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of the great men who invented them with a desire to make people happy. The stronger the desire, the greater the power of the mantra and the influence of the yantra. Many factors are responsible for attainment of success through a mantra. Even if one of the factors is ineffective, success cannot be attained through the mantra.
A mantra is a form of sound put into a script by a particular class of great men by combining particular words and letters for a particular purpose and it is supported by a presiding deity. With their extraperceptual knowledge great saints of ancient time could see definite meanings or subjects of their special mantras and that is why Śri Ashok Kumar Dutt who possesses extraperceptua! knowledge uses the phrase 'Visionaries of meanings of mantras' for our ancient seers and monks.
Explaining the secret of sound of mantras Šri Ashok Kumar Dutt describes his own experience and says : "While uttering a mantra or the name of Bhagavān or any deity, I see blue and white particles and they give nutrition to a body and along with it the glitter and sharpness of a mass of light of the subtle body rises. I, therefore, realised that the prescription of the Jāpa (repetition) of the name of God and utterance of its mantra are perfectly scientific."
In his book entitled 'Vaisvika Cētanā' (Coscon) Lieut. Col. C.C. Bakshi states about mantras that when it is mentally or vocally pronounced every note, sound or word produces vibrations of a certain definite form. Even while we think, indistinct words/sounds are produced in our mind. Expert Sanskrit grammarians and philosophers call them bursting of sound (Sabda-Sphõța) and these letters make a definite kind of impressions on our mind.
Mantras can produce good as well as bad effects. Moreover, desired effect
be produced through mantras on birds, beasts, plants, human beings and presiding deities of the mantras. There are some mantras which cure us of
e are some mantras which protect us. There are some mantras which can be used for subduing or killing some body or for malevolent purposes. In a Kuśandikā sacrificial rite a man lighted fire only with some mantras and 'Ram' (), the mystic mantra of fire.
Talking of mantra-sounds, mantra-letters, yantra and idols, śri C.C. Bakshi states that sound of a mantra is unidimensional. (Of course, we cannot
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| SR No. | 001603 |
| Book Title | Scientific Secrets of Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nandighoshvijay |
| Publisher | Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 378 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Science, Religion, & Articles |
| File Size | 21 MB |