: Highly detailed artworks on paper using 24kt real gold foil and natural pigments often depict all 108 poses of Shiva in a single masterpiece.

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You don't need to look up a PDF of 108 stick figures. The "108 poses of Shiva" are not a checklist to conquer. They are a metaphor for the infinite creative expressions of a single divine energy.

You see the number 108 everywhere in spirituality (108 beads on a mala, 108 Sun Salutations). But why specifically 108 poses?