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Om

Om [ ōm ] or Aum [ ōm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
sacred syllable: a sacred syllable that is chanted in Hindu and Buddhist prayers and mantras. It is symbolic of creation, destruction, and preservation, or of the primary trinities of Hinduism or Buddhism.

[Late 18th century. < Sanskrit]
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