Prayer beads

string of beads used in various religious traditions

A japamala, ', or simply mala' (; , meaning 'garland') is a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. It is used for counting recitations (japa) of mantras, prayers or other sacred phrases. It is also worn to ward off evil, to count repetitions within some other form of sadhana (spiritual practice) such as prostrations before a holy icon. They are also used as symbols of religious identification.

thumbnail|Glory to Allah "Subhan Allah" in Arabic, Desouk, Egypt

Tzitzit ( ṣīṣīṯ, ; plural ṣīṣiyyōṯ, Ashkenazi: '; and Samaritan: ') are specially knotted ritual fringes, or tassels, worn in antiquity by Israelites and also modern observant Jews and Samaritans. are usually attached to the four corners of the tallit gadol (prayer shawl), usually referred to simply as a or ; and tallit katan (everyday undershirt). Through synecdoche, a may be referred to as .

thumbnail|right|A black misbaha A misbaha (), subḥa (), mesbah (Arabic: مِسْبَاَحْ) (Arabic and Urdu), tusbaḥ (Somali), tasbīḥ () (Iran, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia), or tespih (Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian) is a set of prayer beads often used by Muslims for the , the recitation of prayers (the ), as well as to glorify Allah. It resembles the japamala used in Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, or the rosary used in Catholicism. The Arab/Iranian/Turkish and their neighbors put a lot of care as to what materials are used, generally being g

Item used in Christianity to assist prayer

thumb|Rudraksha beads are the dried stones of the fruit of the Elaeocarpus ganitrus tree

thumb|Lestovka with the names of the Apostles the work of the master Jelisaveta Gornitskaya Lestovka () is a special type of prayer rope made of leather, once in general use in old Russia, and is still used by Russian Old Believers today, such as the Russian Orthodox Christians and Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church and Edinoverians, whether Orthodox or Greek Catholic.

special kind of Dhikr attributed to Fatimah

used by Anglicans and other Protestants, such as Methodists

set of prayer beads developed in 1995 by Swedish bishop Martin Lönnebo

Catholic chaplet

a Sikh prayer

Christian prayer which uses prayer beads