Dictionary

mantra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑn.tɹə/ (General-American)
• /ˈmæn.tɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmʌn.tɹə/ (General-American)
• /ˈmæn.tɹə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmʌn.tɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to mind.

Meanings

1. (Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
   • This mantra is also known as Guru Mantra or Savitri Mantra. The mention of Gayatri Mantra is found in all the four Vedas where its essence has been explained repeatedly. The Rig Veda, the oldest of the Vedic scriptures, has mentioned about […] 2001, Gautam Chatterjee, Sacred Hindu Symbols, Abhinav Publications, →ISBN, page 36:
2. A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation.
   • However, the five-syllable mantra is unique, for according to Kukai, it unleashes the power of emptiness already impregnated in each letter as a primeval episode of the Dharmakaya's cosmic meditation in which he created all sorts of mantras […] 1999, Ryûichi Abé, The Weaving of Mantra: Kûkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 300:
3. (broadly) A slogan or phrase often repeated.
   • 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. 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:

Forms

Deriveds

mantraless · mantric · mantralike

Relateds

om · aum

Synonyms

intonation · phrase · saying · catchphrase · recitation · incantation · slogan

Translations (75)

lo ມົນ (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ja マントラ (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · fi mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · hi मंत्र (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · ko 염불 (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · mk мантра (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · mr मंत्र (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · cmn 曼怛羅 /曼怛罗 (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · bo མན་རྡ་ར (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · pa ਮੰਤਰ (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · fr mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · fr incantation (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · hu mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · id mantra (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · es mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · ml മന്ത്രം (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · si මන්තර (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · pt mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · cmn 真言 (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · vi mạn-đát-la (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · hy մանտրա (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · id mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · km មន្ត (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · hi मंत्र (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · th มนตร์ (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · gu મંત્ર (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · fr mantra (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · fr slogan (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · mr मंत्र (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · hu mantra (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · te మంత్రం (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · pt mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · cmn 口頭禪 /口头禅 (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · fr mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · mr मंत्र (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · sa मन्त्र (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ms mantera (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · pi manta (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ja 真言 (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · ms mentera (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · cmn 曼特羅 /曼特罗 (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · kn ಮಂತ್ರ (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · it mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · ms serapah (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · it ritornello (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · tr mantra (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · bg ма́нтра (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ms mantera (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · fi mantra (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · my မန္တန် (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · mk мантра (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · ms mantra (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · el μάντρα (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ms jampi (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · ta மந்திரம் (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · be ма́нтра (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ae 𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · km មន្ត្រ (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · pl mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · hu mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · ru ма́нтра (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · mk мантра (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · uk ма́нтра (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · de Mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · bn মন্ত্র (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ko 만트라 (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · de Mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · pl mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · hi मंत्र (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ka მანტრა (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · ms mentera (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · ru ма́нтра (a slogan or phrase often repeated) · fi mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) · vi man-tra (the hymn portions of the Vedas) · de Mantra (the hymn portions of the Vedas)