44 mantras
Mantras
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Lord Krishna
Hare Krishna Mahamantra
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण, कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे, हरे राम हरे राम, राम राम हरे हरे
Sixteen names, and the mantra Chaitanya Mahaprabhu sang through the streets of Bengal.
ReadLord Shiva
Om Namah Shivaya
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Five syllables that hold the whole of Shiva worship.
ReadUniversal / Bhakti
Gayatri Mantra
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥
The Rigveda verse at the heart of the daily sandhya prayer.
ReadLord Shiva
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥
The Rigveda verse families turn to in illness and fear.
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Lord Krishna5
Deity pageHare Krishna Mahamantra
Name japaहरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण, कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे, हरे राम हरे राम, राम राम हरे हरे
Sixteen names, and the mantra Chaitanya Mahaprabhu sang through the streets of Bengal.
राधे कृष्ण
Name japaRadhe Krishna
The paired name you'll hear most often in Braj.
राधे राधे
Name japaRadhe Radhe
In Braj it's how people say hello, and how they pray.
गोविन्दा गोविन्दा
Name japaGovinda Govinda
The name that echoes up the steps of Tirumala.
गोपाल गोपाल
Name japaGopal Gopal
Krishna as a child, called the way a mother calls.
Lord Shiva5
Deity pageॐ नमः शिवाय
SalutationOm Namah Shivaya
Five syllables that hold the whole of Shiva worship.
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Vedic mantraॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥
The Rigveda verse families turn to in illness and fear.
हर हर महादेव
Devotional callHar Har Mahadev
A cry heard from the lanes of Kashi to the Maratha battlefield.
शिव शिव
Name japaShiv Shiv
Shiva's name at its shortest, easy to keep with the breath.
ॐ नमः शम्भवे
SalutationOm Namah Shambhave
A bow to Shiva in his gentle, kindly form.
Lord Vishnu4
Deity pageॐ नमो नारायणाय
SalutationOm Namo Narayanaya
Eight syllables the Shrivaishnavas simply call the Tirumantra.
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
SalutationOm Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
The Bhagavatam's opening invocation, and the mantra Dhruva was given.
नारायण नारायण
Name japaNarayan Narayan
The name that travels with Narada and his veena.
ॐ विष्णवे नमः
SalutationOm Vishnave Namah
The simplest bow to Vishnu.
Lord Rama4
Deity pageश्री राम जय राम जय जय राम
Name japaShri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
A thirteen-syllable Ram mantra that Samarth Ramdas spread across Maharashtra.
जय श्री राम
Devotional callJai Shri Ram
Three words that across north India are also a greeting.
राम राम
Name japaRam Ram
The name Tulsidas said was greater than Ram himself.
सीता राम
Name japaSita Ram
The greeting of Ayodhya and Chitrakoot, and the japa of Ramanandi sadhus.
Lord Hanuman4
Deity pageजय हनुमान
Devotional callJai Hanuman
The opening words of the Hanuman Chalisa.
जय बजरंग बली
Devotional callJai Bajrang Bali
The wrestling-pit cry that names Hanuman's strength.
श्री राम दूत हनुमान
Name japaShri Ram Dut Hanuman
Calling Hanuman by the identity he loved most.
ॐ हनुमते नमः
SalutationOm Hanumate Namah
Hanuman's quieter mantra, for sitting still with.
Lord Ganesha3
Deity pageGoddess Durga3
Deity pageGoddess Lakshmi3
Deity pageGoddess Saraswati2
Deity pageLord Ayyappa1
Sun God2
Deity pageLord Shani2
Universal / Bhakti6
ॐ
Vedic mantraOm
The single sound almost every mantra begins with.
Gayatri Mantra
Vedic mantraॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥
The Rigveda verse at the heart of the daily sandhya prayer.
ॐ तत् सत्
Vedic mantraOm Tat Sat
Three words the Gita calls a name of Brahman.
हरि ॐ
Name japaHari Om
The hello of Rishikesh's ashrams.
राधे राधे श्याम मिला दे
KirtanRadhe Radhe Shyam Mila De
A Braj folk kirtan, and a plain request to Radha.
जय जगन्नाथ
Devotional callJai Jagannath
Hundreds of thousands of voices at Puri's Rath Yatra.
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