And one uniform Soul was the object of their meditation; and there was only one mantra (the Om), and there was one ordinance.
Thereupon, the revelation teaching the mantra relative to the worship of the Sun, became manifest unto him and that eternal deity who obtaineth his share (of the sacrificial butter) first, appeared before him in an embodied form.
And mantra knowing persons then commenced with the help of formulae declared by Brihaspati and Usanas, those rites that are indicated in the Atharva Veda and the Upanishads and which are capable of being achieved by mantras and prayers.
The boy's father takes him on his lap and whispers or, as the Hindus say, blows the Gayatri mantra or sacred text into his ear.
A mantra or text is then whispered or blown into his ear.
But even if we assign the lowest possible date to this and similar hymns certain it is that they existed during the Mantra period, and before the composition of the Brâhmanas.
By this mantra (that I am about to give thee), thou shall be able to summon (to thy side) whatever celestials thou likest.
Some read the Bharata beginning with the initial mantra (invocation), others with the story of Astika, others with Uparichara, while some Brahmanas study the whole.
And the Rishi said, 'Those celestials that thou shall summon by this Mantra shall certainly approach thee and give thee children.
Commanded by thee, O royal sage, I can by that mantra summon any of the celestials, so that we may have good children.
Pleased with my services, that Brahmana gave me a boon in the form of a mantra (formula of invocation) for calling into my presence any one of the celestials I liked.
Kunti saying, 'So be it,' imparted unto Madri the mantra of invocation.
India] Note: Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans.
Kusum turned her eyes from the void of space towards her husband, and said slowly: "I know a mantra (A set of magic words.
If any mantraof yours could bring three or four Saturdays during the week, and prolong the nights till 5 P.
An enemy may be killed or removed to some other place, or a whole army destroyed, or salvation and supreme felicity obtained by drawing a six-sided or eight-sided diagram and writing a particularMantra underneath.
Like the Jigar Khor she obtains her powers by eating human flesh, or like modern witches, who claim to possess the Dayan ka Mantra or Dakini's spell, by which she can tear out the heart of her victim.
To that sacrifice also came all the sacrificial limbs (in their embodied forms), and the Mantra called Vashat in his embodied form.
One who recites this Mantra day and night becomes never stained by sin.
Thou art the highest Mantra for thou art that philosophy which consists in the ascertainment of the nature and attributes of the soul (and its differences from the Non-soul).
Thou art Mantra (in the form of Pranava and other sacred words and syllables).
Manu is another name for Mantra or sacred words having great efficacy.
Mantra Sastra, Brahmanical writings on the occult science of incantations.
Any one who examines Max Muller's estimate of the so-called Sutra, Brahmana, Mantra and Khanda periods, will be able to perceive that no attention has been paid to these considerations.
Mantra period, one of the four periods into which Vedic literature has been divided.
The whole of the ancient Mantra Shastra has this force or power in all its manifestations for its subject-matter.
This period, corresponding to what has been called the Khandas and Mantra periods, would be succeeded by the Brâhmana period, and Dr.
In thismantra we have one word which expresses the number five, viz.
To this argumentation we reply, that the quoted mantra by no means proves the Sâ.nkhya doctrine to be based on Scripture.
If it should be said that the assumption is made on account of the governing influence of the Brahman proclaimed in the mantra (which forms the beginning of the chapter, Taitt.
For, he says, we have the following mantra (/S/ve.
Brahman which the mantra had proclaimed, is again proclaimed in the passage under discussion, 'different from this is the other inner Self, which consists of bliss.
Analogously another mantra declares, 'that by which the sun shines kindled with heat' (Taitt.
That mantra describes the nature of Brahman by saying, 'Him the gods worship as the light of lights.
The main difference, then, between the Black and the White consists in the former combining within the same collection Brahmana as well as Mantra matter.
Besides the text of the Samaveda it presupposes the Mantra Brahmana.
It is only in the additions to these fundamental parts of the Black Yajurveda that the separation of Mantra and Brahmana is not carried out.
The language of the Mantra portion of the Yajurveda, though distinctly representing a later stage, yet on the whole agrees with that of the Rigveda, while separated from that of classical Sanskrit by a considerable interval.
After much fantastic symbolism the following lesson in the form of a mantra is extracted from the parable of Creation:— “From the unreal lead me to the real, from darkness lead me to light, from death lead me to immortality.
Occasionally a mantra is infused with high religious fervour.
When the zodiacal suns shine in their full vigour, and melt down the mountains by there intense heat, I then remain with my understanding; under the influence of Varuna's mantra or power.
Now get rid of the poisonous and cholic pain of your desire of gain, as also of the permanence of your own existence; mutter to yourself the mantra of your resignation of desirables, and thus prosper in the world without fear for anything.
Vasishtha has explained the meaning of this mantra in the latter part of the Nirvana prakarana).
The idea is very dimly, if at all, adumbrated in the Mantra portion of the Veda.
The names of the suspected persons are sometimes written on slips of paper and placed on the ground with a cowrie shell opposite each slip, and as soon as the mantra is uttered the shell opposite the thief's name begins to move.
Words of Power called Mantra are committed to memory and used for various purposes.
The mantra thus is meant to render clear the meaning of the Brâhmana passage.
A doubt arises here whether this mantra declares a mere Prakriti as assumed in Kapila's system, or a Prakriti having its Self in Brahman.
The mantra does not therefore tell us about an 'unborn' principle independent of Brahman.
To this pure condition it is reduced in themantra describing it as true Being, knowledge, infinite.
III, 12, 6)--on account of thismantra also the soul must be held to be a part of Brahman.
A thing even which is known as one only may be designated by a plural form, as in a mantra one girdle is spoken of as 'the fetters of Aditi.
The mantra therefore is meant to intimate the categories known from the Sânkhya.
As the individual souls are many the mantra uses the plural form 'all beings.
Self which the mantra describes; for this is not possible.
In this way is performed the rite called the Mantra Sadhana.
Hence it is called the Mantra Sadhana, to distinguish it from other sorts of Sadhanas.
Finally she is sprinkled over with wine, and if not previously initiated, the Bij mantra is thrice repeated in her ear.
In the ceremony termed mantra Sadhana, we have already noticed the introduction of a female, the devotee always making his wife or mistress partner in his devotion.
Nagarjuna, and that some of Mantra sutras were composed so late as the time of Vajrabodhi, who came to China in A.
The book belongs to the Mantra class, although it is much used by Zenists.
Such a sign is called a "Sign of Power," as the mantra is a "Word of Power.
Any language can be used for the purpose, though some are more suitable than others, provided that the person who makes the mantrapossesses the requisite occult knowledge.
To translate a mantra is to change it from a "Word of Power" into an ordinary sentence; the sounds being changed, other sound-forms are created.
Initiate me in the mantra and I shall adore Krishna [in future].
They secured two priests with costly gifts, and performed two ceremonies preparatory to a journey (purashcharan) in the mantra of Krishna, hoping thereby to attain speedily to Chaitanya's feet.
A mantrais a mechanical way of checking vibration.
Hence a mantra cannot be translated; translation alters the sounds.
