词汇 | mantra |
词源 | mantra [L18th] In Hinduism a mantra is a passage from a sacred text, particularly one used as a prayer or for meditation. It is formed from the Sanskrit man- ‘to think’, which goes back to the same Indo-European root as *mind, and –tra a suffix indicating ‘means’. The general sense of a constantly repeated utterance or slogan is first recorded in 1971. |
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