Mahalakshmimantra, ѲṣmīԳٰ, Mahalakshmi-mantra: 1 definition
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Mahalakshmimantra 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.
The Sanskrit term ѲṣmīԳٰ can be transliterated into English as Mahalaksmimantra or Mahalakshmimantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (mantra)ѲṣmīԳٰ (महालक्ष्मीमन्त्र) is another name for the Tārikāmantra, as discussed in chapter 25 of the ṣmīٲԳٰ: 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 [峾Գٰ-ś]: [...] Then it is related how to compose the 峾Գٰ (36-44). Other names by which the same mantra is known—“Pādma,� “Mahālakṣmī,� “Tāra,� “Gaurī,� “Hṛllekha,� etc. are then mentioned (45-47). [...]
Mantrashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, Գٰśٰ) 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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Partial matches: Mahalakshmi, Mantra.
Full-text: Mahalakshmi.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
48. A Rare Manuscript of Janardana Mahodaya < [Volume 2 (1954)]
Devi Tantra, Mantra, Yantra (study) (by Srider Basudevan Iyer)
Later Vedic goddesses (5.2): Mahalakshmi < [Chapter 2 - The Maior Goddesses]