2020 01 29 Vasant Panchami – Saraswati's Birthday

Basant Panchami, also known as Vasant Panchami or Saraswati Puja, is Hindu’s most famous festival that marks the arrival of the spring season and also celebrates the birth of Goddess Saraswati. The Hindu festival is marked by widespread celebrations in India. Let’s read Basant Panchami article here andread everything about Basant Panchami including History,Celebrations, Quotes, Puja, Facts, Wishes, Messages, and ShortEssays.

Basant Panchami Meaning in English – The English meaning of Basant Panchami is really simple. Basant Panchami is a Sanskrit term, Basant meaning spring, and Panchami meaning the fifth day. On this Hindu festival day, Goddess Saraswati is worshipped.

 7 videos play for 59 minutes

 

1 Understanding Goddess Saraswati 9:40

Naren Pillai

2 Beautiful Maha Saraswati Stotram with Lyrics! 5:58

Kumar Eshwari, Pandit,kumar Sheha Suresh, Kumar Ankit Joshi

3 Sri Saraswati Astothara Satha Namavali - Saraswathi Ashtothram Telugu 12:05

4 Saraswati Dwaadasha Stotram 6:23

These sacred verses glorifies twelve of the thousands of names of the goddess.

Rekha Bharadwaj

5 Saraswati Chalisa with Lyrics | Saraswati Mantra | Bhakti Songs 7:11

6 Saraswati Beej Mantra | ॐ ऐं सरस्वत्यै नमः | Gain Knowledge & Wisdom | English & Sanskrit Lyrics [108 repetitions] 12:47

Sahil Jagtiani

7 Maa Saraswati Aarti-Jai Sarswati Mata 4:53

Anuradha Paudwal

Playlist URL
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACmwZPBGZMd_3-xewUG3fWo6a95eu9Mw

2019 02 19 Popular and Useful Bija Mantras

Here are eight of the most popular, useful, and commonly used bija mantras to change and improve your life. (Bija or Beeja means Seed or Essence, one syllable that represents the essence of the deity.) There is a bija mantra for Shiva, but Om Namah Shivaya is used far more than any other and so I stayed with that tradition.

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1 - Ganesh – opens doors to new beginnings and leads you around obstacles. Call upon him when you begin something new, and for intelligence.

Ganesh means Gana (group, multitude) Isha (Lord/Master) Overseer of the demi-gods who followed his father Shiva.

Om gum ganapathaye namah - Deva Premal - 8:13

2 - Kali – a fierce fighter yet loving mother figure; destroyer of evil; protection

Kali means 'fulness of time' or 'force of time'

Om Kreem Kalikaye namah - no artist info - 7:48

3 - Krishna – spiritual or unconditional love. If you need to love yourself, or are trying to forgive someone, this could be useful.

Krishna means black; dark-colored

Om kleem krishnaya namaha - no artist info - 13:16

4 - Lakshmi – fortune and wealth

Lakshmi means 'kindred mark' or 'sign of auspicious fortune'

Om shreem Mahalakshmiaya namaha - Deva Premal - 7:55

5 - Saraswati – creativity and learning [education], music and arts

Saraswati means 'She of the stream'

Om sum saraswathaye namah - Sahil Jagtiani - 12:47 

6 - Shiva – destroyer of illusion; when you need a breakthrough or clarity

Shiva means 'the Auspicious, the Perfect'

Om namah shivaya - no artist info -11:55

7 - Surya - The Sun, an excellent mantra to demonstrate Gratitude.

Surya is the name for the sun, ghrin means 'favor'

Om ghrin suryaya namah - SBV Music - 11:42

8 - Vishnu – peace, love, protector of the universe

Vishnu means 'all-pervading' or 'the being who supports all things'

This one is done as a kirtan (call and response) so I am not sure there are 108 repetitions, but I loved this version. You'll notice he includes Krishna in this one, too

Om namo narayanaya - Sahil Jagtiani - 5:18

Playlist url:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACmwZPBGZMcmlJM2cEdbzAocmQLFoZ5e

2017 01 16 Shiva Chants and Mantras

To see a list of the various styles of chants and mantras with definitions, see the Glossary of Styles article. 

Nine videos play for 74 minutes. EnJOY!

1 Shiv Gayatri Mantra with Lyrics - Om Tatpurushaya Vidmahe - Peaceful Chant  5:19

2 Shiv Chalisa with Lyrics By Anuradha Paudwal I Full Video Song 11:55

3 Shiva Rudrastakam 9:00

3a Shri Rudrashtakam website link for lyrics in Sanskrit and English

4 SRI SHIVA KAVACHAM with English Translation 10:44

5 Shiv Raksha Stotra - Pandit Jasraj 7:41

6 LORD SHIVA BEEJ MANTRA FOR ALL TYPE OF HAPINESS AND PROSPERITY. 10:48

7 Lingashtakam | Lord Shiva Special Slokas | Sanskrit Slokas And Mantras | DevotionalTV  3:31

8 Om Namah Shivaya ( Awesome DHUN ) (Must Listen)  10:09

9 (NEW) Awesome Lord Shiva Aarti (NEW) 4:35

Playlist url:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACmwZPBGZMe2KrakqW-A2mMXM2ycDs7m

Glossary of Styles of Hindu Chants and Mantras

Aarti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarti

Aarti also spelled arti, arati, arathi, aarthi (In Devanagari: आरती ārtī) is a Hindu religious ritual of worship, a part of puja, in which light from wicks soaked in ghee (purified butter) or camphor is offered to one or more deities. Aartis also refer to the songs sung in praise of the deity, when lamps are being offered.

Ashtakam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtakam

The term ashtakam (Sanskrit: अष्टकम् aṣṭakam), also often written astakam, is derived from the Sanskrit word aṣṭā, meaning "eight". In context of poetic compositions, 'ashtakam' refers to a particular form of poetry, written in eight stanzas.

Bija Mantra

Bija: In Hinduism and Buddhism, the Sanskrit term Bīja(बीज) (Jp. 種子 shuji) (Chinese 种子 zhǒng zǐ), literally seed, is used as a metaphor for the origin or cause of things and cognate with bindu.

Mantra: A "Mantra" (/ˈmæntrə, ˈmɑːn-, ˈmʌn-/ (Sanskrit: मंत्र);[2]) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers.

Chalisa: literally “Forty Chaupai” and indicates forty verses of poetry together in a devotional song. Most popular are the Hanuman, Ganesh, Durga, and Shiv Chalisas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaupai_(poetry)

A chaupai (चौपाई) is a quatrain verse of Indian poetry, especially medieval Hindi poetry, that uses a metre of four syllables.

Gayatri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri

Gayatri (Sanskrit: gāyatrī) is the feminine form of gāyatra, a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn, having a Vedic meter of three padas, or lines, of eight syllables. In particular, it refers to the Gayatri Mantra and the Goddess Gāyatrī as that mantra personified.

Kavacam, Kavacham, Kavach is a mantra of protection, not a particular style of chant. It is often comprised of Stotram verses.

Shloka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shloka

Shloka (meaning "song", from the root śru, "hear"[1]) is a category of verse line developed from the Vedic Anustubh poetic meter. It is the basis for Indian epic verse, and may be considered the Indian verse form par excellence, occurring, as it does, far more frequently than any other meter in classical Sanskrit poetry.[1] The Mahabharata and Ramayana, for example, are written almost exclusively in shlokas.[2]

Stotram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stotra

Stotra or Stotram (stotra) is a Sanskrit word, that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise".[1][2] It is a literary genre of Indian texts designed to be melodically sung, in contrast to shastras which are composed to be recited.[1]