Narsimha (Combination of Nara-Simha: man and lion) is considered to be an Avatar of Lord Vishnu. He had the unique feature of combining two physical forms–of a man and of a lion. He incarnated to punish the mighty King Hrinyakshipu, who was continuously torturing his own son, Prahlada. Here is the Sanskrit mantra and the …
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Learning how to pronounce the Vedic Mantras in the Sanskrit language is a fascinating thing–however, there are various intricacies that are involved in pronunciation when it comes to Sanskrit, and more so when it comes to Mantras. Even Indians, though they easily pick the sounds of the Sanskrit alphabet, usually do not know these deep …
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Shanti Mantra–Tacchamyora Vrinimahe Shanti mantras are chanted in the Sanskrit language quite regularly when it comes to Vedic chanting or even chanting other Slokas and Sutras. There are various Shanti mantras found in the texts and they may vary from being small to very elaborate one. In this post, we are providing a Shanti mantra …
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In this post, we are providing the English lyrics or English transliteration of the Sri Mahalakshmi Ashtakam mantra, which is a part of the Padma Purana. There are 11 stanzas and a total of 22 lines in this mantra. At the end of the Ashtakam itself, it is mentioned that a person can decide to …
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This is a very confusing question because the whole internet is filled with different spellings of this word Om, and amusingly enough, all the spellings appear correct and pointing to the same thing. Yet, a popular search phrase on Google suggests that users are confused about the veracity of a particular spelling because they want to …
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I remember I was attending a Sanskrit mantra retreat in a beautiful ashram in Rishikesh, India, when someone asked this question: “Why the third ‘Shanti’ of the mantra ‘Shanti Shanti Shanti’ ends on a higher note than the others?” Well, I didn’t know the answer! Hear this audio and at the end of the mantra, …
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Undoubtedly, one of the favorite mantras of whoever ventures into the path of Sanskrit, mantra, spirituality, and Indian philosophy, for it ensures immortality and liberation from the ephemeral world. It propitiates the ‘Death Winner’ aspect of Lord Shiva and is famously known as ‘Maha Mrytunjyaya’ Mantra. I have tried to provide both Sanskrit and English …
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In English transliteration, this mantra will read like this:
We provide the English and Sanskrit text of Durga Gayatri mantra with swara marks in English provided for easy pronunciation and chanting. In this mantra, three names of goddess are propitiated, namely, Katyayani, Kanyakumari and Durga. Below is the English translation of this mantra with swara marks.
Rudra Gayatri is a powerful mantra chanted in Sanskrit with intonation of sound to invoke the blessings of Lord Rudra, which is a form of Lord Shiva. In this mantra, the grandeur of Lord Rudra is mentioned and chanted. Below is the English transliteration of this Sanskrit mantra with swara marks for easy pronunciation …
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We present the Sanskrit and English version of Garuda Gayatri with Swara marks for easy pronunciation. Garuda is the king of birds and is the revered vehicle of Lord Vishnu. Garuda is believed to carry the people to Vishnu-loka after their death. Below is the English version of this mantra with swara marks.
We provide the Vishnu Gayatri mantra in Sanskrit with English transliteration and swara marks for chanting help. This Vishnu Gayatri propitiates three names of Vishnu–Narayana, Vasudeva, and Vishnu. We present the English transliteration below with swara marks.
Due to the association of Goddess Saraswati with education and knowledge, this mantra is often recited in schools, colleges and various other educational institutions. A lot of kids would know this mantra by rote, though they may not understand the full meaning of this mantra. We present both the Sanskrit and English texts of this …
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We present the Sanskrit and English version of Hamsa Gayatri. Very interestingly, due to negligence and also trendy spelling styles used in various local languages including Hindi, a lot of people pronounce this word as Hansa, just like Samskrit is pronounced as Sanskrit. However, the correct pronunciation is Haṁsa. Below is the English transliteration of this …
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Lord Ganesha is also known as Ganapati–the leader or the head of the Gana (which simply means a team). As per the legend, he is worshiped before starting any work or undertaking any task. There is a popular saying in Hindi and various regional languages of India conveying this belief contextually–whenever somebody has to start …
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The transliterated form of this Sanskrit mantra with Swara marks in presented below.
Sahanavavatu Mantra This mantra is considered as one of the main Shanti Mantras in the Vedic texts and is quite popular and famous among the masses. I have seen and heard a lot of foreigners also picking this mantra and reciting it with completely correct pronunciation. A lot of people use this mantra as the …
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This is an amazing mantra having the latent beauty of Mathematics in it. It says: “This is complete; that is complete; from complete comes complete. When we take complete from complete, only complete remains” Mathematically, it is infinity, which is of course another name of God! Pronunciation Guide and things to take care of: