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{{Dictkey|སྔགས།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''sngags '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' ngak}} | {{Dictkey|སྔགས།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''sngags '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' ngak}} | ||
* ''Skt.'' [[mantra]] {{Context|[[:Category:Eleven | * ''Skt.'' [[mantra]] {{Context|[[:Category:Eleven Topics of Tantra|Eleven Topics of Tantra]]}} | ||
* ''c.f.'' [[སྔགས་པ་]] | * ''c.f.'' [[སྔགས་པ་]] | ||
* ''Skt.'' मन्त्र, mantra, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' mantra}} mantra [m'antra] m. (rarely n. ifc. f. [ā]), 'instrument of thought ', speech, sacred text or speech, a prayer or song of praise, a Vedic hymn or sacrificial formula, that portion of the Veda which contains the texts called [ṛc] or [yajus] or [sāman] as opp. to the Brāhmana and Upanishad portion, a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (e.g. [om] [śivāya] [namaḥ]) a mystical verse or magical formula (sometimes personified), incantation, charm, spell (esp. in modern times employed by the Śāktas to acquire superhuman powers the primary Mantras being held to be 70 millions in number and the secondary innumerable. Consultation, resolution, counsel, advice, plan, design, secret, N. of Viṣṇu cf. Viṣṇ of Śiva cf. MBh. (in astrol.) the fifth mansion {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} | * ''Skt.'' मन्त्र, mantra, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' mantra}} mantra [m'antra] m. (rarely n. ifc. f. [ā]), 'instrument of thought ', speech, sacred text or speech, a prayer or song of praise, a Vedic hymn or sacrificial formula, that portion of the Veda which contains the texts called [ṛc] or [yajus] or [sāman] as opp. to the Brāhmana and Upanishad portion, a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (e.g. [om] [śivāya] [namaḥ]) a mystical verse or magical formula (sometimes personified), incantation, charm, spell (esp. in modern times employed by the Śāktas to acquire superhuman powers the primary Mantras being held to be 70 millions in number and the secondary innumerable. Consultation, resolution, counsel, advice, plan, design, secret, N. of Viṣṇu cf. Viṣṇ of Śiva cf. MBh. (in astrol.) the fifth mansion {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} | ||
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
* [[Mantra]] | * [[Mantra]] | ||
* [[Eleven topics of | * [[Eleven topics of tantra]] | ||
[[Category:Tibetan-English Dictionary]][[Category:Sanskrit]][[Category:Eleven | [[Category:Tibetan-English Dictionary]][[Category:Sanskrit]][[Category:Eleven Topics of Tantra]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:39, 6 February 2012
སྔགས། (Wyl. sngags ) Pron.: ngak
- Skt. mantra [Eleven Topics of Tantra]
- c.f. སྔགས་པ་
- Skt. मन्त्र, mantra, Pron.: mantra mantra [m'antra] m. (rarely n. ifc. f. [ā]), 'instrument of thought ', speech, sacred text or speech, a prayer or song of praise, a Vedic hymn or sacrificial formula, that portion of the Veda which contains the texts called [ṛc] or [yajus] or [sāman] as opp. to the Brāhmana and Upanishad portion, a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (e.g. [om] [śivāya] [namaḥ]) a mystical verse or magical formula (sometimes personified), incantation, charm, spell (esp. in modern times employed by the Śāktas to acquire superhuman powers the primary Mantras being held to be 70 millions in number and the secondary innumerable. Consultation, resolution, counsel, advice, plan, design, secret, N. of Viṣṇu cf. Viṣṇ of Śiva cf. MBh. (in astrol.) the fifth mansion [Sanskrit]