Ortheopy,

Analysis Of Om

 

The circular form of the letter ‘O’,the sanskrit bindu ‘O’Om was used like a geometrical point to denote a monad without parts. This was called a bindu or a cypher. It represents the supreme being substituting as the central point of the great circle of universe and filling the infinity of its circumference with his own life and light.

 

“Omekamevadviteeyam Brahma” and “Omekaamevaitat” of the Vedantists corresponds with the Christian and Mohemadan “God is one” and “without
an equal”. The Mundaka andsimilar Upanishads describe the majesty
of the one. ” That one breathed breathless by itself ”.

 

 

 

 



 

Formerly the letter O of Om, On and One was considered a pure and simple sound and made to represent a monad or unity.With course of timeand with the progress of language it was found to be a compound letter formed by the union of A+U=O . Then the the perfect figure of the great circle was considered to be composed of two semicircles which the ‘3’ was made to represent. This gave rise to the conception of a duality in the divine person and hence grew the theory of the “male and female” Purusha Prakriti.



In the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
the Om branched out into a triad by
the union of a nasal letter ‘m’ or ‘n’ with the ‘3’ or ‘w’
and forming the conjoined sanskrit ‘Om’ and greek ‘wn’.
Om is supposed to be composed of three letters A,U,M
which form a most sacred monosyllable, significant of the Supreme
Being as developing himself in the Triad of gods Brahma,Vishnu and Shiva.
Here the two halves of the circle comprise Vishnu and Shiva
Brahma the god of Manu is placed in the circlet above
the great circle of his created world.

 

The Different Denominations Of Om:-
The Gayatri Mantra is the parent of Om and it stands at the top
of evey book,chapter and hymn of every Veda,
either alone by itself or two or three Oms put together.
‘Om trisapta’ or ‘Om Om Om rigvedaya svaha’.
It is used in sacred writings and in the
sacred vedic and sanskrit languages



It is held as the most holy syllable and must not be utteredin unholiness even by the holy orders of men.
Om again as a symbol of the eternal position of things,presents to us a mysterious round of the mystic
dance of myriads of spheres emitting as inaudible sound reaching beyond its utmost limit.


Manu says
“ He knows the Veda,who distinctly knows the mystic sense of this word”.

 The Upanishads say
“the Om is a subject of deep study” and forms of itself “as another triple veda”.

Katha Upanishad
says “This is the most holy syllable,this is the supreme syllable, whosoever
knoweth this syllable getteth whatever he desireth”.

 Nadabindopanishad
illustrates in 22 slokas that Om contains within it the whole sphere of sounds. It shows how the eternal
sound emiited by the Brahm pervaded throughout the universe and the manner in which all other sounds are propelled by continual vibrations of air like curves uponthe surface of water to the auditory of the other.”

The Tejovindu Upanishad
describes Om as the source and focus of light in 14 slokas and the empyrean above
it as the abode of pure ineffable light of God that illumines the other spheres.

The Amritavindu Upanishad
terms Om as the reservoir of immortality or endless life. In thirty stanzas it describes it to be
the eternal fountain of the infinity of lives that fills all animated nature and is drawn back to it.

Dhyanavindu Upanishad
the Om is called the centre of meditation which directs the concentration of our thoughts
to that centre for the attainment of perpetual lights and life which flows from it.

Brahmavindu Upanishad
Om is styled the receptacle of the great God whose essence fills, pervades and
encompasses the whole orbit of the universe as it is described in the 22 slokas.

Etymology of the word Om
 

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