mantra

See also Mantra

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra). In the sense of "hymn portion of the Vedas" in English since 1808; in the sense of "word or phrase used in meditation" since 1956.

Noun

mantra (plural mantras)

1. (Hinduism.) 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. (General.) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

Translations

the hymn portions of the Vedas

• Bulgarian: мантра (bg) (mántra) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曼特羅 (cmn), 曼特罗 (cmn) (màntèluó), 曼怛羅 (cmn), 曼怛罗 (cmn) (màndáluó)

• Finnish: mantra (fi)
• French: mantra (fr) m
• German: Mantra (de) n

• Hungarian: mantra (hu)
• Japanese: マントラ (ja) (mantora)
• Korean: 만트라 (ko) (manteura)
• Macedonian: мантра (mk) (mántra) f
• Marathi: मंत्र (mr) (maṃtra) n
• Russian: мантра (ru) (mántra) f

a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation

• Finnish: mantra (fi)
• French: mantra (fr) m, incantation (fr) f
• German: Mantra (de) n
• Hungarian: mantra (hu)

• Macedonian: мантра (mk) (mántra) f
• Marathi: मंत्र (mr) (maṃtra) n
• Portuguese: mantra (pt) m
• Spanish: mantra (es) m

a slogan or phrase often repeated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口頭禪 (cmn), 口头禅 (cmn) (kǒutóuchán)

• Finnish: mantra (fi)
• French: slogan (fr) m, mantra (fr) m
• German: Mantra (de) n

• Hungarian: mantra (hu)
• Macedonian: мантра (mk) (mántra) f
• Marathi: मंत्र (mr) (maṃtra) n
• Russian: мантра (ru) (mántra) f

See also

• aum, om

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Finnish

Noun

mantra

1. mantra

Declension

Declension of mantra (type kala) singular plural nominative mantra mantrat genitive mantran mantrojen mantrain1 partitive mantraa mantroja accusative mantra mantran mantrat inessive mantrassa mantroissa elative mantrasta mantroista illative mantraan mantroihin adessive mantralla mantroilla ablative mantralta mantroilta allative mantralle mantroille essive mantrana mantroina translative mantraksi mantroiksi instructive – mantroin abessive mantratta mantroitta comitative – mantroineen 1) Rare.

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Indonesian

Noun

mantra

1. gen., a slogan or phrase often repeated

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mântra/
• Hyphenation: man‧tra

Noun

mȁntra f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏нтра)

1. mantra (all senses)

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Spanish

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Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈman.tɾa/, X-SAMPA: /"man.t4a/

Noun

mantra m (plural mantras)

1. mantra (all senses)