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   mantra

   /ˈmantrə/

   noun

   • 1. (originally in Hinduism and Buddhism) a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation: "a mantra is given to a trainee meditator when his teacher initiates him"
   • ▪ a Vedic hymn: "her high, sweet voice began chanting the mantra of life"
   • 2. a statement or slogan repeated frequently: "the environmental mantra that energy has for too long been too cheap"

   Word Origin late 18th century: Sanskrit, literally ‘a thought, thought behind speech or action’, from man- ‘think’, related to mind.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mantric adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

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