Editing Rudraksha (section)

== Etymology ==
''Rudraksha'' is a [[Sanskrit]] compound word consisting of "''[[Rudra]]''"({{langx|sa|रुद्र}}) referring to Shiva and "''{{IAST|akṣa}}''"({{langx|sa|अक्ष}}) meaning "eye".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stutley |first=M. |title=The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |year=1985 |isbn=978-81-215-1087-5 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=98, 119}}</ref>{{efn|{{harvp|Stutley|1985|p=119}}:"'Rudra-eyed'. Name of the dark berries of ''Elaeocarpus ganitrus'', used to make Śaiva rosaries ({{IAST|mālā}}), or necklaces. The berries have five divisions symbolising Śiva's five faces ({{IAST|[[pañcānana]]}})."}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Singh |first=Ishar B. |date=2015 |title=Phytochemical and biological aspects of Rudraksha, the stony endocarp of Elaeocarpus ganitrus |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/07929978.2015.1020659 |journal=Israel Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=265–276 |doi=10.1080/07929978.2015.1020659 |via=Brill|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Sanskrit dictionaries translate ''{{IAST|akṣa}}'' ({{langx|sa|अक्ष}}) as eyes,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aksa: English Translation of the Sanskrit word: Aksa – Sanskrit Dictionary |url=https://sanskritdictionary.org/aksa}}</ref> as do many prominent Hindus such as [[Sivaya Subramuniyaswami]] and Kamal Narayan Seetha; accordingly, ''rudraksha'' may be interpreted as meaning "Eye of Rudra".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Subramuniyaswami |first=Sivaya |url=https://archive.org/details/dancingwithsivah00subr_0 |title=Dancing with Siva |year=1997 |isbn=9780945497974 |publisher=Himalayan Academy|location=USA |page=799 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ziegenbalg |first=Bartholomaeus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXsOAAAAQAAJ&dq=rudraksha+hinduism&pg=RA1-PA27 |title=Genealogy of the South-Indian Gods: A Manual of the Mythology and Religion of the People of Southern India, Including a Description of Popular Hinduism |date=1869 |publisher=Higginbotham |pages=27 |language=en}}</ref>