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GaṇeśaSource · Pāramparika Gaṇeśa-prārthanā
Vakratuṇḍa Prārthanā
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ। निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥
IAST vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭisamaprabha · nirvighnaṃ kuru me deva sarvakāryeṣu sarvadā
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GaṇeśaSource · Pāramparika Gaṇeśa-prārthanā
Gajānana Prārthanā
गजाननं भूतगणादिसेवितं कपित्थजम्बूफलचारुभक्षणम्। उमासुतं शोकविनाशकारकं नमामि विघ्नेश्वरपादपङ्कजम्॥
IAST gajānanaṃ bhūtagaṇādisevitaṃ kapitthajambūphalacārubhakṣaṇam · umāsutaṃ śokavināśakārakaṃ namāmi vighneśvarapādapaṅkajam
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GaṇeśaSource · Pāramparika Gaṇeśa-prārthanā
Agajānanapadmārkam
अगजाननपद्मार्कं गजाननमहर्निशम्। अनेकदन्तं भक्तानामेकदन्तमुपास्महे॥
IAST agajānanapadmārkaṃ gajānanam aharniśam · anekadantaṃ bhaktānām ekadantam upāsmahe
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ŚivaSource · Śaiva-mantra-paramparā
Pañcākṣarī Mantra
ॐ नमः शिवाय॥
IAST oṃ namaḥ śivāya
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ŚivaSource · Ṛgveda 7.59.12
Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥
IAST oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam · urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā'mṛtāt
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ŚivaSource · Pāramparika ārati-prārthanā
Karpūragaura Prārthanā
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम्। सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि॥
IAST karpūragauraṃ karuṇāvatāraṃ saṃsārasāraṃ bhujagendrahāram · sadā vasantaṃ hṛdayāravinde bhavaṃ bhavānīsahitaṃ namāmi
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ŚivaSource · Liṅgāṣṭakam 1
Liṅgāṣṭakam
ब्रह्ममुरारिसुरार्चितलिङ्गं निर्मलभासितशोभितलिङ्गम्। जन्मजदुःखविनाशकलिङ्गं तत्प्रणमामि सदाशिवलिङ्गम्॥
IAST brahmamurārisurārcitaliṅgaṃ nirmalabhāsitaśobhitaliṅgam · janmaja duḥkhavināśakaliṅgaṃ tat praṇamāmi sadāśivaliṅgam
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ViṣṇuSource · Pāramparika Viṣṇu-dhyāna-śloka
Śāntākāram
शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम्। लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्॥
IAST śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam · lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogibhir dhyānagamyaṃ vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham
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ViṣṇuSource · Vaiṣṇava-mantra-paramparā
Aṣṭākṣarī Mantra
ॐ नमो नारायणाय॥
IAST oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya
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ViṣṇuSource · Vaiṣṇava-mantra-paramparā
Dvādaśākṣarī Mantra
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय॥
IAST oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
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KṛṣṇaSource · Pāramparika Kṛṣṇa-prārthanā
Vāsudevasutaṃ Devam
वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्। देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्॥
IAST vasudevasutaṃ devaṃ kaṃsacāṇūramardanam · devakīparamānandaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum
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KṛṣṇaSource · Kali-Santaraṇa Upaniṣad-paramparā
Mahāmantra
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे। हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे॥
IAST hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare · hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
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RāmaSource · Pāramparika Rāma-prārthanā
Rāma Namaskāra
रामाय रामभद्राय रामचन्द्राय वेधसे। रघुनाथाय नाथाय सीतायाः पतये नमः॥
IAST rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacandrāya vedhase · raghunāthāya nāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ
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RāmaSource · Nāma-japa-paramparā
Śrī Rāma Jaya Rāma
श्री राम जय राम जय जय राम॥
IAST śrī rāma jaya rāma jaya jaya rāma
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HanumānSource · Pāramparika Hanumat-dhyāna-śloka
Manojavam
मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम्। वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यं श्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये॥
IAST manojavaṃ mārutatulyavegaṃ jitendriyaṃ buddhimatāṃ variṣṭham · vātātmajaṃ vānarayūthamukhyaṃ śrīrāmadūtaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
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HanumānSource · Bhakti-mantra-paramparā
Hanumat Namaskāra
ॐ हनुमते नमः॥
IAST oṃ hanumate namaḥ
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DevīSource · Devī Māhātmya 11.10
Sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके। शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते॥
IAST sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike · śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo'stu te
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DevīSource · Devī Māhātmya 5.16
Yā Devī Sarvabhūteṣu
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
IAST yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śaktirūpeṇa saṃsthitā · namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
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LakṣmīSource · Mahālakṣmī Aṣṭakam 1
Mahālakṣmī Aṣṭakam
नमस्तेऽस्तु महामाये श्रीपीठे सुरपूजिते। शङ्खचक्रगदाहस्ते महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते॥
IAST namaste'stu mahāmāye śrīpīṭhe surapūjite · śaṅkhacakragadāhaste mahālakṣmi namo'stu te
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SarasvatīSource · Pāramparika Sarasvatī-prārthanā
Yā Kundendu
या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता। या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना॥
IAST yā kundendutuṣārahāradhavalā yā śubhravastrāvṛtā · yā vīṇāvaradaṇḍamaṇḍitakarā yā śvetapadmāsanā
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SarasvatīSource · Pāramparika vidyārambha-prārthanā
Sarasvatī Namastubhyam
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यं वरदे कामरूपिणि। विद्यारम्भं करिष्यामि सिद्धिर्भवतु मे सदा॥
IAST sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi · vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhir bhavatu me sadā
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SūryaSource · Navagraha Stotram · Sūrya
Sūrya Navagraha Śloka
जपाकुसुमसङ्काशं काश्यपेयं महाद्युतिम्। तमोऽरिं सर्वपापघ्नं प्रणतोऽस्मि दिवाकरम्॥
IAST japākusumasaṅkāśaṃ kāśyapeyaṃ mahādyutim · tamo'riṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ praṇato'smi divākaram
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ŚaniSource · Navagraha Stotram · Śani
Śani Navagraha Śloka
नीलाञ्जनसमाभासं रविपुत्रं यमाग्रजम्। छायामार्तण्डसम्भूतं तं नमामि शनैश्चरम्॥
IAST nīlāñjanasamābhāsaṃ raviputraṃ yamāgrajam · chāyāmārtaṇḍasambhūtaṃ taṃ namāmi śanaiścaram
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NṛsiṃhaSource · Nṛsiṃha-mantra-paramparā
Ugraṃ Vīram
उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम्। नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम्॥
IAST ugraṃ vīraṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ jvalantaṃ sarvatomukham · nṛsiṃhaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ bhadraṃ mṛtyumṛtyuṃ namāmyaham
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SubrahmaṇyaSource · Pāramparika Subrahmaṇya-prārthanā
Ṣaḍānana Dhyānam
षडाननं कुङ्कुमरक्तवर्णं महामतिं दिव्यमयूरवाहनम्। रुद्रस्य सूनुं सुरसैन्यनाथं गुहं सदा शरणमहं प्रपद्ये॥
IAST ṣaḍānanaṃ kuṅkumaraktavarṇaṃ mahāmatiṃ divyamayūravāhanam · rudrasya sūnuṃ surasainyanāthaṃ guhaṃ sadā śaraṇam ahaṃ prapadye
Meaning, recitation and practice+
- Study context
- Read this prayer in its named source or living devotional tradition. Distinguish the transmitted words from later claims about guaranteed results.
- Recitation method
- Learn long and short vowels, retroflex consonants and word divisions before increasing speed or repetition. Listen to a qualified teacher where a lineage melody is involved.
- Daily application
- Begin with a small, steady number of repetitions. Join recitation to truthful conduct, attention and one concrete act of service.
- Important caution
- Do not use mantra as a substitute for medical, psychological, legal or financial care. Initiatory, bīja and ritual applications require qualified guidance.
GuruSource · Guru Stotra-paramparā
Guru Stotram
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः। गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥
IAST gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ · guruḥ sākṣāt paraṃ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ
Meaning, recitation and practice+
- Study context
- Read this prayer in its named source or living devotional tradition. Distinguish the transmitted words from later claims about guaranteed results.
- Recitation method
- Learn long and short vowels, retroflex consonants and word divisions before increasing speed or repetition. Listen to a qualified teacher where a lineage melody is involved.
- Daily application
- Begin with a small, steady number of repetitions. Join recitation to truthful conduct, attention and one concrete act of service.
- Important caution
- Do not use mantra as a substitute for medical, psychological, legal or financial care. Initiatory, bīja and ritual applications require qualified guidance.