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The mantra was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Guṇabhadra (Sanskrit; Chinese: 求那跋陀羅, 394–468) from central India. It is usually recited 21, 27 or 49 times per day. [2] In one type of group practice, participants usually recite this mantra three times after reciting the Heart Sutra or the Amitabha Sutra.
Maithreem Bhajata मैत्रीं भजत is a benediction composed in Sanskrit by the 68th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Moolamnaya Sarvajna Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, renowned as the Paramacharya of Kanchi. [1] The song was set to a Ragamalika by composer Shri Vasant Desai.
The Gayatri mantra is cited widely in Hindu texts, such as the mantra listings of the Śrauta liturgy, and classical Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, [5] [6] Harivamsa, [7] and Manusmṛti. [8] The mantra and its associated metric form was known by the Buddha. [9] The mantra is an important part of the initiation ceremony.
The mantra first appears in Rigveda 7.59.12, which is a composite hymn attributed to Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi. The last four verses (in which the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is found) are late additions to the hymn, and they make references to the Sākamedha, the last of the four-monthly rituals.
Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevaya in Devanagari. Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya (Sanskrit: ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय, lit. 'I bow to God Vāsudeva'; listen ⓘ) is one of the most popular mantras in Hinduism and, according to the Bhagavata tradition, the most important mantra in Vaishnavism. [1]
An unidentified Sanskrit poet Matanga, composer of Brahaddeśī on music theory, may also have been the same person. Bhaktāmara Stotra was composed sometime in the Gupta or the post-Gupta period, making Manatunga approximately contemporary with other navaratnas like Kalidasa and Varahamihira .
The major part of the Durwakshta Mantra is taken from the mantra 22 of the chapter 22 in the Madhyandina Samhita of the Shukla Yajurveda. [9] According to Maithil scholar Gajendra Thakur, the mantra 22 of the chapter 22 in the Shukla Yajurveda was chanted for the devotion towards the Nation in entire Indian subcontinent by people in the early times.
The text of the mantra (albeit with some typography issues and/or typos) is quoted in the beginning of the official music video for Light of Transcendence, [15] the first track on the 2018 album Ømni by the Brazilian power metal band Angra. In 2024, the mantra was used in the lyrics for "Shanti", a song by Zedd from the album Telos.