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Navkar (Namokar) Mantra;
णमो
णमो लोए। OFERT
णमो अरहंताणं
णमो आइरियाणं
बझायाणं
Transliterated to English
Meaning in English
Namo arihantāṇam Namo siddhānam Ņamā āyariyānam Ņamo uvajjhāyāṇam Ņamo lõē savva sāhūnam
I bow to the (arihants) liberated ones I bow to the (siddhas) perfecetd ones I bow to the (acharyas) preceptors I bow to the (Upadhyâyas) teachers I bow to all the (sadhus) saints
[Ēsāpañcaņamākkāro, savvapāvappaņāsaņo Mangalā ņam ca savvēsim, padamama havai mangalam
[This five-fold bowing destroys all sins and obstacles and of all auspicious mantras, is the first and foremost one]