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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King