Immediate Role of Two Yoga Based Mantra Recitation on Selective Attention in Undergraduate Students

Narottam Kumar

doi:10.36018/dsiij.v13i.109

Abstract

Aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of Gayatri mantra recitation and Om recitation on selective attention as measured by color stroop. The study was performed on undergraduate students (Male=30) with age range of 18 to 30 years. All students were trained for reciting Gayatri mantra for 3 days. The baseline data were used. The participants participated in Gayatri mantra and Om recitation about 15 min for two consecutive days. The sequence of the session was assigned randomly to the participants. The attention was assessed using color stroop test before and immediately after each session. Within-group comparison showed that due to GM recitation and Om recitation, Stroop scores improved or significant improvement of Stroop scores in both groups (P < 0.001;Wilcoxon signed rank test). The percentage improvement of Stroop score was 16.16 % after GM recitation whereas 9.26 % after Om recitation. This pilot study shows that both Gayatri mantra and simply sitting led to improvement in attention, as measured by Stroop Task. But the influence of Gayatri mantra was significantly higher than Om recitation.

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S (Male=30) with age range of 18 to 30 years
Gayatri mantra can be interpreted to invoke the Savita deity so it is called as savitra mantra (Harshananda, 2010)
The pressure on tongue, lips, vocal cords, palate and connecting region in the brain generated by continuous recitation of the 24 syllables of gayatri mantra creates a resonance in the nerve and nadis in the body

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Introduction

S (Male=30) with age range of 18 to 30 years. All students were trained for reciting Gayatri mantra for 3 days. Gayatri is the meter in which the mantra composed by brahmarñi viçvämitra It is called savitra mantra because it consist the deity sun or Savita. The pressure on tongue, lips, vocal cords, palate and connecting region in the brain generated by continuous recitation of the 24 syllables of gayatri mantra creates a resonance in the nerve and nadis in the body. It creates the magnetic force or electromagnetic wave around the body that attracts the vital current of deity SUN (Acharya, 1998)

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