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Mantras

13 mantras with their Devanāgarī text, IAST transliteration, meaning, meter and traditional usage; from the praṇava Oṁ to the mahā-mantra, each cited to its source and some with a free recording to chant along with.

Foundations

The syllables everything else stands on.

  • The unmanifest, source of all sound

    Oṁ: the Praṇava

    ॐ

    Oṁ (A-U-M)

    Vedic, the root of every later tradition · Foundations

Peace & śānti

Invocations of peace, for sittings, for endings, for the world.

  • The movement itself, from unreal to real

    Asato Mā: the Upaniṣadic Prayer

    असतो मा सद्गमय तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः

    asato mā sad-gamaya tamaso mā jyotir-gamaya mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

    Vedic (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad) · Peace & śānti

  • Peace itself, invoked three times over

    Oṁ Śāntiḥ: the Threefold Peace

    ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः

    oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

    Pan-Indian (closes every Vedic recitation) · Peace & śānti

  • The Self (as the breath's quiet self-statement)

    So'ham: the Breath's Own Mantra

    सोऽहम्

    so'ham (saḥ + aham, "that I am")

    Advaita Vedānta; tantric & haṭha adoption · Peace & śānti

Wisdom & learning

For study, speech and the clearing of understanding.

  • Savitṛ, the sun as illumination of the mind

    Gāyatrī Mantra

    ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्

    oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt

    Vedic (Ṛgveda) · Wisdom & learning

  • Gaṇeśa, the remover of obstacles

    Oṁ Gaṁ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ

    ॐ गं गणपतये नमः

    oṁ gaṁ gaṇapataye namaḥ

    Gaṇapatya & purāṇic worship · Wisdom & learning

  • Sarasvatī, goddess of learning, speech and music

    Sarasvatī Invocation

    या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना या ब्रह्माच्युतशङ्करप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा वन्दिता सा मां पातु सरस्वती भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा

    yā kundendu-tuṣāra-hāra-dhavalā yā śubhra-vastrāvṛtā yā vīṇā-vara-daṇḍa-maṇḍita-karā yā śveta-padmāsanā yā brahmācyuta-śaṅkara-prabhṛtibhir devaiḥ sadā vanditā sā māṁ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī niḥśeṣa-jāḍyāpahā

    Vedic goddess; tantric & devotional elaboration · Wisdom & learning

Prosperity

For abundance understood the satvik way, enough, flowing.

  • Lakṣmī, goddess of fortune and nourishment

    Oṁ Śrīṁ Mahālakṣmyai Namaḥ

    ॐ श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै नमः

    oṁ śrīṁ mahālakṣmyai namaḥ

    Purāṇic & tantric worship · Prosperity

Protection & healing

For healing, courage and the warding of fear.

  • Śiva as Tryambaka, the three-eyed one

    Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra

    ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्

    oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt

    Vedic (Ṛgveda, later Śaiva devotion) · Protection & healing

Devotion

Names of the beloved, repeated for love’s own sake.

  • The teacher, as Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva in one

    Guru Mantra

    गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः

    gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ gurur eva paraṁ brahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ

    Pan-Indian; source in the Guru Gītā · Devotion

  • Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, called through Hare (the divine energy)

    Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra

    हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे

    hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

    Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava; root in the Kali-santaraṇa Upaniṣad · Devotion

  • Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion

    Oṁ Maṇi Padme Hūṁ

    ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ

    oṁ maṇi padme hūṁ

    Buddhist (born in India; beloved across the Himalayas and East Asia) · Devotion

  • Śiva

    Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya: the Pañcākṣara

    ॐ नमः शिवाय

    oṁ namaḥ śivāya

    Śaiva (Vedic root, purāṇic flowering) · Devotion