{"title":"Sandalwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eFragrant woods that scent themselves: green, red, black, and sweet cream sandalwood, plus zitan, the emperors' small-leaf purple sandalwood.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"painting","title":"The Merchant Ship's Wealth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA merchant ship coming home, bringing wealth and happiness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXiaoyeh Zitan (小叶紫檀, \u003cem\u003exiao ye zitan\u003c\/em\u003e), the Indian small-leaf purple sandalwood whose heartwood darkens with age, accented with lapis lazuli, golden amber, and white rounds. The teardrop pendant is carved with a classic Chinese merchant's ship under sail with a branch of plum blossom (梅花, \u003cem\u003emei hua\u003c\/em\u003e) in the foreground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e The ship carries the wish of smooth sailing (帆风顺 \u003cem\u003eyi fan feng shun\u003c\/em\u003e) and the wealth that arrives with it. The plum blossom, first to bloom in late-winter cold, stands for resilient hope. Zitan and lapis add subtle status and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zitan gives a faint sweet-woody scent when warm, a reason it is prized among Chinese timbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dense and fine-grained, silk-smooth to the touch, and heavier in your hand than its size suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBead size:\u003cbr\u003ePieces:\u003cbr\u003eWeight:\u003cbr\u003eFragrance:\u003cbr\u003eOverall size:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood and stone. No soaking. Dry cloth. Store in a pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn sourcing:\u003c\/strong\u003e The zitan is verified, documented, and legal. As with all of the protected timbers we sell, it is farmed and never harvested wild.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48965076549942,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/The_Merchant_Ship_s_Wealth.jpg?v=1792454057"},{"product_id":"two-moons","title":"Two Moons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo moons over warm wood, flecked with golden stars.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm sandalwood rounds with cool blue-tinted jade, and two large lapis lazuli beads rising like twin moons over the strand. Lapis has traveled from the mines of Badakhshan to Chinese workshops for over a millennium: the deep blue of the night sky, flecked with golden pyrite stars. Enough sky for one neck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lapis traveled from the mines of Badakhshan to China's palaces as the stone of wisdom and the color of heaven. Two moons rise over warm sandalwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm sandalwood. The jade and lapis contribute nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm sandalwood rounds rising to two cool, dense lapis moons: the contrast of temperatures is the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood and stone. No soaking. Keep perfume and lotion off the strand. 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Brass is the standard metal for Tibetan-style fittings like this one: warm-toned, workable, and kind to cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ganesha is the remover of obstacles and the lord of beginnings, honored across Hindu and Buddhist Asia. His blessing is invited at the start of any new venture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faint plain-wood warmth. Honest note: Black Sandalwood is an ebony-family wood, not the scented kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matte dark rounds punctuated by the cool gleam of hand-inlaid pearls. The brass pendant's repoussé relief is satisfying under your fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood, brass, pearl inlay. No soaking. Dry cloth. Brass can be buffed bright with a soft cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507055558966,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/The_Obstacle-Remover_Black_Sandalwood_Mala.jpg?v=1792455579"},{"product_id":"the-morning-meadow","title":"The Morning Meadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe classic. 108 beads, nothing they don't need.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm-toned sandalwood with a soft natural scent, a plain Guru bead assembly, and the honest feel of a tool made for counting rather than decoration. The kind of mala that disappears into a practice and reappears years later, darker and silkier from your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e The classic form: 108 fragrant beads and nothing it doesn't need. Simplicity as devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Soft warm sandalwood, the classic mala scent. Strength varies by grade and piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e The honest feel of a tool made for use: warm, smooth, evenly finished rounds that want to be handled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sandalwood. No soaking, no bottled oils. Hand oils are the polish. Rest days in a pouch revive the scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507055624502,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/The_Plain_Song_Sandalwood_Mala.jpg?v=1792454302"},{"product_id":"the-green-meadow","title":"The Green Meadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wood that visibly lives on your wrist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e108 rounds of Green Sandalwood (绿檀, \u003cem\u003elü tan\u003c\/em\u003e), the wood that starts olive and deepens toward rich green-brown with wear and air. Fragrant, plain-built, fresh as a meadow in your hand, and it only gets deeper from there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green Sandalwood visibly lives on the wrist, deepening with wear: growth, vitality, and a wood that keeps changing with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green Sandalwood's signature soft sweet-grassy scent. Fades with constant wear and revives in a sealed pouch. Strength varies by piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm, smooth, faintly oily. Green Sandalwood runs a touch denser in the hand than white and visibly deepens with handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sandalwood. No soaking, no bottled oils. Hand oils are the polish. Rest days in a pouch revive the scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507096060214,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/The_Plain_Meadow_Green_Sandalwood_Mala.jpg?v=1792454293"},{"product_id":"the-dragon-duo","title":"The Dragon Duo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA dragon and his son, wearing their age with confidence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm sandalwood rounds carry a pendant of pale, calcified jade carved in high relief: a dragon son coiling above his father. In Chinese tradition the dragon (龙, \u003cem\u003elong\u003c\/em\u003e) commands rain and rivers and stands for power, vigor, and good fortune. The carving has the soft, worn confidence of genuine age, and a dignified old-soul piece is what it adds up to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e The dragon commands rain and rivers. A father and son coiling together speaks of lineage, protection, and strength handed down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm sandalwood sweetness. The jade pendant contributes nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm sandalwood rounds carrying a single cool pendant whose high relief reads clearly under your fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood and jade. No soaking. Dry or barely-damp cloth. Store in a pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507133251894,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/IMG_5553.jpg?v=1792454079"},{"product_id":"the-black-meadow","title":"The Black Meadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour practice, in matte black.