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The mantra can be recited vocally (some one can hear it) or silently (no one can hear it, only in the mind) thousands of times. This process of repeated recitation is called japa, and it produces a cumulative stream of energy.
3/1.7 Mätrikäs: Vowels and consonants and their powers
In the Sanskrit alphabet there are sixteen vowels (swars) and thirty-three consonants (vyanjanas). A mantra has to be a combination of more than one of these forty-nine letters. Besides Aum and Hrim, the other seeds are as follows: The following seeds (beej) are widely used to strengthen any mantra'.
Seed
Significance Aum considered a fire seed, seed of devotion, it is a lotus and it is a main prefix. This can be used as a mantra without attaching other words to it Hrim Seed of energy, illusion Kshi Seed of the earth Pa Seed of water Swä Seed of the wind Hä Seed of the space/ universe. The above Swä and Hä used together as Svähä in offerings to a fire. Aim Seed of knowledge Klim Seed for attraction Shrim Seed for wealth Jain letter Arham (The whole sound represents Arihanta, the enlightened one and has a power in it's sound) A is the first letter, eternal, divine. R is like fire but it is auspicious. Ha is the seed for space and the last letter of the Sanskrit alphabet. M is the dot for meditation. Jain way of writing Arham is show in the illustration at the end.)
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Other Important Mantra-seeds:
a Base of Aum sound, eternal, pure, enlightened sound. Removes the fear of death, aa Creator of intellect, wisdom, eternal, fame, wealth, fulfils desire
Power of nourishment (pushti beej),, fire seed ii Giver of knowledge, attracting, power of speech u The essence of power, disturbs the mind uu Destructive power, power of expulsion (uchchatan beei) ri or ru seed of fire, perfection, secret wealth of the mind and soul, disturbs the mind Iri or Iru Can create hatred, destroyer of the power of speech, announcer of truth, e (Vashikaran beej), destroys obstacles, the purest ai Vagbeej, satva beej, helps growth, fulfils difficult work, invokes angelic powers, attracts all. o Giver of wealth, destroyer of karma au Killer, creates detachment, rapid fulfiller of work
From Arham Mantrop toava by Pandit Dhirajlal Shah Page 60 to 70. Also- Pavagadh Chintamani by Muni Navinchandra Vijay, Published from Pawagadh 1995
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