Significance of 108 in Ancient Indian Scriptures and Vedas Upanishads

Significance of 108 in Ancient Indian Scriptures (Vedas Upanishads)

1). 108 chapters of the Rig Veda

2). 108 Upanishads

3). 108 primary Tantras

4). Sanskrit language comprises of 54 letters, each with a masculine (Shiva) and feminine (Shakti) form, 54 x 2 = 108

5). In Ayurveda, there are 108 sacred places.

6). As per Astronomy,

     a). Diameter of the sun is approximately 108 times that of earth.

    b). Distance from our planet to its solar star is, on average, 108 times the diameter of the sun.

   c). Similar parallel relationship also exists between the earth and the moon.

7). Semi-perfect number, divisible by most of the single digit numbers (excepting 5, 7 & 8).

8). 108 mantra japa & yoga asana.

9). the hyperfactorial of 3 since it is of the form {(1^1)*(2^2)*(3^3)}

10). Angle in degrees of the interior angles of a regular pentagon in Euclidean space.

11). 9 dozen

12). Lord Krishna in Brindavan had 108 followers known as gopikas.