'Mantra' definitions:
Definition of 'mantra'
(from WordNet)
noun
A commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra"
noun
(Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
Definition of 'Mantra'
From: GCIDE
- Mantra \Man"tra\, n. [Skr.] A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [India] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans. --Balfour (Cyc. of India). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mantra'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Agnus Dei,
- alleluia,
- answer,
- anthem,
- antiphon,
- antiphony,
- Benedicite,
- canticle,
- chant,
- chorale,
- doxology,
- Gloria,
- Gloria in Excelsis,
- Gloria Patri,
- hallelujah,
- hosanna,
- hymn,
- hymn of praise,
- hymnody,
- hymnography,
- hymnology,
- Introit,
- laud,
- Magnificat,
- Miserere,
- motet,
- Nunc Dimittis,
- offertory,
- offertory sentence,
- paean,
- psalm,
- psalmody,
- report,
- response,
- responsory,
- Te Deum,
- Trisagion,
- Vedic hymn,
- versicle