Chanting School – Mantra Study List

Every text studied here, gathered in one place. Each entry opens the full piece — Sanskrit in Devanāgarī, transliteration for the mouth, and a translation for the mind — and most carry a recitation to learn it by ear. Work down a section rather than across the list: the openings first, then whichever stream you are actually practising.
Opening and closing the practice
The mantras that frame a session — the lamp, the clearing of obstacles, and the śānti that closes it.
- Mantra Pūrṇāhuti — पूर्णाहुति — Sanskrit and Audiotrack
- Śānti Mantra — Om Saha Nāv Avatu (Kena/Taittirīya Upaniṣads)
- Full Śānti Path — Four Mantras: Asato Mā, Mahāmṛtyuñjaya, Tvameva Mātā
- Dīpajyotiḥ — Prayer While Lighting a Lamp
- Śānti Pāṭha from the Yajur Veda — ॐ भद्रं कर्णेभिः, the Prayer to Hear What Is Auspicious
The teacher
Verses to the guru principle, which this tradition places inside the practitioner rather than on a seat at the front of the room.
- Sri Guru Stotram — Salutations to the Teacher
- Guru Śloka — Two Verses from the Guru Stotram
- Mantra Va — Alakh Bābā Śrī Chand Bhagavān Jī Mātrā Sāhib Jī (मात्रा साहिब · ਮਾਤਰਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ) with Babaji and Matri
- Satguru Vandana — the Teacher Who Is Already Inside
Śiva
The Śaiva stotras, from a single octet to a two-hour fire ceremony with all its texts.
- Liṅgāṣṭakam — Eight Verses to Sadāśiva
- 🔥 Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Havan — the Complete Two-Hour Recording, with All the Texts to Chant Along
- Śiva Mahimna Stotra — the Hymn Puṣpadanta Composed After He Was Caught
- Śrī Rudram — Eleven Sections of Names, Then Eleven of Asking
- Rudrāṣṭakam — Tulsīdās's Eight Verses to the Fierce One
- Nirvāṇaṣaṭkam — the Six Verses Śaṅkara Gave Instead of His Name
Devī
The Goddess hymns — the thousand names, the seed syllables of the cakras, and the key that is turned before the door.
- Śrī Rājarājēśvaryaṣṭakaṁ — Hymn to the Queen of Queens
- Tantrokta Devī Suktam — Complete 30 Verses, Hymn to Aparājitā
- Mātṝkā in Sahasrāra — 50 Seed Syllables Across the Cakras (×20)
- Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam — A Thousand Names of Devi
- Sri Siddha Kunjika Stotram — The Key You Turn Before the Door
Rāma and Hanumān
The Rāma stream, and the forty verses to the one who carries.
- Śrī Rāma Rāma Rāmeti — The Śloka Equal to the Thousand Names
- Śrī Hanumān Chālīsā — Complete 40 Verses with Transliteration
- Hanumān Cālīsā — Forty Verses for the One Who Carries
Vedic chanting itself
How the recitation actually works: the modes, the permutations, and the tutorials for getting it exact.
- Saṅkaṭanāśana Gaṇeśa Stotram — 13 Stanzas with Transliteration and Translation
- The Uncracked Syllable — Flawless Vedic Chanting and the Six Elements of Sound
- Three Chants for Wealth, Long Life and Protection — and What the Vedas Meant by Wealth
- Eleven Ways to Say the Same Verse — the Vedic Chants and How They Survived
- The Braided Verse — How the Veda Was Kept Perfect for Three Thousand Years
- Patterns of Vedic Chanting — The Error-Correcting Code in a Pandit's Mouth
- Mastering Maala Patha — The Eight Permutations, and Why They Are Named After Objects


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