Associations to the word «Mantra»

MANTRA, noun. (Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.

MANTRA, noun. A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation, originally in Hinduism.

MANTRA, noun. (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

MANTRA, noun. A commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra".

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