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The right way to write Om ॐ ओम्

Chinmaya International Foundation > The right way to write Om ॐ ओम्
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    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #623972
      Anant Sarma
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      Hari Om!

      Both versions are fine. As you had noted, ओम् clearly spells out the way the word is pronounced. ॐ should not be read as Oom even though it looks like that. It is a shortened symbolic version and that is certainly acceptable.

      It may be of interest to you that there are two versions in the way that people write ॐ in English. Some write it as Om to spell as it sounds. Others write it as Aum, to spell out very clearly the three letters that make up pranava or Onkara. You must know the pranava mantra is only ekakshara, monosyllable even though it is made of three letters. Therefore Om is the more appropriate usage.

      To answer your question directly, both ओम् and ॐ are acceptable.

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #623973
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      Hari Om!
      Thank you very much for the quick and a detailed response sir.
      I’m little confused about the below part relating to the correct spelling of Om.

      Others write it as Aum, to spell out very clearly the three letters that make up pranava or Onkara. You must know the pranava mantra is only ekakshara, monosyllable even though it is made of three letters. Therefore Om is the more appropriate usage.

      You’ve mentioned that AUM spells out the three letters that make up Pranava or Onkara. Then shouldn’t Aum be the correct spelling?
      Reg. this part ‘pranava mantra is only ekakshara, monosyllable even though it is made of three letters’, I think I haven’t reached that level to understand ekakshara etc.
      Once again thanks for clarifying my original query.

      Pranam!

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