To supplement this research Jonathan, the sixteen (double 8) are also linked with the Sanskrit vowels (the ‘ali’ of the ali-kali mantra that is found within sadhana practices of the buddhist tradition). Purifying the speech aspect: ཨ་ཨཱ། ཨི་ཨཱི། ཨུ་ཨཱུ། རྀ་རཱྀ། ལྀ་ལཱྀ། ཨེ་ཨཻ། ཨོ་ཨཽ། ཨཾ་ཨཿ
