A1. to address or consecrate with a Mantra mantra (acc. and instr.; or rarely dat. and acc. [ RV. x, 191, 3 ]); to address with any formula (as when inviting a guest [ R. ], &c) 008807 67,2 12044 n. making anything sacred by a special formula (called abhi-mantraṇamantra), consecrating 67,2 12045 n. addressing Kaus3. 008808 67,2 12046 mfn. consecrated by a certain formula. 008809 67,2 12047