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मन्त्र f. am. (rarely n.;
ifc. f(आ). ), ‘instrument of thought’, speech, sacred text or speech, a prayer or song of praise, [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [TS.]
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ऋच् a Vedic hymn or sacrificial formula, that portion of the वेद which contains the texts called or
यजुस् or सामन् (q.v. ) as opp. to the ब्राह्मण and उपनिषद् portion (See, [IW. 5 &c.] ), [Br.] ; [GṛŚrS.] &c.
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ओम् a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (
e.g. शिवायनमः), [RTL. 61]
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a mystical verse or magical formula (sometimes personified), incantation, charm, spell (
esp. in modern times employed by the शाक्तs to acquire superhuman powers; the primary मन्त्रs being held to be 70 millions in number and the secondary innumerable, [RTL. 197-202] ), RV. i, 147, 4; [ĀśvŚr.] ; [Mn.] ; [Kathās.] ; [Suśr.]
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