VedicMantra
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.
Rigveda 7.59.12Shiva32 syllables
VedicMantra
Om Namah Shivaya — the Panchakshara
The five-syllable Shiva mantra. The phrase occurs in the Shri Rudram of the Krishna Yajurveda.
Krishna Yajurveda, Taittiriya Samhita 4.5.8 (Shri Rudram, Namakam)Shiva5 syllables
VedicSukta (hymn)
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.
Krishna Yajurveda, Taittiriya Samhita 4.5.1Shiva