Man*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; prophet + -logy.] The act or art of
divination. [R.]
||Man"tra (?), n. [Skr.] A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula;
||a charm. [India]
Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself;
as, the mantra of the Brahmans. Balfour (Cyc. of India).