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Vishnu mantras

The Ashtakshara and Dwadashakshara, and the forms invoked for specific difficulty.

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29 mantras

Vishnuविष्णु29 mantras

The Ashtakshara and Dwadashakshara, and the forms invoked for specific difficulty.

Ashtakshara MantraMost chantedThe eight syllables. The central Vaishnava mantra.
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Dwadashakshara MantraThe twelve syllables, to Vasudeva.
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Vishnu SahasranamaMost chantedThe thousand names. Recited on Ekadashi.
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Narasimha MantraFor protection from fear and sudden danger.
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Runa Vimochana Narasimha MantraSpecifically for release from debt.
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Sudarshana MantraThe discus. For cutting through hostile influence.
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Rajagopala MantraKrishna as Rajagopala. For love and family harmony.
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Vidya Rajagopala MantraFor education and success in study.
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Venkateswara MantraFor the fulfilment of vows.
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Hayagreeva MantraFor knowledge, scholarship and research.
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Bhoo Varaha MantraFor land, property and immovable assets.
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Vamana MantraFor humility and the restoration of balance.
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Rama MantraThe Taraka mantra. For dharma and steadfastness.
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Krishna MantraFor love, joy and release from sorrow.
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Purusha SuktamThe Vedic hymn to the cosmic person.
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Narayana SuktamThe Vedic hymn to Narayana.
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Lakshmi Narayana MantraThe couple together. For household prosperity.
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Dhanvantari MantraFor health and recovery from illness.
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AchyutashtakamShankara's sung octet that moves between Rama and the child Krishna
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Venkateswara SuprabhatamAnnan's 29 dawn verses that wake the Lord of the Seven Hills
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Rama Raksha StotramBudha Kaushika's 38-verse armour of Rama's names, heard in a dream
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Govinda Namalu108 names of Venkateswara, each called 'Govinda', sung up Tirumala
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Om Jai Jagdish Hare AartiShardha Ram Phillauri's c.1870 Hindi aarti to Vishnu as Jagadisha
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Shri Ram Chandra KripaluTulsidas's five-stanza Rama stuti, pada 45 of the Vinaya Patrika
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DamodarashtakamEight verses to the child Krishna tied by Yashoda to a mortar
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Hare Krishna Maha MantraSixteen names Brahma gave Narada for crossing the Kali age
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Narasimha KavachamPrahlada's armour of the man-lion, limb by limb and on all eight sides
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Bhaja GovindamShankara's call to a Kashi grammarian to turn from rules to Govinda
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ThiruppavaiAndal's 30 Tamil dawn songs of a cowherd girl's Margazhi vow
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