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	108 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The number of beads on a Mala (Sanskrit word for a rosary of beads) usually has beads for 108 repetitions of a mantra.
		It is a sacred number in Hinduism used and referred to in a variety of manners.
		It is described in the Srimad Bhagavatam that Krishna dances with 108 'Gopis' (cow-herd girls) in His Vrindavan pastimes, and later marries 16,108 wives in His city of Dwarka.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/108_(number) (370 words)

	Know Your Number- Astrospeak - Indiatimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Number 9 is the only unchanging, ever retaining its value number, For instance, 9 multiplies by all the digits from 1to 9 will still remain 9: 9x1=9; 9x2=18=9; 9x3=27=9; 9x4=36=9 and so on.
		All number 8 people have this strange quality, at times they are the kings and at other times the Paupers, they are adept in changing their values and attitudes conditioned by external circumstances.
		Number 5 is not considered a mere figure or symbol of the number 5 having a specific quantity of 5, it signifies many things: Every one has 5 fingers and 5 toes, 5 Senses, The Buddha outlined 5 Precepts of Conduct: Marital Fidelity, Loyalty, Filial Love, Obedience and Sincerity.
	astrospeak.indiatimes.com /articleshow.cms?msid=11148038 (750 words)

	Why 108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The number 108 has been chosen in these instances, and often forced upon rather unwilling sets as their cardinal number, because it was already a sacred number to begin with.
		It is the number of divisions in the Zodiac in the so-called Navamsha horoscope, a horoscope which Hindu astrologers always calculate along with the basic horoscope, and in which all original positions expressed in angular distance from the beginning point of the Zodiac are multiplied by 9.
		The number 9, therefore, is a movement affecting the movement, i.e.
	koenraadelst.bharatvani.org /articles/misc/why108.html (3902 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The number of gaps 320 inserted into the isochronous cycle 300 is preferably minimized to allow the capacity of the fabric 100 to be used for carrying information-bearing isochronous symbols 316 instead of the place holder gap symbols 320.
		It is the responsibility of each node 108 to preserve a predictable correspondence between a slot number and its occupying isochronous symbol 316, as the isochronous symbol 316 is forwarded from an inbound lane of the node 108 to an outbound lane of the node 108.
		The slot number of a particular isochronous symbol 316 may be altered as it passes through a particular node 108, but that alteration must be consistent for all isochronous symbols 316 that are forwarded through a node 108.
	www.wipo.int /cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=00/28683.000518&ELEMENT_SET=DECL (4980 words)

	108 meaning
		Numerical scale: The 1 of 108, and the 8 of 108, when added together equals 9, which is the number of the numerical scale, i.e.
		Smaller divisions: The number 108 is divided, such as in half, third, quarter, or twelfth, so that some malas have 54, 36, 27, or 9 beads.
		When devotees recite 108 Hanuman Chalisas, in their minds they believe, they are proving their love for God, and that there is in fact a need to prove their love.
	www.salagram.net /108meaning.html (1695 words)

	Meaning of 108 Beads on a Mala
		On a mala, or set of mantra counting beads, there are generally 108 beads, or some fraction of that number.
		However, you may notice that 108 appears to be somewhat like a road map of reality in general, and the human in particular.
		Regardless of the meaning of 108, it is important that if a mala is used to count mantras, the mantra be remembered with sincerity, devotion, feeling, and full attention.
	swamij.com /108.htm (1108 words)

	The Number 108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		108 can be Partitioned 55 times with each term no larger than 2.
		A tradition of Buddhism states that there are 108 Virtues.
		A tradition of Buddhism states that there are 108 Vices.
	www.virtuescience.com /108.html (55 words)

	Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is an easy step since if the number is even, then 2 must divide it, and if not, then 2 doesn't divide it.
		Now, if 2 does divide the number, figure out what the number divided by 2 is. Now, take this number and figure out whether or not 2 divides it.
		We have written 108 as a product of two numbers, one of which is prime.
	mathforum.org /library/drmath/view/58549.html (482 words)

	Subhash Kak's Blog - Subhash Kak web blogs, Subhash Kak blogger in India
		One gentleman told me that its secret lay in the 'holiness' of the number 18, as evidenced by the eighteen Puranas, and the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita; and the number 108 was obtained from 18 by slipping a zero in between, and doing this again led to 1,008.
		Therefore, the number 108 is also taken to represent the 'distance' from the body of the devotee to the God within.
		The number 108 joined to the name is merely a boast that one is a spiritual adept, a master of the journey of 108 steps through the intermediate regions of danger.
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=4372 (1412 words)

