different between doctrine vs mantra

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?kt??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?kt??n/
• Hyphenation: doc?trine

Noun

doctrine (countable and uncountable, plural doctrines)

1. (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.

   The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.

   The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.

2. (countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group or text.

   What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• doctrine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• doctrine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Crediton, centroid

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doctrine, from Middle French doctrine, from Latin doctr?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k?tri.n?/
• Hyphenation: doc?tri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines, diminutive doctrinetje n)

1. doctrine

   Synonyms: leer, leerstuk

Derived terms

• doctrinair
• indoctrineren

French

Etymology

From Latin doctrina, diminutive from doctus, taught, perfect passive participle of docere, teach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?k.t?in/

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines)

1. doctrine

Further reading

• “doctrine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Verb

doctrine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of doctrinar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ?????? (mantra, literally “instrument of thought”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”). Related to English mind.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæn.t??/, /?m?n.t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?n.t??/, /?mæn.t??/, /?m?n.t??/

Noun

mantra (plural mantras)

1. (Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer. [from 1808]

   Synonyms: incantation, intonation, recitation

   • 2001, Gautam Chatterjee, Sacred Hindu Symbols, Abhinav Publications (?ISBN), page 36:

     This mantra is also known as Guru Mantra or Savitri Mantra. The mention of Gayatri Mantra is found in all the four Vedas where its essence has been explained repeatedly. The Rig Veda, the oldest of the Vedic scriptures, has mentioned about […]

2. (originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation. [from 1956]

   Hyponyms: gatha, om, om mani padme hum

   • 1999, Ryûichi Abé, The Weaving of Mantra: Kûkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse, Columbia University Press (?ISBN), page 300:

     However, the five-syllable mantra is unique, for according to Kukai, it unleashes the power of emptiness already impregnated in each letter as a primeval episode of the Dharmakaya's cosmic meditation in which he created all sorts of mantras […]

3. (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

   Synonyms: catchphrase, phrase, saying, slogan

Translations

See also

• aum, om

Anagrams

• Artman

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Noun

mantra n (singular definite mantraet, plural indefinite mantraer)

1. mantra

Declension

References

• “mantra” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

mantra

1. mantra

Declension

Anagrams

• martan

French

Noun

mantra m (plural mantras)

1. mantra

Further reading

• “mantra” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• mantera (informal)
• mantram (informal)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mantra/
• Hyphenation: man?tra

Noun

mantra (plural mantra-mantra, first-person possessive mantraku, second-person possessive mantramu, third-person possessive mantranya)

1. spell (a formula supposed to have magical powers)

   Synonym: jampi

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mantra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• mantera

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Noun

mantra (Jawi spelling ??????, plural mantra-mantra, informal 1st possessive mantraku, impolite 2nd possessive mantramu, 3rd possessive mantranya)

1. incantation
2. mantra

Synonyms

• jampi

Polish

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mantra, literally “instrument of thought”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.tra/

Noun

mantra f

1. (Hinduism) mantra (phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation)
2. (figuratively) mantra (slogan or phrase often repeated)

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) mantrowa?

Further reading

• mantra in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• mantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?tra

Noun

mantra m (plural mantras)

1. (Hinduism) mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mântra/
• Hyphenation: man?tra

Noun

m?ntra f (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. mantra (all senses)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mant?a/, [?mãn?.t??a]
• Hyphenation: man?tra

Noun

mantra m (plural mantras)

1. mantra (a phrase repeated during meditation)

Further reading

• “mantra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.