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Mantra
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A sacred utterance in Indian and Buddhist practice, often repeated. Not a casual synonym for every charm or slogan.
Vedic tradition
Mantra appears in Vedic tradition.
The Ṛgveda’s verses are sacred mantras of Vedic rite and recitation. A named South Asian mantra speech in that hymn-corpus, not hymn as the praise-genre word alone and not Buddhist dhāraṇī under a forced flatten.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Buddhist traditions
Mantra appears in Buddhist traditions.
Watson’s Lotus Sūtra includes dharani chapters — protective sacred utterances kept and recited. A named mantra/dharani speech in that sūtra, not Rigveda mantra alone and not a casual charm slogan.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
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sources
- The Rigveda · Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation)
Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton, The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India.
- The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)
Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.