Brahmans) reciting mantrams (sacred formulae) while he did so.
A man can only become learned in mantrams (mantravadi) by the regular performance of the recognised ceremonial, by proper recital of the mantrams, by burning the sacred fire, and by taking food.
A Lambadi has been seen repeating mantrams over his patients, and touching their heads at the same time with a book, which was a small edition of the Telugu translation of St John's gospel.
If a house is visited by snakes, they can expel them by reciting such mantrams on three small pebbles, and throwing them on to the roof.
In cases of snake-bite, they recite mantrams and wave a cock over the patient's body from the head towards the feet.
It is noted by the Abbe Dubois, [228] that one of the principal reasons why so little confidence is placed in European doctors by Hindus is that, when administering their remedies, they recite neither mantrams nor prayers.
On each of these days, mantrams are supposed to be repeated a thousand times.
A human bone from a burial-ground, over which powerful mantrams have been recited, if thrown into an enemy's house, will cause his ruin.
When the image has been the object of these mantrams sixteen thousand times, it is supposed to have become eligible for final deposit at Tirunavayi or elsewhere.
The Kurumba does his best to remove the malady by means of mantrams (magical formulae).
A Brahman priest recitesmantrams (prayers), and prepares the sacred fire (homam).
A man who wore a copper cylinder on his loin string, containing a brass strip with mantrams (consecrated formulae) engraved on it, sold it to me for a rupee with the assurance that it would protect me from devils.
A sheep being produced, mantrams (prayers) were recited over it.
They chanted mantrams in unison, spread betel over the road as a token of their respect to the Rajas of the forest, and, after every couplet, made the bullocks kneel and bow their heads in honor of the great gods.
It is for them that the sandal-wood fires are lit after sunset; it is for them that mantrams are chanted, and for them that the gods are invoked.
This is a collection of mantramssung during the sacrifices to the gods, that is to say, to the elements.
The sorcerer puts the above mentioned substances into the fire, muttering all the while his mantrams invoking the favour of Vira Bhadra or Kandakaruna.
The former are killed after certain mantrams (prayers) have been uttered, and, if a priest is available, it is his duty to despatch the bird.
Sradha is performed for the propitiation of ancestors, and the purohit, repeating some mantrams (prayers), blesses the pair by throwing yellow rice over them.
The Kurumba does his best to remove the malady by repeating various mantrams (magical formulae).
Last of all, a live cock is held against the forehead of the woman, mantrams (magical formulae) are repeated, and rice is thrown over her head.
A few grains of rice are placed at the four corners of the grave, and a pebble is laid on it, with mantrams to keep off jackals, and to prevent the spirit from molesting people.
When the image has been the object of these mantrams sixteen thousand times, it is supposed to have become eligible for final deposit in a temple.
When all the animals are killed, the pujari bails out the blood and water on the ground, uttering mantrams (sacred lines or verses) the while.
All diseases that flesh is heir to are, in the opinion of these people, caused by malignant demons, and they profess to cure, with the aid of their mantrams and amulets, people suffering from maladies.
He is given mantrams or affirmation to repeat, for the purpose of giving him a mental center around which to build an ideal.
Fawcett informs [67] that the Mussad priests repeat mantrams (prayers) over the goats for an hour as a preliminary to the sacrifice.
Before being brought to the temple, mantramsor magic verses will have been said over it.
The festival finally closes with a mysterious ceremony, in which ghee and mantrams play a great part, performed for two days consecutively by the presiding Nambudiri, and Kottiyur is then deserted for another year.
At night, the bridegroom adorns the bride with flowers, and makes her look into a mirror, while he recites mantrams suitable to the occasion.
The ladder is thrown away, and a homam performed of ghee and darbha grass made to represent the deceased, while mantrams are recited.
He also mutters mantrams of an auspicious nature, called mangala sutrangal.
The Mussad priests repeat mantrams over the goats for an hour as a preliminary to the sacrifice.
In some places, the child is first taken to the temple, where some water sanctified by mantrams is poured over his head by the Shantikaran (officiating priest).
Afterwards he raised his voice, and uttered with rapidity and in a peculiar tone of voice certain mantrams or charms, all the while trembling violently, and moving his body backwards and forwards.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mantrams" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
