Noun

(en noun)

(label) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.

A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation, originally in Hinduism.

(label) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

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, date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.}}

Noun

(uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.

(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy , he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

(countable) A comprehensive system of belief.

(countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

(countable) A general principle (usually moral).

(archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.