The syllable Om is referred to by many names, including:
• Praṇava (प्रणव); literally, "fore-sound", referring to Om as the primeval sound.
• Oṅkāra … See more

South Asia
Nagari or Devanagari representations are found epigraphically on sculpture dating from Medieval India and on ancient coins in regional scripts throughout South Asia. Om is represented in Devanagari as ओम्, composed of four … See more

In Jainism, Om is considered a condensed form of reference to the Pañca-Parameṣṭhi by their initials A+A+A+U+M (o3m).
The Dravyasamgraha quotes a Prakrit line: See more

The etymological origins of ōm (aum) have long been discussed and disputed, with even the Upanishads having proposed multiple See more

When occurring within spoken Classical Sanskrit, the syllable is subject to the normal rules of sandhi in Sanskrit grammar, with the additional peculiarity that the initial o of … See more

In Hinduism, Om is one of the most important spiritual sounds. The syllable is often found at the beginning and the end of chapters in the Vedas, the Upanishads, and other Hindu texts, and is often chanted either independently or before a mantra, as a sacred … See more

Om is often used in some later schools of Buddhism, for example Tibetan Buddhism, which was influenced by Hinduism and Tantra.
In East Asian Buddhism, Om is often transliterated as the Chinese character 唵 (pinyin See more