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mantra

mántra m. (rarely n.; ifc. f(A). ), ‘instrument of thought’, speech, sacred text or speech, a prayer or song of praise, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]

a Vedic hymn or sacrificial formula, that portion of the Veda which contains the texts called ṛc or yajus or sāman (q.v.) as opp. to the Brāhmaṇa and Upaniṣad portion (see [IW. 5] &c.), [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c.

a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (e.g. om śivāya namaḥ), [RTL. 61]

a mystical verse or magical formula (sometimes personified), incantation, charm, spell (esp. in modern times employed by the Śāktas to acquire superhuman powers; the primary Mantras being held to be 70 millions in number and the secondary innumerable, [RTL. 197]-[202]), [RV.] ([i, 147, 4]); [ĀśvŚr.]; [Mn.]; [Kathās.]; [Suśr.]

consultation, resolution, counsel, advice, plan, design, secret, [RV.] &c. &c.

N. of Viṣṇu, [Viṣṇ.]

of Śiva, [MBh.]

(in astrol.) the fifth mansion, [VarYogay.]

See p. 785, col. 3.