Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mantra

2 senses of mantra

Sense 1
mantra -- (a commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra")
       => motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth -- (a favorite saying of a sect or political group)

Sense 2
mantra -- ((Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns)
       => sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text -- (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)