Ram naam jaap

Two syllables. Of all the names carried in Indian devotion, this is the one most often repeated by the most people, and the easiest to fit into an ordinary day.

The name

Rama is the seventh avatar of Vishnu, the subject of the Ramayana. As a name for repetition it stands on its own, without the mantra grammar that surrounds longer forms — no oṁ, no namaḥ, no dative ending. Just the name.

Tulsidas, Kabir and Tukaram all wrote about the name itself as the practice, distinct from ritual or scripture. That view — that repetition of the name is sufficient — is why Ram naam is chanted as widely by people outside temple traditions as within them.

How it is counted

One repetition per bead, 108 to a mala. Because it is short, high counts are ordinary: a lakh — 100,000 — is a common vow, undertaken over weeks or months rather than in one sitting.

There is also a written practice, Ram naam lekhan, where the name is written rather than spoken, often 108 times a day into a dedicated notebook. Some count both.

Taking a sankalp

A sankalp is a total resolved on in advance — 100,000, or a number that means something to you — and then carried until it is complete. It is not a streak and there is no penalty for a missed day; the number simply waits.

Counting it here

Root Jaap holds a sankalp alongside the daily count, so a long vow stays visible without turning into a scoreboard. Everything stays on your device.

Opens the counter with this mantra chosen. No account, works offline.