mantra
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra, literally “instrument of thought”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”). Doublet of mind.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.tɹə/, /ˈmʌn.tɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑn.tɹə/, /ˈmæn.tɹə/, /ˈmʌn.tɹə/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]mantra (plural mantras)
- (Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer. [from 1808]
- Synonyms: incantation, intonation, recitation
- 2001, Gautam Chatterjee, Sacred Hindu Symbols, Abhinav Publications, →ISBN, page 36:
- This mantra is also known as Guru Mantra or Savitri Mantra. The mention of Gayatri Mantra is found in all the four Vedas where its essence has been explained repeatedly. The Rig Veda, the oldest of the Vedic scriptures, has mentioned about […]
- (originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation. [from 1956]
- Hyponyms: gatha, om, om mani padme hum
- 1999, Ryûichi Abé, The Weaving of Mantra: Kûkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 300:
- However, the five-syllable mantra is unique, for according to Kukai, it unleashes the power of emptiness already impregnated in each letter as a primeval episode of the Dharmakaya's cosmic meditation in which he created all sorts of mantras […]
- (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.
- Synonyms: catchphrase, phrase, saying, slogan
- 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman[1]:
- The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.
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See also
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[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).
Noun
[edit]mantra n (singular definite mantraet, plural indefinite mantraer)
Declension
[edit]neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mantra | mantraet | mantraer | mantraerne |
genitive | mantras | mantraets | mantraers | mantraernes |
References
[edit]- “mantra” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantra
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mantra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mantra | mantrat | |
genitive | mantran | mantrojen | |
partitive | mantraa | mantroja | |
illative | mantraan | mantroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mantra | mantrat | |
accusative | nom. | mantra | mantrat |
gen. | mantran | ||
genitive | mantran | mantrojen mantrain rare | |
partitive | mantraa | mantroja | |
inessive | mantrassa | mantroissa | |
elative | mantrasta | mantroista | |
illative | mantraan | mantroihin | |
adessive | mantralla | mantroilla | |
ablative | mantralta | mantroilta | |
allative | mantralle | mantroille | |
essive | mantrana | mantroina | |
translative | mantraksi | mantroiksi | |
abessive | mantratta | mantroitta | |
instructive | — | mantroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “mantra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) Audio (Canada): (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
[edit]mantra m (plural mantras)
Further reading
[edit]- “mantra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantra (plural)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mantra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).
Noun
[edit]mantra (Jawi spelling منترا, plural mantra-mantra, informal 1st possessive mantraku, 2nd possessive mantramu, 3rd possessive mantranya)
Synonyms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra, literally “instrument of thought”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantra f
- (Hinduism) mantra (phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation)
- (figuratively) mantra (slogan or phrase often repeated)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mantra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: man‧tra
Noun
[edit]mantra m (plural mantras)
- (Hinduism) mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation)
- (figurative) mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated)
Romanian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]mantra f (plural mantra)
Serbo-Croatian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]mȁntra f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏нтра)
- mantra (all senses)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantra m (plural mantras)
- mantra (a phrase repeated during meditation)
Further reading
[edit]- “mantra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Rhymes:Spanish/antɾa
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- es:Hinduism