japa (japa)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: repetition” of a mantra or sacred formula

Long Description: “repetition” of a mantra or sacred formula, often containing one of the Names of God; see buddhānusmriti, dhikr.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger