Mantra

['mæntrə]

(noun.) (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns.

(noun.) a commonly repeated word or phrase; 'she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra'.

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(n.) A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.

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n. a Vedic hymn of praise: the matter of the Sanhita or first division of the Veda: a sacred text used as an incantation.

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