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mantra

Sacred utterance or sound used in meditation, often repeated
Intangible music_genre Q131510
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mantra

Summary

mantra is a music genre[1]. mantra ranks in the top 5% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,220 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • mantra's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • mantra is a type of chant[4].
  • mantra's Commons category is recorded as Mantras[5].
  • mantra's country of origin is recorded as India[6].
  • mantra's country of origin is recorded as Iran[7].
  • 2000 BC marks the founding of mantra[8].
  • mantra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mantras[9].
  • mantra's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • mantra's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • mantra's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].

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Definition and Type

mantra's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. mantra is a type of chant[4].

Origins

2000 BC marks the founding of mantra[8].

Why It Matters

mantra ranks in the top 5% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,220 views/month).[2] mantra has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] mantra is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Gayatri Mantra India Iran

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Topic's main category → Category:Mantras
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → chant
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23460, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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