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mantra
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mantra has 2 senses
- mantra(n = noun.communication) Array - a commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra" is a kind of catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan
- mantra(n = noun.communication) Array - (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns; Array is a kind of religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing
CIDE DICTIONARY
mantra, n. [Skr.].
A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [1913 Webster]
" Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans." Balfour (Cyc. of India).
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mantra, n.
1 a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation, orig. in Hinduism and Buddhism.
2 a Vedic hymn.
1 a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation, orig. in Hinduism and Buddhism.
2 a Vedic hymn.
Etymology
Skr., = instrument of thought f. man think
THESAURUS
mantra
Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, canticle, chant, chorale, doxology, hallelujah, hosanna, hymn, hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, laud, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, paean, psalm, psalmody, report, response, responsory, versicle
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