o.m.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• aum

語源

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɒm/, /əʊm/
• (General American) IPA: /oʊm/
• 韻: -əʊm, -ɒm

名詞

om (plural oms)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 800:

     In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.

   • 2001 October 20, Hazel Curry, The Guardian:

     Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.

派生語

• om mani padme hum
• Om Namah Shivaya

動詞

om (third-person singular simple present oms, present participle omming, simple past and past participle ommed)

1. (intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.
   • 1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties Going on Seventies, page 14:

     Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.

   • 2015, Hilary H. Carter, Number Woman:

     I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.

参考

• om nom nom
• tiddly-om-pom-pom

アナグラム

• M.O., mo., mo', m/o, -mo, Mo., MO, Mo, mo, m.o.