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Rudraksha
Rudraksha: The VedicWe Guide to the Sacred Bead
Tradition, the fourteen faces, genuine beads, care and a simple daily practice.
An honest buyer's guide to the rudraksha. This printable workbook shows you how to spot carved, glued, dyed and moulded fakes, why the water and coin tests prove nothing, and what a lab report should show. It also covers the fourteen mukhi as the Śaiva texts describe them, plus choosing, stringing, care and a five-minute daily practice. A 128-page PDF in US Letter size, delivered as a digital download.
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What Rudraksha Is • The Elaeocarpus tree, its blue fruit and the seed inside • How the faces (mukhi) are counted In the Śaiva Tradition • The Śiva Purāṇa and the Rudrākṣajābāla Upaniṣad, with short Sanskrit quotations in Devanagari and IAST and our own translations Mukhi: The Faces • One page for each of the fourteen mukhi, reporting what the texts say and clearly labelled as tradition • Later additions to the lore are marked as later Genuine or Not • Look-alike seeds, carved extra lines, glued "joined" beads, filled, dyed and polished beads, and moulded resin • Why the water, coin, boiling and milk tests prove nothing • What laboratory X-ray imaging can and cannot show, and how to read a certificate • Questions to ask any seller, a home check with a lens and a lamp, a buying checklist and a pocket card Choosing, Stringing & Care • Choosing a bead, and stringing a mala or pendant step by step • Gentle cleaning, oiling and storage Wearing with Respect • Wearing customs, shown neutrally where lineages differ A Simple Daily Practice • A five-minute morning practice and a seven-day settling-in sequence Workbook & Quick Reference • A bead record, seller-questions and home-check logs, a care log and a seven-day tracker • Quick-reference cards and a verse index Shop-neutral, and offered for cultural and educational purposes. It makes no promises of particular outcomes. Format: 128-page PDF, US Letter, digital download, printable workbook pages.