Spelling Manjusri, and Devanagari

Mafalda wrote in recently to ask about the spelling of the name Mañjuśrī and what it and the associated mantra look like in Devanāgarī. Here is my reply:

Manjusri the bodhisattva is spelt with a long final i (ie ī sometimes written ii) - mañjuśrī. Mañjuśrī in devanāgarī is मञ्जुश्री or मंजुश्री (i.e. maṃjuśrī - this is how you'd write it in Sanskrit, but it would still be pronounced the same because ṃ before j is assumed to be ñ).

The mantra (oṃ a ra pa ca na dhīḥ) is ओं अ र प च न धीः
Note this is oṃ not auṃ - generally speaking Buddhists use oṃ (short o sound) whereas Hindus use auṃ (long au). They sound similar, and nobody pronounces it as written anyway. Auṃ would be written either औं or ॐ

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