Name #280 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ಮನ್ತ್ರಃ Mantra — meaning in Kannada
Mantra (mantraḥ) is name #280 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ಸ್ವತಃ ಮಂತ್ರವೇ, ಪವಿತ್ರ ನಾದದಿಂದ ತಿಳಿಯುವವನು
In English: The mantra itself, known through sacred sound
From shloka 30 · chapter Varāha
ಓಜಸ್ತೇಜೋದ್ಯುತಿಧರಃ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಾತ್ಮಾ ಪ್ರತಾಪನಃ
ಋದ್ಧಃ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಾಕ್ಷರೋ ಮನ್ತ್ರಶ್ಚನ್ದ್ರಾಂಶುರ್ಭಾಸ್ಕರದ್ಯುತಿಃ
Also in this shloka: ojastejodyutidharaḥ · prakāśātmā · pratāpanaḥ · ṛddhaḥ · spaṣṭākṣaraḥ · candrāṃśuḥ · bhāskaradyutiḥ
Mantra in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.