Associations to the word «Mantra»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.