मन्त्र

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• vaidik sanhitaoan mean gayak ke vicharoan ki upaj, rricha, chhand, stuti ko mantr kaha gaya hai.
• brahmanoan mean rrishiyoan ke gady ya padyamay kathanoan ko mantr kaha gaya hai.
• sadharanat: kisi bhi vaidik sookt athava yajnoy niroopanoan ko mantr kahate haian, jo rrik, sam aur yajush kahalate haian.
• ye vedoan ke brahman, aranyak aur upanishad bhag se bhinn haian.
• kisi devata ke prati samarpit sookshm prarthana ko bhi mantr kahate haian, yatha- shaiv sampraday ka mantr nam: shivay aur bhagavat sampraday ka namo bhagavate vasudevay.
• shakt aur tantrik sampradayoan mean anek sookshm aur rahasyamay vakyoan, shabdakhandoan aur aksharoan ka prayog hota hai. unhean bhi mantr kahate haian aur vishvas kiya jata hai ki unase mahanh shaktiyaan aur siddhiyaan prapt hoti haian.

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