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

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  1. n. A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
  2. n. a word/commonly">commonly word/repeated">repeated word or phrase
  3. n. (Sanskrit) literally a ‘sacred utterance’ in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
  4. 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).
  5. A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [India]
  6. n:100 n. a word/commonly">commonly word/repeated">repeated word or phrase n. (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns