"Magical power" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tulsi or basil, and is taught a mantra or text relating to Vishnu by his preceptor. The initiation text of the Ramanandis is said to be Om Ramaya Namah, or Om, Salutation to Rama. Om is a very sacred syllable, having much magical power. Thereafter the novice must journey to Dwarka in Gujarat and have his body branded with hot iron or copper in the shape of Vishnu's four implements: the chakra or discus, the guda or club, the shank or ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume II • R. V. Russell |
