Source: – Subhash Kak / Twitter.
Here's when the discovery of the secret meaning of 108 was first announced in 1992. Distance from Earth to Sun & Earth to Moon in terms of diameters.
Explains 108 beads of japamala, 108 karanas, pilgrimages, even yoga poses.https://t.co/4lcuEyWO23 pic.twitter.com/HsksjM9Eb3
— Subhash Kak ☀️ (@subhash_kak) December 30, 2017
For those interested in history, the discovery was near simultaneously also published with slightly different content and titles in 2 other journals in UK and US: Vistas in Astronomy (vol. 36, pp. 117-140, 1993) and Mankind Quarterly (vol. 33, pp. 43-55, 1992).
— Subhash Kak ☀️ (@subhash_kak) December 30, 2017