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The mantra “Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha” is the closing phrase of the famous Mahayana Buddhist text, the Heart Sutra (Prajñaparamita Hridaya). It translates loosely to: "Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone completely beyond, awakening, hail!" [1, 2, 3, 4]

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Word-by-Word Translation

• Gate (गते): Gone
• Gate (गते): Gone (repeated for emphasis)
• Paragate (परगते): Gone to the further shore
• Parasamgate (परसंगते): Completely gone to the further shore (using the intensive prefix sam)
• Bodhi (बोधि): Awakening, enlightenment, or the awakened mind
• Svaha (स्वाहा): A traditional Vedic sacrificial exclamation, often compared to "amen" or "hail" to seal the mantra [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]