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English noun: mantra | |||
| 1. | mantra (communication) a commonly repeated word or phrase | ||
| Samples | She repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan | ||
| 2. | mantra (communication) (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing | ||
| Domain category | Buddhism, Hindooism, Hinduism | ||
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