Mantra and Metaphor in Nepali & Indian Himalayan Communities

The Vedas speak of four levels of speech/communication, with human speech being the farthest from that of divine communication, Para. Mantras used by peoples in the Himalayan region consist of seed sounds, Sanskrit and Tibetan words that are combined in special ways to elicit particular vibratory pa...

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