Navkar Mantra — Text & Meaning

णमो अरिहंताणं णमो सिद्धाणं णमो आयरियाणं णमो उवज्झायाणं णमो लोए सव्व साहूणं एसो पंच णमोक्कारो, सव्व पावप्पणासणो मंगला णं च सव्वेसिं, पढमं हवई मंगलं

णमो अरिहंताणं / णमो सिद्धाणं / णमो आयरियाणं / णमो उवज्झायाणं / णमो लोए सव्व साहूणं

I bow to the Arihants; I bow to the Siddhas; I bow to the Acharyas; I bow to the Upadhyayas; I bow to all the sages of the world. This fivefold salutation destroys all sins, and of all auspicious things it is the foremost. Composed in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit. Shvetambar recitation commonly uses नमो in place of णमो.

Also called

णमोकार मंत्र

Kind

Mantra

Traditional count

108

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