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e108 beads of Black Sandalwood (黑檀, \u003cem\u003ehei tan\u003c\/em\u003e) in deep matte night-tones, the plain honest build of the rest of the Plain series. Unfussy, sturdy, and dark as a chapel after candlelight. For anyone who prefers their practice tools plain and their wood black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e A plain 108 in matte black: no ornament, no message beyond the count and the hand. Understatement as its own statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faint plain-wood warmth. Honest note: Black Sandalwood is an ebony-family wood, not the scented kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matte and quiet, dense for its weight. Takes a slow hand-polish sheen over months of use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood. No soaking. Dry or barely-damp cloth. Store in a pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507190694198,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/The_Plain_Night_Black_Sandalwood_Mala.jpg?v=1792455565"},{"product_id":"its-only-thmells","title":"It's Only Thmells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe one that earns the word \"fragrant.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sandalwood is marked \"fragrant\", and it earns the word. Sweet cream and warm wood from arm's length: the kind of sandalwood people pick up, close their eyes, and just hold for a moment. Between the golden rounds sit spacers of Blood Amber (血珀, \u003cem\u003exue po\u003c\/em\u003e), cut in the flat abacus shape (算盘珠, \u003cem\u003esuan pan zhu\u003c\/em\u003e), glowing deep cherry against the wood. Two ancient aromatics on one strand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two of Asia's oldest aromatics on one strand: sandalwood to steady the mind and Blood Amber to warm it. Both grow more personal with wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marked fragrant: sweet cream and warm wood, at the stronger end of our sandalwood stock. Strength varies by piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm, smooth, fine-grained rounds. Soft to the touch and softer with wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sandalwood. No soaking, no bottled oils. Hand oils are the polish. Rest days in a pouch revive the scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507348111670,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/The_Sweet_Cream_Sandalwood_Mala.jpg?v=1792454483"},{"product_id":"barrels-along-the-footpath","title":"Barrels Along the Footpath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe well-worn road, under your thumb.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e108 barrels (桶珠, \u003cem\u003etong zhu\u003c\/em\u003e) of fragrant sandalwood: the Tibetan-style cut that sits flatter on the wrist and feels older in the hand. Each barrel rocks softly under your thumb instead of spinning, the way a well-worn road feels underfoot. Classic drop-bead finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e A 108-bead sandalwood mala is the working tool of mantra practice: the count and the scent together, nothing else required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm sweet-woody sandalwood. Strength varies by grade and piece: some faint, some filling the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each barrel rocks softly under your thumb instead of spinning. That rolling resistance is the tactile signature of the barrel cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sandalwood. No soaking, no bottled oils. Hand oils are the polish. Rest days in a pouch revive the scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ValhallaVillage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51507425345846,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8516\/7670\/files\/The_Plain_Road_Barrel_Sandalwood_Mala.jpg?v=1792455500"},{"product_id":"bamboos-shadow-black-sandalwood-mala","title":"Bamboo's Shadow Black Sandalwood Mala","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBamboo that bends and never breaks, in 108 black segments.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery bead is carved as stacked bamboo segments, raised nodes and all, in deep matte Black Sandalwood (黑檀, \u003cem\u003ehei tan\u003c\/em\u003e). Bamboo bends in the storm without breaking, and in Chinese tradition that resilience makes it the wood of the gentleman-scholar: integrity, flexibility, and quiet strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Integrity, resilience, and longevity: the three virtues of the Chinese gentleman-scholar, strung as one continuous cane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faint plain-wood warmth at most. Honest note: Black Sandalwood is an ebony-family wood and does NOT carry true sandalwood's scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dense and matte, cool-toned for a wood. The carved bamboo nodes give a rhythmic ridged texture under your thumb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood. No soaking. Dry or barely-damp cloth. 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Two carved cinnabar ruyi (如意, \u003cem\u003eru yi\u003c\/em\u003e, \"as you wish\"), the scepter of granted wishes, rest among turquoise accents, while carved prayer-hands beads clasp at the top of the strand and eight polished bodhi seeds (菩提子, \u003cem\u003epu ti zi\u003c\/em\u003e) close the back. See \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/knowledge-base\/agar-wood\"\u003eAgar Wood\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/knowledge-base\/sandalwood\"\u003eSandalwood\u003c\/a\u003e for the two woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ruyi means as-you-wish, and the two cinnabar charms wish fortune on the wearer. The gourd's name sounds like fortune and prosperity (福禄, \u003cem\u003efu lu\u003c\/em\u003e) in Chinese: a lucky shape doing practical work. The two woods balance resin depth against soft sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two woods at once: agar's resin depth on one half, sandalwood's soft sweetness on the other. The diffuser pendant lets you add scent deliberately. Strength varies by piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Half dense and resinous, half soft and fragrant, meeting at a carved pendant that unscrews in your hand: a piece designed to be handled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two woods, cinnabar, turquoise. No heat. No soaking. Keep turquoise from oils and lotion. 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