The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1892 page)

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Purandarad
sa
(Hindu musician):
Puran Si
gh, Sant
(founder of Sikh reform movement):
Pura
cara
a
(Skt., ‘preparation’). Preparing the way in Hinduism for meditation by repeating a
mantra
, and by performing the appropriate rituals. The repetition of a mantra may extend over many days (often from new moon to new moon) and thus produce a large number of repetitions.

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