There was a wish to restrict this knowledge to a limited circle. There is a secrecy associated with many practices. There is more than one reason for this obstruction.

Usually either a word had been removed or added or changed or a change had been effected in the mantras. So they had later deliberately so to say вЂnailedвЂ™ (Keelan) or caused an obstruction in these Sanskrit mantras. The uninitiated could cause great harm to themselves and others. They saw these mantras open to gross misuse. At a subsequently later period, the Rishis, Siddhas, Yogis who were able to foresee into the future of humankind, saw the attitude of future generations to these Sanskrit mantras and other Vidyas. The Rishis were the original seers of the mantras and Vidyas. Also one finds many Shabar mantras that incorporate Sanskrit words as well.

All mantras that are not written in Sanskrit have come to be termed as Shabar Mantras, however, this is a general term and within the stream of Shabar mantras are sets of many other mantras belonging to specific streams of knowledge mostly for fulfilling a specific need or for a siddhi (perfection). They have been used by other spiritual groups and communities as well. The exact origin of the system is not absolutely clear but among the Vaishnav, the Nath Sadhus, and the Aghori sadhus, the Udaseen sadhus these mantras have been used since ages. It is also said that the word Shabar means indigenous. The word is written as Shabar, as well as Sabar. It is said that the mantras were first formed and used by the yogis who lived here. Etymologically speaking the word Sabar has originated from the name of the river Sabarmati in the western state of Gujrat in India.

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