|  mantra 
 
 1. a commonly repeated word or phrase
 - she repeated 'So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra
 • Hypernyms:
 motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth
 2. (Sanskrit) literally a 'sacred utterance' in Vedism;
 one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
 • Topics:
 Hinduism, Hindooism, Buddhism
 • Hypernyms:
 sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
 
 
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