Dharmalib

om

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[apte] ind. 1 The sacred syllable om, uttered as a holy exclamation at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas, or previous to the commencement of a prayer or sacred work. --2 As a particle it implies (a) solemn affirmation and respect- ful assent (so be it, amen !). (b) assent or acceptance (yes, all right); omityucyatāmamātyaḥ Māl. 6; omityu- ktavatotha śāṃrgiṇa iti Śi. 1. 75; dvitīya- ścedomiti brūmaḥ S. D. 1....

[mw] ind. (av Un2. i, 141; originally oṃ = āṃ, which may be derived from ā BRD.), a word of solemn affirmation and respectful assent, sometimes translated by yes, verily, so be it (and in this sense compared with Amen; it is placed at the commencement of most... ind. (Buddhists place om at the beginning of their vidyā ṣaḍakṣarī or mystical formulary in six syllables [ viz. om maṇi padme hūṃ ]; according to T. om may be...

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ind. 1 The sacred syllable om, uttered as a holy exclamation at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas, or previous to the commencement of a prayer or sacred work. --2 As...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech
INTJ
Total Occurrences
1,486
Texts Appeared In
78

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Top Texts by Occurrence

  1. Garuḍapurāṇa 560 37.7%
  2. Baudhāyanadharmasūtra 217 14.6%
  3. Liṅgapurāṇa 111 7.5%
  4. Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra 95 6.4%
  5. Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa 59 4.0%

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