What is the meaning of mantra?

noun

  • A commonly repeated word or phrase.
    • usage: "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra"
  • Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns. (.
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