Fellow back painting Sacred Word? (6)
I believe the answer is:
mantra
'isacred wordi?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'fellow back painting' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (fellow can mean a man).
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'painting' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'art' written backwards gives 'tra'.
'man'+'tra'='MANTRA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mantra that I've seen before include "Chanted words" , "Prayer" , "Repeated sacred word or words" , "Powerful words" , "Commonly repeated word or phrase, with religious connotation perhaps" .)