1. hinduism A sacred verbal formula repeated in prayer, meditation, or incantation, such as an invocation of a god, a magic spell, or a syllable or portion of scripture containing mystical potentialities.
2. A commonly repeated word or phrase: "today's edutainment software comes shrinkwrapped in the magic mantra: 'makes learning fun.'” ( clifford Stoll).

1. the hymn portions of the vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
2. A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation, originally in hinduism.
3. A slogan or phrase often repeated.

1. A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.

1. A vedic hymn of praise and prayer; collectively, the matter of the Sanhita or first division of the veda, as distinguished from the liturgical matter, called the brahmana.
2. A sacred text used as a charm or incantation by Brahmans and yogis.

1. a commonly repeated word or phrase
2. (sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns