mantra
noun
2.
(Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance'' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
Origin
Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to mind.
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