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1
a special quality or impression associated with something
- the monastery perched high on a mountaintop had an aura of unreality and mystery about it
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2
a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings
- alternative medical treatments that rely on the practitioner's ability to detect a patient's aura
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- élan vital,
- life,
- lifeblood,
- Shakti
- (also Sakti),
- world soul
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The first known use of aura was in 1686
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