That is the reason 108 is a scared number, it is a multiple of number 9 or the number 108 is divisible of 9.
There were total 18 armies in Kurukshetra battlei.e 11 from Kauravas and 7 from the Pandavas. So multiples of 9 are sacred, that is why the Mahabharata has 18 chapters, the Mahabharata war lasted for 18 days. The Rama Navami and Nava Durga festivals are celebrated for 9 days. The Sree Yantra is made with the interjection of 4 upward and downward triangles and a total 9 of triangles. The sacredness of Ashtottara Shatanamavali or 108 names of GodsĪs per Hinduism and numerology, the number 9 is a sacred and mystical number, In the astrology, there are the 9 planets or nava grahas, the human body has 9 holes or 9 doors, the human fetus lives in the mother`s womb for 9 months etc. So Shiva Ashtottara Shatanamavali means 108 names corresponding to Lord Shiva. Ashtottara Shatanamavali are there for all the major Gods and Goddesses. So Ashtottara Shatanamavali literally means 108 names in an ordered list.
