Mantra
Sacred utterance or sound used in meditation, often repeated
Mantra
A mantra ( MAN-trə, MUN-; Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language such as Sanskrit or Avestan) that practitioners believe to have religious, magical or spiritual powers. Etymologically derived from Sanskrit, the word "mantra" combines the roots "man-" (referring to the mind) and "-tra" (signifying a tool or instrument); consequently, a mantra can be understood as a mental tool designed to focus and control thought. Some mantras have a syntactic structure and literal meaning, while others do not. ꣽ, ॐ (Aum, Om) serves as a mantra in various Indian religions. It is an example of a seed syllable mantra (bijamantra). According to Hinduism Om is believed to be the first sound and the sonic essence of the absolute divine reality. Longer mantras are phrases with several syllables, names and words. These phrases may have spiritual interpretations such as a name...
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