Tibetan Mala Rosewood Wrist Mala for Meditation with Tassels This listing is for a Roswood Wrist Mala and each bead measures 7mm size approximately. There are 27 beads altogether. This mala is hand strung and it is made to fit all wrist size. The beads came from Kathmandu Nepal and strung by myself here in the USA Malas are usually used for meditation, saying mantras, prostrations and so on. Wrist malas are specially used for prostration to count. When you do prostration, you wear on your palm under your thumb and do prostration While the mala is not in use you wear on your left wrist. You can usually see people with malas in Tibet, Nepal and India specially around those stupas or monasteries. Suggested Mantras for this mala "Om Muni Muni Maha Muni ye soha" To Lord Buddha Shakyamuni "Om Tare Turi Tutari Turi Soha" To White Tara "Tayatha Om Pekatse Pekatse Maha Pekatse Raza Samu Gati Soha" To medicine Buddha.