Om (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Om or Aum (in Sanskrit known as pra ava [lit. "to sound out loudly"] or Omkara or au k ra (also as Aumk ra) (lit. "au syllable") is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Indian religions, i.e. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Om/Aum is Dravidian in origin, having the meaning of "Yes." It has the literal meaning of "It is" or "Will be." It is the aorist future form of Agu "to become." Aum is commonly pronounced as a long or over-long nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel, [ ]) though there are other enunciations pronounced in received traditions. It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred incantation to be intoned at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or prior to any prayer or mantra. The M ndukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable.