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Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (mantra)

Paramantra (परमन्त्र) refers to “mantras that bestow mukti”, and represents a particular classification of mantras (“that which is chanted by people to obtain their spiritual aspirations”).—Another classification of mantra, according to the Pāñcarātra tradition is—para, vyūha and vibhava. Vyūha and vibhava mantras are further sub-divided. The vibhava mantras bestow bhukti or materialistic pleasures, while the vyūha and vyūhāntara-mantras are for mukti or liberation from the cycle of births and death. The paramantra, known as Vāsudeva-mantra, bestows mukti.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Paramantra (परमन्त्र).—nt., or °trā, f., a high number: Mahāvyutpatti 7886 = Tibetan gzhal thag; cited from Gaṇḍavyūha 133.19; in Gaṇḍavyūha 106.8 °mantrāyā(ḥ), gen. sg. fem.; corresponds to para- mātra, q.v.; °mantraśaḥ Mahāvastu i.13.8 (verse), by Senart's em. [Page319-b+ 71] which is probably right (mss. mostly °mantiṇo, one good ms. °mantriśo).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paramantra (परमन्त्र):—[=para-mantra] [from para] [varia lectio] for mātra.

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Paramantra in German

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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: Mantra, Para.

Ends with: Prasadaparamantra.

Full-text: Paramatra, Mrigava, Para, Vibhava, Vyuha, Vyuhantaramantra, Vyuhamantra, Vyuhantara, Vibhavamantra.

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