wanted: Buddhist invocation (Skt / Pali)

Yashwant Malaiya malaiya at CS.COLOSTATE.EDU
Thu Jan 13 18:13:10 UTC 2000


The best known invocation in ancient India, for others
as well as Buddhists, was "Om Namah Siddham".

The Siddham script used by Buddhists in China/Japan
is sometimes said to have been named because of this
invocation.

It was very common to start any formal instruction
with this invocation.

Yashwant





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