Chanting School – Mantra Study List

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Chanting School – Mantra Study List

A luminous golden painting of a seated goddess figure with eyes lowered, light radiating outward from the centre

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.

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.

Śiva

The Śaiva stotras, from a single octet to a two-hour fire ceremony with all its texts.

Devī

The Goddess hymns — the thousand names, the seed syllables of the cakras, and the key that is turned before the door.

Rāma and Hanumān

The Rāma stream, and the forty verses to the one who carries.

Vedic chanting itself

How the recitation actually works: the modes, the permutations, and the tutorials for getting it exact.

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