Sattvikamantra, Sāttvikamantra, Sattvika-mantra: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (mantra)Sāttvikamantra (सात्त्विकमन्त्र) (lit. “concerning sāttvika-mantras”) is the name of chapter 14 of the Śeṣasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 2800 Sanskrit verses narrated by Śeṣa (=Ananta) to Nārada and dealing primarily with the use of the appropriate mantras for various occasions such as jayantī celebrations.
[Description of the chapter sāttvikamantra]: Nārada asks Seṣa to tell him what are the things to be repeatedly done [puraścaraṇa] to assure the validity of the sāttvika-mantras. After cataloguing the mantras which are to be considered sāttvika (1-8a), he begins to tell about nyāsa-concentrations and the necessity for doing them (8b-22). This is followed by a similar treatment of mudrā-gestures (23-26a). He speaks of who is and who is not capable of giving initiation [mantropadeśa] into the secrets of mantras (26b-36a), whereupon he turns his attention to the construction and uses of yantra-designs to be used by the Guru (36b-57). Particularly when one wants to achieve certain prayogic rewards, it is necessary to do japa, holding one’s hands and arms in certain prescribed positions (58-64a). As for initiation [upadeśa] of a student into the secrets of a mantra, the Guru should carefully choose the time for this, depending upon the aim that the initiate hopes to achieve by his mantra-practices (64b-74a).
Mantrashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, mantraśāstra) 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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