a word, phrase or sound that is repeated again and again, especially during prayer or meditation 曼怛罗（某些宗教的念咒）；咒语 a Buddhist mantra 佛教咒语
a statement or slogan that is often repeated 曼怛罗（某些宗教的念咒）；咒语 the environmental mantra of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ “减少、再利用、再循环”的环保口号
Word Originlate 18th cent.: Sanskrit, literally ‘instrument of thought’, from man ‘think’.