Harry,

Thomas McEvilley in his book, The Shape of Ancient Thought discusses a theory of how a number of the Indian auspicious numbers (including 108) might have been  derived from Sumerian “Processional arithmetic.” This is in Chapter 3, I think. Especially beginning on p. 293. 

Jim Ryan
Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus)
California Institute of Integral Studies

On Feb 9, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear list members,
Can anyone point me to any studies on auspicious numbers in Hinduism
Thanks,
Harry Spier

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