Hindu Mantra Collection with Meaning

Read source-aware Sanskrit mantras and short prayers with Devanagari, Roman pronunciation, plain-English meaning, and optional digital Japa mode.

A mantra may be a Vedic verse, a later scriptural formula, or a widely circulated prayer. Each page distinguishes source, liturgical additions, order variants, and mixed provenance where known.

Short mantras and name lists

The collection holds Vedic verses such as the Gayatri and Mahamrityunjaya mantras, short devotional formulas, and the 108-name lists (ashtottara shatanamavali) of Ganesha, Shiva, Vishnu, Durga, Lakshmi and Hanuman. Each page says where the mantra comes from and whether additions such as an opening Om or a closing line are later liturgical practice.

Japa and repetition

Mantras are often repeated a fixed number of times, traditionally 108 on a mala. The Gayatri, Mahamrityunjaya, Ganesh, Hare Krishna and Saraswati mantra pages have a Japa mode that counts repetitions for you, and the separate japa counter keeps a running total for any mantra. Choose a count you can keep with attention; the pages describe traditional counts without making any of them compulsory or promising a result.

Suggested starting points

Verification note: Each source card records the edition, meaningful variants, and verification work. Incomplete devotional texts are not published as reader pages.

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