During its six-year runtime (2024-2030), this project will produce an unprecedented global history and anthropology of mantras, leveraging the expertise of leading scholars on Southern Asia, where mantras have been used for over 3,000 years. It will examine how mantras have been transmitted through spaces, media, and religious communities, including diasporic networks, new religious movements, yoga, and the internet. Data archived in this repository will include audiovisual field recordings, archival material and born-digital data from all over Global Southern Asia.