Om
ॐ AuṃThe primordial sound-syllable, the pranava, treated by the Upanishads as the audible form of Brahman; chanted at the start of mantras and prayers.
Where this term appears
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
The Navagraha are the nine 'planetary powers' of Hindu thought: Surya the Sun, Chandra the Moon, Mangala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shukra…
- What Does Om Mean? Deities
Om, also written Aum, is the *pranava*, the primordial sound-syllable that the Upanishads treat as the audible form of *Brahman*, the ultimate reality. It is…
- Who is Murugan? Deities
Murugan, also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is the son of Shiva and Parvati, the youthful warrior-god born to lead the army of the gods and slay a demon…
- Who is Saraswati? Deities
Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, learning, speech, music and the arts, one of the Tridevi with Lakshmi and Parvati. She begins in the Rigveda both as a…
- Meditation and the Eight Limbs Yoga
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras define yoga as the stilling of the mind. The eight limbs, in order, are yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and…
- Surya Namaskar: The Sun Salutation Yoga
Surya Namaskar, the Sun Salutation, is a sequence of twelve flowing postures done at dawn facing the rising sun, each linked to the breath and, in its full form, to…
- The Gayatri Mantra Worship
The Gayatri Mantra is Rigveda 3.62.10, a single Vedic verse ascribed to the seer Vishvamitra and addressed to Savitr, the Impeller, the god who sets things in…
- The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Worship
The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is the "great death-conquering" verse, Om tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushti-vardhanam, urvarukam iva bandhanan mrityor mukshiya…