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Webster 1913 Edition


Mantra


Man′tra

,
Noun.
[Skr.]
A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
[India]
☞ Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Definition 2024


Mantra

Mantra

See also: mantra

German

Noun

Mantra n (genitive Mantras, plural Mantren or Mantras)

  1. mantra

mantra

mantra

See also: Mantra

English

Noun

mantra (plural mantras)

  1. (Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
  2. A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation, originally in Hinduism.
  3. (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.
    • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
      The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.

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Danish

Noun

mantra n (singular definite mantraet, plural indefinite mantraer)

  1. mantra

Declension

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Finnish

Noun

mantra

  1. mantra

Declension

Inflection of mantra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mantra mantrat
genitive mantran mantrojen
partitive mantraa mantroja
illative mantraan mantroihin
singular plural
nominative mantra mantrat
accusative nom. mantra mantrat
gen. mantran
genitive mantran mantrojen
mantrainrare
partitive mantraa mantroja
inessive mantrassa mantroissa
elative mantrasta mantroista
illative mantraan mantroihin
adessive mantralla mantroilla
ablative mantralta mantroilta
allative mantralle mantroille
essive mantrana mantroina
translative mantraksi mantroiksi
instructive mantroin
abessive mantratta mantroitta
comitative mantroineen

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay mantra.

Noun

mantra

  1. incantation
  2. mantra

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

Noun

mantra

  1. incantation
  2. mantra

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: man‧tra

Noun

mantra m (plural mantras)

  1. (Hinduism) mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mântra/
  • Hyphenation: man‧tra

Noun

mȁntra f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏нтра)

  1. mantra (all senses)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.tɾa/
  • Hyphenation: man‧tra

Noun

mantra m (plural mantras)

  1. mantra (all senses)