March 7, 2011
According to tantras, mantras can be divided in three categories according to gender – feminine, neutral, and masculine. Mantras ending in swah or swaha are considered to have feminine gender. Mantras ending in namah or namaha are considered to have neutral gender. Mantras ending in phat or hum phat are considered to have masculine gender. [...]
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March 7, 2011
Vedic mantras are mantras which were experienced by rishis (sages) and are mentioned in the four Vedas. Vedic mantras contain Sanskrit words. Tantric mantras contain seed (bija) sounds all on their own or seed sounds may be added as samput to mantras composed of Sanskrit words. Shaabar mantras contain words that are not in Sanskrit [...]
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