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Since he had performed a sacrifice on behalf of an ostracised king, in the service of whom mantras were forbidden to be employed, he had been turned into a brahmarakshasa. [ 2 ] The Narada Purana describes an episode of Kalmashapada conversing with a brahmarakshasa, whose abode was a banyan tree.
Shanti Mantras are invoked in the beginning of some topics of the Upanishads. They are believed to calm the mind and the environment of the reciter. Shanti Mantras always end with the sacred syllable om (auṃ) and three utterances of the word "shanti", which means "peace". The reason for the three utterances is regarded to be for the removal ...
brahma - Brahman; so 'yam ātmā - "this very atman" [52] catuṣpāt - "has four aspects" [52] While translations tend to separate the sentence in separate parts, Olivelle's translation uses various words in adjunct sets of meaning: सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्म sarvam hyetad brahma - "this brahman is the Whole"
They were shown as being mean, growling beasts, and as insatiable man-eaters that could smell the scent of human flesh. Some of the more ferocious ones were shown with flaming red eyes and hair, drinking blood with their cupped hands or from human skulls (similar to representations of vampires in later Western mythology).
The Brahma Sūtras or Brahmasutra are attributed to Badarayana. [16] In some texts, Badarayana is also called Vyasa, which literally means "one who arranges". [16]Badarayana was the Guru (teacher) of Jaimini, the latter credited with authoring Mimamsa Sutras of the Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy. [16]
Raksha (Sanskrit: रक्षा, IAST: rakṣā, rakshas, rakshah) is a Sanskrit word associated with protection. [1] Raksha and its various derivatives which occur predominantly in the Vedas and their many auxiliary texts means – to protect, guard, take care of, tend, rule, govern, to keep, not to divulge, to preserve, save, keep away from, spare, to avoid, to observe or to beware of, an ...
This means Devi is an aspect of Brahma while creating (sṛṣṭi), an aspect of Vishnu while sustaining (sthiti), and an aspect of Shiva during dissolution (sanghara). These five entities (Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Iśvara and Sadāśiva) are known as pañca-brahma, or the five Brahmas. Lalita has designated the five functions to these brahma.
A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.