Re: Significance of the digit *1*?

• Subject: Re: Significance of the digit *1*?
• From: Mukti Parupudi <pp002963@interramp.com>
• Date: 2 Nov 1995 02:22:43 GMT
• Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
• Article: 491 of soc.religion.hindu
• Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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• References: <473csb$884@babbage.ece.uc.edu>

pankaj@lexis-nexis.com (Pankaj Dhingra) wrote:
>
> Maybe this is a cultural thing, but I will ask anyways:
> 
> What is the significance of the digit 1? When giving gifts
> or donations, the value always seems to end in a *1*. i.e.
> $1, $21, $101, $501, and so on.
> 
> Just wondering,

My two cents:

In Andhra Pradesh, it is a different custom. It is 116, 1116, etc.
I personally use the number 108 since it is a sacred number, being
the number of beads on a japa mala.

Cheers
Mukti

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