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English: A chant from India. Buddhism, Hinduism Background music is classical Indian The chant is the following: (sources: 1. Georg Feuerstein; 2. Sanskrit Dictionary, Germany) Pali: Buddham saranam gacchami. Dhammam saranam gacchami. Sangham saranam gacchami. Sanskrit: Buddham śaraṇam gacchāmi. बुद्धं शरणं ...
The panchakshara (Sanskrit: पञ्चाक्षर) literally means "five syllables" in Sanskrit, [2] referring to the five syllables of na, ma, śi, vā, and ya forming the mantra Om Namah Shivaya. [3] This hymn explains the significance of these five syllables and their affiliation with the deity. [4]
A Buddhist chant is a form of musical verse or recitation, in some ways analogous to the religious musics and hymns of other faiths. There are numerous traditions of Buddhist chanting, singing, and music in all three major schools of Buddhism: Theravada, East Asian Buddhism, and Himalayan Vajrayana.
The five-syllable (Panch Akshara) form, omitting the Om. In Shaiva Siddhanta, the five letters also represent: [5] Na is the Lord's concealing grace [5] Ma is the world [5] Śi stands for Shiva [5] Vā is His revealing grace [5] Ya is the Ātman or soul [5] The Tirumantiram (a scripture in Shaiva Siddhanta) announces that "His feet are the ...
Shri Rudram consists of two chapters (praśna) from the fourth kāṇda (book) of Taittiriya Samhita which is a part of Krishna Yajurveda. [9] The names of the chapters are Namakam (chapter five) and Chamakam (chapter seven) respectively. [10]
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.
The mantra in Tibetan script with the six syllables colored "om mani padme hūṃ hrīḥ" "om mani padme hūṃ", mani stone carved in Tibetan script outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa The largest mantra inscription in the world is located on Dogee Mountain in Kyzyl, Russia.
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