Made to order, count about ten days of preparation after purchase Mala, Buddhist wrist rosary composed of 11 South African hawk's eye beads 16 mm in diameter. Finishing bead and disc in vegetal ivory (corrosol) from South America. Traditional cord representing the 5 colors of the 5 meditation Buddhas (Dhyani Buddhas). Made to order The mala, trengwa, in Tibetan is the Buddhist rosary, the object whose monk (or even the lay practitioner) almost never separates, holding him to the hand or wraps around the wrist. The mala is first of all a utilitarian object: it serves as a tactile support for the recitation of mantras, at the same time as it is used to count them if one has set himself the task of repeating a definite number of them. The different components contain each a symbolic meaning specify: The large pearl (or head of Buddha) which closes the circle represents the knowledge of emptiness. The small cone above it is the mark of emptiness itself. As a gemologist graduated from the National Institute of Gemmology in Paris, all our stones are appraised and certified. As Malakara, we make all of our malas ourselves scrupulously respecting tradition.