	Re: Significance of 9? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is written in Vedas, that 1 Jap corresponds to 1 mala (which has 108 beads), therefore performing jap of 108 malas will result in 100% benefit.
		The addition of digits of number 108 is 9, and number 9 is related with Brahma, that's why 108 is very important, and came into lot of Indian scriptures.
		In Yajurved, Sun is related with Lord Brahma (the number 9), remember - 12 * 9 = 108; therefore for Gods Prayer, the number 108 is very sacred.
	www.hindunet.org /srh_home/1996_2/msg00272.html (437 words)

	element 108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Element 108 - This element was first synthesized and identified in 1984 by the same G.S.I. Darmstadt group who first identified Elements 107 and 109.
		Elements having even atomic numbers are thought to be less stable against spontaneous fusion than odd elements.
		Isotopes of Element 108 were believed to decay by spontaneous fission, explaining why 109 was produced before 108.
	www.speclab.com /elements/108.htm (197 words)

	Indology » Philosophy » philosophy » Why is 108 Holy? on Sulekha Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The symbol-laden number 108 has astronomical origins, it being the average distance of the moon from the earth in terms of the moon's diameter.
		that the numbers 108 and 1080 are lunar numbers associated with the pentagon and he contrasts them with the infamous solar number 666, and the hexagon.
		The formal coincidence of the number characteristics of the dodecahedron with the numerical parameters of the cyclic processes in the Solar system (12-year’s Jupiter cycle, 30-year’s Saturn cycle, 60-year’s basic cycle) was, maybe, the reason why the dodecahedron was chosen as the geometric symbol of the Universe Harmony.
	www.sulekha.com /chpost.asp?forum=philosophy&show=0&cid=38651 (9289 words)

	Section VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some charts are organized by the total number of accidents, which was 772.
		There is a subtotal of 989, which indicates the total number of operators, as 119 vessels involved in accidents did not have operators.
		Other charts are organized by the total number of vessels involved in fatal accidents, which was 56.
	www.dbw.ca.gov /Ar/98/sec6.htm (596 words)

	JASPR Article
		But the results of a number of parapsychological experiments have suggested that experimenter effects may also be psi-mediated; that is, the subject may respond to the wishes and needs of the experimenter over and beyond what he is told by the experimenter and under conditions which rule out the possibility of sense-mediation.
		A chi-square test of the number of hits and misses on the targets of the two experimenters showed that the difference between their results was marginally significant (P =.05).
		He included in the target order a number of ESP symbols which had been stamped in red ink, whereas the subjects proceeded on the assumption that all symbols were stamped in fl ink.
	www.aspr.com /limits.htm (14137 words)

	[No title]
		The Stinson 108 Voyager Prototypes http://personalpages.tdstelme.net/~westin Larry Westin - 12/1/97 Researching the Stinson 108 indicates there were two prototype airplanes.
		Stinson model 108 Voyager 125 Prototype Serial number 1 - NX31519 Stinson model 108 prototype number 1 was first completed on February 12, 1941 as a 3 place model 10A, serial number 7769.
		On June 5, 1945 Stinson sent the CAA a telegram "Request cancellation of Stinson Division Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp Register Number NC-31532 10A Airplane and reassignment of NX-31532 to model 108 type revised 10A airplane." The CAA wanted clarification of the disposition of the original NC31532 and the serial number of NX-31532.
	personalpages.tdstelme.net /~westin/avtext/stn-prt.txt (1336 words)

	AnimeNation News
		Early Hindu religious mathematics determined that the number 108 represented all of existence because 1+0+8 equals 9.
		Buddhist temples in Japan ring the temple bell 108 times at midnight on December 31st of each year to ring in the new year and purify listeners of the 108 evil passions that plague every human.
		In anime, the number 108 also appears in Crying Freeman as the sinister society of 108 Dragons, and Devil Hunter Yohko is the 108th generation demon slayer in her family.
	www.animenation.net /news/askjohn.php?id=1131 (281 words)

	Terminology: The 108 Count (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 108 number is in honor of the 108 martial artists who died for some good cause.
		The number 108 seems to have been borrowed from the Indian Hindu religion, where the number is very popular.
		Today, most versions of the third set have a count of more than 108 movements, but if the duplicate elbow sections are removed, (which don't add any new information to the set), then the count is 108.
	www.wingchun.org /viewpt/one/2/vp1-2s.html (363 words)

	Vedic Astrology Article: The Significance of the Mystical Number 108 by Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A.
		108 was definitely the number of choice for this simple reason: 108 represents the whole of existence.
		Interestingly, if you multiply 9 times ANY number, the answer is always 9 when you add the numbers together.
		The universe is made up of 108 elements according to ancient texts.
	www.lightonvedicastrology.com /articles-significance108.htm (366 words)

	108 - Anime Academy Lounge
		More significant would be a number like 20 nijuu or hatachi when talking about age.
		Who really wants to spend their time tying to figure out what 108 really means in japanese.
		For all we know it might not even mean anything and we could be wasting our time, but if you want to ponder the meaning of life, the universe and other things that are far to advance for your minds to comprehend.
	www.animeacademy.com /forums/showthread.php?t=18295 (576 words)

