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Webster 1913 Edition
Mantra
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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
mantra
See also: Mantra
English
Noun
mantra (plural mantras)
- (Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
- A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation, originally in Hinduism.
- (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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Translations
the hymn portions of the Vedas
a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
a slogan or phrase often repeated
See also
Danish
Noun
mantra n (singular definite mantraet, plural indefinite mantraer)
Declension
Inflection of mantra
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mantra | mantraet | mantraer | mantraerne |
| genitive | mantras | mantraets | mantraers | mantraernes |
References
- “mantra” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Noun
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 |
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| 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 | |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: man‧tra
Noun
mantra m (plural mantras)
- (Hinduism) mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation)