Om Hreem Arham Namo Arihantanam extends the seed syllable Arham with the invocatory Om and the additional bija Hreem into a fuller devotional formula used in some Jain puja, dhyana meditation and abhishek (ritual bathing of an image) practice. It is a later devotional elaboration rather than a scripturally fixed mantra of the same canonical standing as the Navkar Mantra, which remains the tradition's one universally recited formula, but it is genuinely distinct in its usage context, appearing in ritual worship settings the plainer Arham does not.
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Practice
Who Performs ItAll adherents of the tradition 1 FrequencyAs the occasion requires 1 Solitary or CommunalPerformed alone or together 1 Use
What It Is Used ForInvocation: calls on a god or a holy name 1 Form
Type of MantraExtended devotional formula (bija compound) 1 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
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Originates in Language
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
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1. The Jains
Paul Dundas, Routledge, 2002on Jain devotional mantra practiceView the Source The Jaina Path of Purification
Padmanabh S. Jaini, University of California Press, 1979on bija mantras in Jain ritual practiceView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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