The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.54
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.54
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c25.54
Mantra, mystic syllables sometimes containing a few intelligible words, but shorter than the Dhāraṇīs. The Mantras are believed to be a contracted form of the Dhāraṇīs and are meant for the mass to obtain an easy salvation, by simply muttering them. In many instances, the Mantra gives the name of the divinity or his attributes, and these are most important in determining the names of different gods when the Colophons of Sādhanas are not enough.