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    Digamber navkar mantra

    10 months ago 239

    Here is the Namokar/ Navkar Mantra as used in Jainism, with a brief Digambar/Shwetambar note and simple meaning.

    Original text (Prakrit):

    • णमो अरिहंताणं
    • णमो सिद्धाणं
    • णमो आयरियाणं
    • णमो उवज्झायाणं ( Digambar: उवज्जायाणं )
    • णमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं
    • एसो पंच नमोकारो
    • Savva-pavappanasano
    • Mangalanam ca Savvesim
    • Padhamam havai mangalam

    Meaning (arth):

    • Namo Arihantanam: I bow to the Arihants — beings who have conquered inner enemies and attained kevala jñāna.
    • Namo Siddhaanam: I bow to the Siddhas — liberated souls who have ended their karmic bondage.
    • Namo Ayariyaanam: I bow to the Āchāryas — the spiritual teachers who guide the order.
    • Namo Uvajjhāyāṇam (Digambar: Uvajjhāyāṇaṁ): I bow to the Upādhyāyas — the preceptors/teachers of scriptures.
    • Namo Loe Savva Sāhūṇaṁ (Digambar: Sāhūṇam phrasing may vary slightly): I bow to all Sādhu/Sādhinī (monks and nuns) who practice renunciation.
    • Eso Pancha Namokkāro: These five venerations (bowings)
    • Savva-pāvappaṇāsaṇo: destroy all sins
    • Maṅgalaṇaṁ ca Savvesim: among all auspicious things, this is the foremost
    • Padhamam havai mangalam: this Navkar Mantra is the supreme auspiciousness

    Tradition notes:

    • The five salutations are toward the guṇa (virtues) of the enlightened beings, not to individual gods. This is central to Jain practice.
    • Minor spelling/voice variations exist between Digambar and Shwetambar recitations (for example उवज्जायाणं vs उवज्झायाणं, savva-sāhūṇaṁ vs sāhūṇaṁ), but the meaning and purpose remain the same.

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