Rishi or Sage: Mantras are not created, rather they are revealed to the sage during deep blissful meditation when the prana ascends towards sahasrara chakra. There are many mantras like Narayana Ashtakshari, Siva Panchakshari, Gayatri Mantra etc and each mantra is very profound and carries immense amount of knowledge.įor example, Gayatri is defined as ‘ gayantam trayate iti gayatri‘, which means the one who protects (trayate) the one who sings (gayantam) is (iti) gayatri.Įvery mantra comes with the following fundamental aspects: It is a sacred utterance, numinous sound, or a syllable, word, phonemes, or group of words set in an order to produce certain vibration in atmosphere, which gives the desired effect to the person who practices it with concentration. The word Mantri (advisor/minister to king) is also derived from Mantra as his job was to advise and direct the King. It means that by repetition ( mananat) of which, you overcome/protected (trayate) is ( iti) called Mantra. ‘ Mananat trayate iti mantrah‘ is how Mantra is defined in Sanskrit.
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