Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
aam . - noun See
om . - noun A dialectal form of
alum . - noun A dialectal form of
elm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
aam .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity
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Examples
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As the name “Rama” gives rise to the form of Rama, similarly, the name “Shiva, in Aum Namah Shivaya” gives rise to the form of Shiva (Maheshwara).
Om Namah Shiva !!! « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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There are also countless manis, dykes of stone from six to sixteen feet in width and from twenty feet to a fourth of a mile in length, roofed with flattish stones, inscribed by the lamas (monks) with the phrase Aum, &c., and purchased and deposited by those who wish to obtain any special benefit from the gods, such as a safe journey.
Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004
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The word Aum represents this homogeneous sound, it stirs up a power which is latent in it called the Yajna.
AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901
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There are also countless manis, dykes of stone from six to sixteen feet in width and from twenty feet to a fourth of a mile in length, roofed with flattish stones, inscribed by the lamas (monks) with the phrase Aum, &c., and purchased and deposited by those who wish to obtain any special benefit from the gods, such as a safe journey.
Among the Tibetans 1867
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Ramayan defines what the word Aum represents, 620-l.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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* The word Aum; this is the first sound of creation.
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Jew would rather die than labor on the sabbath; the Persian would endure suffocation, before he would blow the fire with his breath; the Indian places supreme perfection in besmearing himself with cow-dung, and pronouncing mysteriously the word Aum; * the Mussulman believes he has expiated everything in washing his head and arms; and disputes, sword in hand, whether the ablution should commence at the elbow, or finger ends; ** the Christian would think himself damned, if he ate flesh instead of milk or butter.
The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature 1788
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Furthermore, the commission said Matsumoto still exerts what can be called absolute influence on cult members and that changes in Aum’s doctrine have not become a reality.
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Within two months, the Web site, titled Aum Text Archive, attracted about 30,000 hits, nearly 30 percent of which were by current Aum members, according to the former cultist.
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The name Aum comes from a word in Buddhism, the Sanskrit syllable which represents the universe. "
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