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Namo ka mantra
Namokar Mantra (Navkar Mantra) is the main, most sacred mantra of Jain Dharma. Here is the full mantra and a very simple meaning:
Original (Prakrit) णमो अरिहंताणं। णमो सिद्धाणं। णमो आयरियाणं। णमो उवज्झायाणं। णमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं॥
एसो पंच नमोक्कारो, सव्व पावप्पणासणो। मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं, पढमं हवई मंगलं॥
Transliteration Namo Arihantanam Namo Siddhanam Namo Ayariyanam Namo Uvajjhayanam Namo Loe Savva‑Sahunam
Eso pancha Namokkaro, savva pāvappaṇāsano Mangalanam cha savvesim, padhamam havai mangalam
Simple meaning (arth)
- Namo Arihantanam – I bow to the Arihants (enlightened beings who have destroyed inner passions).
- Namo Siddhanam – I bow to the Siddhas (liberated souls, free from birth and death).
- Namo Ayariyanam – I bow to the Acharyas (heads of the Jain ascetic order).
- Namo Uvajjhayanam – I bow to the Upadhyayas (spiritual/scripture teachers).
- Namo Loe Savva‑Sahunam – I bow to all sadhus and sadhvis (monks and nuns) in the whole universe.
- Eso pancha namokkaro – These five bowings
- Savva pāvappaṇāsano – destroy all sins (karmic impurities).
- Mangalanam cha savvesim – among all auspicious things,
- Padhamam havai mangalam – this is the foremost auspicious.
Digambar–Shwetambar note Both traditions accept this same Navkar (Namokar) Mantra. There are only very small pronunciation/spelling differences (like “savva/sabba”), but the meaning and order are the same.
