मंत्र · Mantras
Sanskrit mantras, with their sources named
Devanagari text, transliteration, meaning in English, and guidance on how to recite. Every mantra here carries a scriptural citation — if we cannot say where a text comes from, we do not publish it.
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Gayatri Mantra
The most widely recited Vedic verse, addressed to the light of the sun — Rigveda 3.62.10.
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
The Tryambaka verse of the Rigveda, addressed to Rudra — a prayer for release, likening it to a ripe fruit loosening from its stem.
Asato Ma Sad Gamaya
Three movements — from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to what does not die. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.
Saha Navavatu
The teacher-and-student peace verse — may we be protected together, and may we not quarrel. Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1.1.
Om Namah Shivaya — the Panchakshara
The five-syllable Shiva mantra. The phrase occurs in the Shri Rudram of the Krishna Yajurveda.
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
The twelve-syllable Vishnu mantra that opens the Bhagavata Purana.
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The sixteen-step order of worship. Each step lists the mantras recited at that point.
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What tradition associates with each mantra — recorded as custom, not as an outcome we are promising.
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17 in the libraryOm Gam Ganapataye Namah
The Ganesha bija mantra, built on the seed syllable gaṃ given in the Ganapati Atharvashirsha.
Hare Krishna Mahamantra
The sixteen-name mantra, given in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad.
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
The twelve-syllable Vishnu mantra that opens the Bhagavata Purana.
Om Namah Shivaya — the Panchakshara
The five-syllable Shiva mantra. The phrase occurs in the Shri Rudram of the Krishna Yajurveda.
Saha Navavatu
The teacher-and-student peace verse — may we be protected together, and may we not quarrel. Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1.1.
Asato Ma Sad Gamaya
Three movements — from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to what does not die. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
The Tryambaka verse of the Rigveda, addressed to Rudra — a prayer for release, likening it to a ripe fruit loosening from its stem.
Gayatri Mantra
The most widely recited Vedic verse, addressed to the light of the sun — Rigveda 3.62.10.
Navarna Mantra (Chamunda nine-syllable)
The nine-syllable Devi mantra used in the recitation of the Durga Saptashati.
Purnamadah Purnamidam
The fullness verse — take fullness from fullness and fullness remains. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.1.1.
Namaste Rudra Manyava — opening of the Shri Rudram
The first line of the Shri Rudram, the central Vedic hymn to Rudra — Taittiriya Samhita 4.5.1.
Purusha Sukta — opening verse
The thousand-headed Purusha — the first verse of the Purusha Sukta, Rigveda 10.90.1.
How this library is built
Sanskrit text is taken from cited editions. English meanings name their source, so you can tell a published scholarly translation from an editor’s rendering. Where the source of a widely recited verse is genuinely disputed, we hold it back rather than invent a reference. Hindi meanings and verified audio recitations are being added over time — we would rather publish nothing than publish a recording of unknown provenance or a machine translation.
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