matra (mātrā)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: literally, “measure, element”

Long Description: literally, “measure, element”; an element or particle of sound ( time taken to intone a syllable) in the mantra AUM.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger