mantra Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a commonly repeated word or phrase
    • she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra
  2. noun (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns

WordNet

Man"tra noun
Etymology
Skr.
Definitions
  1. 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).

Webster 1913