Gaurimantra, Gaurīmantra, Gauri-mantra: 2 definitions
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Gaurimantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)
Gaurīmantra (गौरीमन्त्र) is another name for the Tārikāmantra, as discussed in chapter 25 of the Lakṣmītantra: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 3600 Sanskrit verses exclusively devoted to Goddess Lakṣmī or Śrī (the consort of Viṣṇu) besides dealing with cosmology and practical regarding Vaishnava priests and temple-building programs.—Description of the chapter [tārikāmantra-prakāśa]: [...] Then it is related how to compose the tārikāmantra (36-44). Other names by which the same mantra is known—“Pādma,” “Mahālakṣmī,” “Tāra,” “Gaurī,” “Hṛllekha,” etc. are then mentioned (45-47). [...]
Mantrashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, mantraśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mantras—chants, incantations, spells, magical hymns, etc. Mantra Sastra literature includes many ancient books dealing with the methods reciting mantras, identifying and purifying its defects and the science behind uttering or chanting syllables.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Gaurīmantra (गौरीमन्त्र):—[=gaurī-mantra] [from gaurī > gaura] m. a prayer to Gaurī, [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. ra-m.)
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Gauri, Mantra.
Full-text: Gauri.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)