According to the Vedas, the most sacred of all words, out of which emanated the universe The symbol of both the personal God and the Brahman or Absolute Om is regarded by Hindus as the greatest mantra being of incalculable spiritual potency
The sacred syllable Om Sri Venkatesaya Namah - Saluting the Lord by reciting His name
is a word used by Hindu yogis to represent a vibration which they say pervades the entire universe They believe this is the same sound as the one heard internally as a result of practicing yoga *
Oman (in Internet addresses). A river, about 724 km (450 mi) long, of south-central Russia flowing westward to join the Irtysh River at Omsk. The supreme and most sacred syllable, consisting in Sanskrit of the three sounds (a), (u), and (m), representing various fundamental triads and believed to be the spoken essence of the universe. It is uttered as a mantra and in affirmations and blessings. Order of Merit a special honour given to someone by the Queen of England. In Hinduism and other Indian religions, a sacred syllable considered the greatest of all mantras. The syllable om is composed of the three sounds a-u-m (in the Sanskrit language, the vowels a and u join to become o), which represent three important triads: earth, atmosphere, and heaven; the major Hindu gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; and the sacred Vedic scriptures, Rig, Yajur, and Sama (see Vedic religion). Thus om mystically embodies the essence of the universe. It is uttered at the beginning and end of Hindu prayers, chants, and meditation and is also freely used in Buddhist and Jain rituals
Outer Marker (glideslope) An aural alert broadcast to pilots making them aware that they are at the farthest point of the approach to a runway
the mantra or expressive sound symbol of the brahman in its four domains from the turiya to the external or material plane (i e the outward looking, the inward or subtle, and the superconscient causal - each letter A, U, M indicating one of these three in ascending order and the whole bringing out the fourth state, turiya); used as an initiating syllable pronounced as a benedictory prelude and sanction