History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1355.3

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synonyms of the word Mantra are stoma, brahma, gīr, dhīti, mati, manīṣā, vacas vacasvā and are used hundreds of times in the Veda and in several places a Vedic prayer is said to be new 983, Tāntrik M. are treated like Vedic M. with sage, metre, deity and viniyoga, 1103; Tāra or Tāraka M. is *om* 1115, theory about sounds of M. being Śakti, 1100, three classes of Tāntrik M, masculine, feminine, neuter, 1101n, 1103; two theories about M. 1155; varieties of M called astra, hrdaya, kavaca, netra, raksā are mentioned in Tāntrik texts 1102, verses of Rgveda show that a host of mantras already existed and were inspired by the Lord of Prayers 981-983; Vedic M. were relegated to a secondary role by the Pūrvamīmāmsā system 1244, Vedic M. were supposed even in Rg to have great potency, that they induced God to come to the sacrifice and to bestow on sacrificer and worshipper valiant sons, wealth and protection 1098, word 'Mantra' derived and explained 1102, word Mantra occurs about 25 times in the Rgveda and 'Mantrakrt' only once 980, word Mantra is not described as new in the Rg while the words 'Sukīrti' and 'Sūkta' that occur only four or five times are spoken of as new or fresh 983