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		TREATY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 107-1 TRANSMITTED TO SENATE: Jan 03, 2001 Convention on the Safety of the United Nations and Associated Personnel, subject to an understanding and a reservation, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly by consensus on December 9, 1994, and signed on behalf of the United States of America on December 19, 1994.
		TREATY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 106-1 TRANSMITTED TO SENATE: Jan 06, 1999 The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (the Convention) and, for accession, The Hague Protocol, concluded on May 14, 1954, and entered into force on August 7, 1956 with accompanying report from the Department of State.
		TREATY DOCUMENT NUMBER: 103-19 TRANSMITTED TO SENATE: Oct 22, 1993 The Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington on October 13, 1993.
	www.senate.gov /legislative/LIS/treaties/trty-pd.txt (718 words)

	Significance of 108 beads
		Regardless of the meaning of 108, it is important that if a mala is used to count mantras, the mantra be remembered with sincerity,
		the number 100 only exist in the laboratory, and some for only thousandths of a second.
		Jain: In the Jain religion, 108 are the combined virtues of five categories of holy ones, including 12, 8, 36, 25, and 27 virtues
	www.rudraksha-ratna.com /articledt.php?art_id=107 (944 words)

	Re: 108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Numerically, the number 108 is the product of 9 and 12 [9 grahas (planets) in the twelve houses).
		Staying on the subject of astralogical significance, the number 108 is also the 27 nakshatra (asterisms) multiplied by three (reference to three worlds, tri-murti, trinity etc.) Those these numerical relations do not explain why the number 108 is critical, I would first refer to the Puranas for some guidance.
		A rudraksha mala >of 108 beads is said to be auspicious.
	www.hindunet.org /srh_home/1996_4/msg00036.html (180 words)

	Boeing XC-108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The designation XC-108 was assigned to a B-17E (serial number 41-2593) that was converted as a special transport for General Douglas MacArthur in 1943.
		The designation YC-108 was assigned to B-17F-40-VE serial number 42-6036 which was converted into VIP transport aircraft similar to General MacArthur's XC-108.
		It was a test of the feasibility of converting bombers into tankers for use in ferrying fuel over the Hump from Burma to China.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b17_15.html (518 words)

	The Significance Of The Mystical Number 108 by Vaughn Paul Manley
		The Significance Of The Mystical Number 108 by Vaughn Paul Manley
		Interestingly, if you multiply 9 times ANYTHING, the answer is always 9 when you add the numbers together.
		The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth (give or take a few miles).
	www.astrologyforthesoul.com /vp/mysticalnumber108.html (353 words)

	LSJ Volumes 15-21
		Allen, C. William, article: Soaring Above the Cloud of Mediocrity: The Challenges of the Liberian Press in the Nineties, 74 Number 1.
		Monts, Lester P., article: Social and Musical Responses to Islam among the Vai during the Early Twentieth Century, 108 Number 2.
		Singler, John Victor, article: Linguistics and Liberian languages in the 1970's and 1980's: A Bibliography, 108 Number 1.
	onliberia.org /LSJ_15_21.htm (1895 words)

	Messier Object 108
		Both objects were apparently also observed by Charles Messier when he measured the position of M97 (March 24, 1781), but apparently he didn't find occasion to obtain positions for these objects at that time.
		Messier listed this object, M108, under number "98" in his preliminary manuscript version of his catalog, without giving a position.
		According to Owen Gingerich, he measured an acurate position at a later time which he added by hand in his personal copy of the catalog.
	www.seds.org /messier/m/m108.html (465 words)

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		The Stinson 108 Voyager Original Colors as delivered from Stinson By Larry Westin - February 25, 1996 Updated - Rev Q - 7/07/05 My source for this list of original Stinson colors, as delivered form the factory, is SERVICE PARTS and ACCESSORIES LETTER number 1-D, dated April 2, 1948.
		The product paint numbers are the numbers used to order the paint from Stinson, I do NOT know if they can be cross referenced at this time.
		There is a lot of typing, and I may have entered a serial number incorrectly.
	personalpages.tdstelme.net /~westin/avtext/stn-clr.txt (549 words)

	Information and Computation -- 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Volume 109, Numbers 1 and 2, February 15/March 1994
		The vertex separation and search number of a graph.
		Tolerating a linear number of faults in networks of bounded degree.
	theory.lcs.mit.edu /~iandc/ic94.html (433 words)

	USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As new episodes return tonight (9 ET/PT), some theories focused on the significance of the number 108, which is the number of minutes in which the computer in the bunker must be reset:
		•It's the number of stitches on a major-league baseball.
		Then there is the overriding theme of fatherhood, with close examinations of the complex and troubled relationships of Jack, Sawyer, Jin and Sun, and Locke with their respective fathers — and, of course, Michael's rebuilding of his relationship with Walt.
	www.usatoday.com /printedition/life/20051109/d_toplline09.art.htm (177 words)

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