Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1695

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1695

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c8.1695

PAÑCĀKṢARAMĀHĀTMYA. Namaśśivāya composed of five letters (Na—maḥ—śi—vā—ya) is called the mantra of Pañcākṣara. There is a story in Śiva Purāṇa about the powers one can acquire by uttering this mantra. (See under Kalāvatī).

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Śivapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit