Mantra vs Prayer - What's the difference?
mantra | prayer |
(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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A practice of communicating with one's God.
The act of praying.
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A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
A request; a petition.
As nouns the difference between mantra and prayer
is that mantra is the hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer while prayer is a practice of communicating with one's God.mantra
English
Noun
(en noun)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.}}
See also
* aum, om ----prayer
English
(wikipedia prayer)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer .}}