[Advaita-l] Difference bet. slokas and Mantras

[M. S. Ravisankar]

>
> In terms of the Vedas, the mantras are those texts typically found in the
> samhita portion which are invoked at particular places in the ritual.  So
> by that definition a text concerning jnana cannot be a mantra.  A mantra

iishaavasyopanishhad comes in the samhita portion. Hence, it is known as
samhitopanishhad and mantropanishhad.

Ravi