Beads were made from various types of wood or were ground out of stone, semiprecious minerals.

The very name in Russian comes fromroot "even", as in the words "read" and "count". The tradition to use this object came to Russia in the late Middle Ages through the monastic Orthodox tradition.

Hindu Beads

There are 108 beads in these beads. But their composition is heterogeneous. So, after 36 beads on a row, a knot can be knotted, playing the role of a divider, or the 36th bead will differ from others in size. In the same way, the "grains" of the rosaries in the row after the 72rd bead are separated. The last bead is also different from the others. It closes the circle, and from it small brushes of lace threads are produced.

Why do we need beads? This subject of spiritual practice in India is an attribute of several deities, and above all Brahma and Shiva. The main material for the production of beads is different types of wood. Wear these long beads around the neck, combining them into a ring, try to wrap the lace with beads around the neck as much as possible three times.

Buddhist beads

In the classical version, in these beads - again 108 beads, according to the number of mantras necessary for reading. The main difference from Hindu:

• the last golden bead, personifies the Buddha;
• Do not produce brushes from the thread of the cord;
• the cord itself consists of five kinds of thread, which symbolize 5 elements, as is customary in eastern mysticism.

Also in Buddhism it is allowed to wear rosaries and withless number of "grains". They can have 54, 27 or 21 beads. Very rarely - 18 beads. Also in Buddhism, it is customary to wear long ornaments in a special bag, and short ones on the wrist. They are called - metacarpals. In Buddhism, the rosary may be wooden, bone or carved from semi-precious stones.

Christian version of the beads

In this religious tradition, rosaries got muchlater than in Eastern religions. They appeared in the fourth century AD. The number of "grains" and the meaning of use vary depending on which church tradition the owner of beads belongs to. What is the difference between Catholic and Orthodox beads? How many beads in both, and in others? Now this will be discussed.

Orthodox beads

How many beads are in orthodox beads? In them there is a different number of them. The classical version is 33 pieces, this is the number of years that Christ lived on Earth. But there may be a different number of grains, a multiple of 12. So, there are rosaries in 24 or 36 parts. Every 12 grains are separated by a boundary in the form of a knot. However, in the initial version of the rosary, which was called a vertex and consisted only of nodes, there should have been 103 elements.

Later, it was tradition to decorate the place of connection with a cross or a small icon of a saint who patronizes a person. Such beads are needed for counting the prayers read.

The Catholic version

Catholics rosary are called "rosary", in it 50beads, divided into ten pieces. Their monks wore on their belts. The object was also decorated with a cross or a brush. There are other variants of the number of beads in the Catholic tradition. The main thing is that it must be a multiple of ten. The smallest ones are the beads. It's only 10 beads, connected in a ring, which you can put on your finger.

Rosary in Islam

In this tradition, the number of grains should beis a multiple of 11, since it is from so many parts that the Muslim prayer is composed. The rods are closed in a ring, there is an oblong bead at the junction, often with a tassel. If they have 33 or 99 beads, and this is the maximum allowed number, since Allah has as many names, then every 11 beads are separated, for example, by smaller grains.

Secular rosary beads

In the last two centuries, rosaries began to be used not only for prayers and the repetition of sacred texts. Today it is:

• stylish decoration;
• help in meditation;
• tool in the treatment of traditional medicine;
• way to focus on an important issue.

In fact, having come to the world, the rosary has not lost its original meaning - they are still needed to help its owner concentrate on something: in fact, rest or treatment.

Greek rosary beads

This is a very special kind of rosary. They are used exclusively for throwing in the hands and are called "combos." This is 20 beads that are connected in a circle, but they can have any decorations. Sometimes the combos are joined by a string or their lace is much longer than a string of beads. How to twist the Greek rosary, it is not easy to explain, because there are many different practices of throwing a combo. It is important to toss the beads around the free part of the lace in various intricate ways.

Cambodians give their owner status, and therefore they are striving to make from expensive materials, most often from semiprecious stones, pearls or amber.

Some interesting facts

Any beads are different from ordinary beads precisely because the "grains" are placed on the cord freely, so that they are more convenient to sort through.

Here you have got yourself a rosary. How to twist this set of beads? In the world, rosaries are usually handled with one hand. To do this, put on a string with beads on the edge of the palm, and thumb throws "grain", slightly pushing each of them into the side of the index finger. And when you read the prayers, the rosaries are twisted with two hands, permanently focusing on each bead while the sacred text is spoken.

In the Middle Ages, the priest, only the pastrite of tonsure, handed rosaries as a symbolic weapon of faith. And in the common Christian tradition, the monk-rasstrigi, that is, refused the ministry of the priest, the rosary was selected along with the cross.

Now you know what the beads are. How to twist, or rather, sort these beads and what they are for, we also tried to tell in detail. Now you can go for a purchase!