Mahamrityunjaya
महामृत्युञ्जय mahamrtyunjayaThe 'great death-conquering' mantra, the Tryambakam verse (Rigveda 7.59.12), recited for protection and release; addressed to Tryambaka, identified with Rudra-Shiva.
Where this term appears
- The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Worship
The verse the boy was chanting, the tradition holds, was the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, the great mantra that conquers death.
- The Shatkarma: The Six Acts of Tantric Magic Lineages
And the great Mahamrityunjaya mantra, the verse that asks to be released from untimely death, has always been reached for as a shield against malice and misfortune alike.
- The Great Mantras Treatise
It is the Mahamrityunjaya , "the great death-conquering" mantra, also called the Tryambakam verse from its opening word, and it is Rigveda 7.59.12 .
- A city made of gods Treatise
… the great death-conquering mantra we heard in the first chapter, the Mahamrityunjaya verse, and beside it the sacred well the tradition calls Dharma Kupa, where the healing waters are said to gather.
- Varanasi, the one city you go to die Treatise
It is Rigveda 7.59.12, the Mahamrityunjaya , the "great death-conquering" verse, and its heart is an image taken from a farmer's field: Tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushti-vardhanam, urvarukam iva bandhanan mr…