- གསང་ཚིག
- གསང་སྔགས།
- སྔགས།
- sngags
- gsang sngags
- gsang tshig
- mantra
- guhyamantra
- rahasyapada
- Term
A formula of words or syllables that are recited aloud or mentally in order to bring about a magical or soteriological effect or result. The term has been interpretively etymologized to mean “that which protects (trā) the mind (man)”.
- mantra
- སྔགས།
- sngags
- mantra
Literally “an instrument of thought,” it is usually a brief verbal formula used with multiple repetitions, usually beginning with oṃ and in essence a salutation to a particular deity. It can also be used as a healing spell, which is the meaning here.
- mantra
- སྔགས།
- sngags
- mantra
Literally “an instrument of thought,” it is usually a brief verbal formula used in multiple repetitions, usually beginning with oṁ and in essence a salutation to a particular deity.
- mantra
- གསང་ཚིག
- gsang tshig
- mantra
Literally “an instrument of thought,” it is usually a brief verbal formula used in multiple repetitions, usually beginning with oṁ and in essence a salutation to a particular deity.
- mantra
- གསང་སྔགས།
- gsang sngags
- mantra
A formula of words or syllables that are recited aloud or mentally in order to bring about a magical or soteriological effect or result. The term has been creatively etymologized to mean “that which protects (trā) the mind (man)”.
- mantra
- སྔགས།
- sngags
- mantra
Words of power; incantation; lit. “mind-protector”; single or combined Sanskrit syllables repeated as invocations, based on the power of sound (Rigzin 98).
- mantra
- སྔགས།
- sngags
- mantra
- mantra
- སྔགས།
- sngags
- mantra
- mantra
- གསང་སྔགས།
- gsang sngags
- mantra
A syllable or phrase used in esoteric rites to invoke a deity and its power for the purposes of both worldly aims and liberation.
- secret mantra
- གསང་སྔགས།
- gsang sngags
- guhyamantra
A spell. Although a technical term in its own right, it is also at times used interchangeably with the terms dhāraṇī and dhāraṇīmantra, vidyāmantra, etc.
- Secret Mantra
- གསང་སྔགས།
- gsang sngags
See “Secret Mantra Vajrayāna.”
- mysterious words
- གསང་ཚིག
- gsang tshig
- rahasyapada
One of ten different kinds of verbal phrase or statement (Skt. pada) mentioned in this text.
- spell
- གསང་སྔགས།
- སྔགས།
- gsang sngags
- sngags
- mantra