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mantra


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mantra  \Man"tra\,  n.  [Skr.] 
  A  prayer;  an  invocation;  a  religious  formula;  a  charm. 
  [India] 
 
  Note:  Among  the  Hindoos  each  caste  and  tribe  has  a  mantra 
  peculiar  to  itself  as  the  mantra  of  the  Brahmans. 
  --Balfour  (Cyc.  of  India). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mantra 
  n  :  (Hinduism  or  Buddhism)  a  sacred  word  or  syllable  repeated  in 
  prayer  or  meditation 




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