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Main Shingon Mantras

There are thirteen mantras used in Shingon Buddhism, each dedicated to a major deity (the " thirteen Buddhas " - jūsanbutsu - of Shingon). The mantras are drawn from the Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra. The mantra for each deity name in Japanese, its equivalent name in Sanskrit, the Sanskrit mantra, and the Japanese version in the Shingon tradition are as follows: