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Om, often Aum
Aum

This article is about the mystical syllable. For other uses of "om" or "aum" or similar, see Om .Aum is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism religions....
, is a sacred syllable
Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of Speech communication sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter....
 of Hinduism
Hinduism

'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
, Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
, Jainism
Jainism

Jainism is one of the oldest Indian religions that originated in India. Jains believe that every soul is divine and has the potential to achieve God-consciousness....
 and Sikhism
Sikhism

Sikhism , founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak and ten successive Sikh Gurus in fifteenth century Punjab region, is the Major religious groups organized religion in the world....
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Om, often Aum
Aum

This article is about the mystical syllable. For other uses of "om" or "aum" or similar, see Om .Aum is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism religions....
, is a sacred syllable
Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of Speech communication sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter....
 of Hinduism
Hinduism

'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
, Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
, Jainism
Jainism

Jainism is one of the oldest Indian religions that originated in India. Jains believe that every soul is divine and has the potential to achieve God-consciousness....
 and Sikhism
Sikhism

Sikhism , founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak and ten successive Sikh Gurus in fifteenth century Punjab region, is the Major religious groups organized religion in the world....
. Om is reputed to be the resonant vibrational tone of the non-dualistic universe as a whole. In Buddhism, Om corresponds to the crown chakra and white light.

Om and similar can also mean:

Music

  • Om (band)
    Om (band)

    Om is a duo formed in 2003 by the rhythm section of the disbanded Doom metal#Stoner doom band Sleep . The band's first three albums feature Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums....
    , a stoner metal band
  • Om (John Coltrane album)
    Om (John Coltrane album)

    Om is a 1965 in music album by John Coltrane.In October, 1965, Coltrane recorded Om, referring to the Aum, which symbolizes the infinite or the entire Universe....
    , a 1965 John Coltrane album
  • OM (album)
    OM (album)

    OM is a concept album, released on October 20 2006 by Negura Bunget. It was recorded in NeguraStudio and produced, mixed and mastered by the band itself....
    , Negura Bunget album released in 2006
  • Aum
    or 3
    3 (Soulfly album)

    3 is the third studio album by the Heavy metal music band Soulfly released in 2002 through Roadrunner Records. 3 has sold 195,000 copies as of March 11, 2008....
    , a Soulfly album (often referred to as 3)
  • OM Festival
    OM Festival

    The OM Festival was a community-based summer solstice festival that ran annually in southern Ontario for 7 years beginning in 1998 and ending in 2004....
    , Canadian electronic music festival
  • Om Records
    Om Records

    Om Records is a United States-based record label, established in 1995 in music, which releases electronic dance music such as House music, Downtempo, Nu-jazz and Lounge....
    , a San Francisco-based dance music record label, home to artist like J Boogie, Kaskade, and King Kooba
  • A 1969 song by The Moody Blues
    The Moody Blues

    The Moody Blues are an England band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressi...
     released in the album "In Search of the Lost Chord
    In Search of the Lost Chord

    In Search of the Lost Chord, released in 1968, was the second album by The Moody Blues' psychedelic-era line-up. The album was released through Deram Records....
    "


Fiction

  • OM
    OM (film)

    OM is a 2003 Bollywood action movie conceived and directed by noted action-films maker Ashok Honda. It stars then-newcomer Attin Bhalla as Om, Pankaj Dheer as Mr.Dhariwal, Sandali Sinha as Dhariwal's daughter Sandali and Sharat Saxena as the nefarious Inspector Katkar....
    , a 2003 film featuring Attin Bhalla as Om.
  • The Great God Om
    Great God Om

    The Great God Om is a fictional deity in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels.Om is an omnipotent, omnipresent god in the country of Discworld geography#The Klatchian coast....
    , a fictional deity in the Discworld universe.
  • Om, a character from the Air Gear manga
  • Shahrukh Khan
    Shahrukh Khan

    Shahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor, who has been a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
    's name from the 2007 movie Om Shanti Om


Acronyms

  • Odyssey of the Mind
    Odyssey of the Mind

    Odyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from third grade through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition....
    , an international problem-solving competition for students all over the world
  • Otitis media
    Otitis media

    Otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear, or middle ear infection .Otitis media occurs in the area between the ear drum and the inner ear, including a duct known as the Eustachian tube....
    , an infection of the middle ear
  • Organic matter
  • Operation Mobilisation
    Operation Mobilisation

    Operation Mobilisation is an evangelicalism Christian organization founded by George Verwer to mobilise young people to live and share the Gospel of Jesus....
    , a Christian non-profit missions organization
  • Operation Mindfuck
    Operation Mindfuck

    Operation Mindfuck or OM is an important practice in the Discordian religion. The concept was developed by Kerry Thornley and Robert Anton Wilson in 1968 and given its name by Wilson and Robert Shea in The Illuminatus! Trilogy....
    , a very important practice within Discordianism
  • Order of Merit
    Order of Merit

    The Order of Merit is a United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Order bestowed by the Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. It was established in 1902 by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom as a reward for distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture....
    , post-nominal letters indicating membership in a high award from the British Monarch
  • Olympique de Marseille
    Olympique de Marseille

    Olympique de Marseille is a professional France association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, they play in Ligue 1 and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Football in France....
    , a French football club
  • Operating margin
    Operating margin

    In business, operating margin, Operating Income Margin, Operating profit margin or Return on sales is the ratio of operating income divided by Revenue, usually presented in percent....
  • Officine Meccaniche
    Officine Meccaniche

    Officine Meccaniche was an Italy car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche.The inception of the company had resulted from the merger of two companies,Grondona Comi & C and Miani Silvestri & C....
    , a defunct Italian car and truck company
  • Order of Manitoba
    Order of Manitoba

    The Order of Manitoba, established in 1999, is the highest honour of the Province of Manitoba. A maximum of 12 individuals are granted the award annually, except during the first year of the award's existence, when a limit of 20 was set....
     (Canadian decoration postnominal letters)
  • Old Man (meaning a male amateur radio operator
    Amateur radio operator

    An amateur radio operator is an individual who typically uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way communication personal communications with other similar individuals on Frequency assigned to the amateur radio service....
    )
  • Openmoko Linux
    Openmoko Linux

    Openmoko Linux is an operating system for smartphones developed by First International Computer. It is based on the ?ngstr?m distribution, comprising various pieces of free software....
    , a mobile operating system developed by the Openmoko
    Openmoko

    Openmoko is a project which encompasses two related sub-projects, with the combined aim of creating a family of open source mobile phones. The project was founded by First International Computer....
     project
  • Osteomyelitis
    Osteomyelitis

    Osteomyelitis is an infection of bone or bone marrow, usually caused by pyogenic bacteria or mycobacteria. It can be usefully subclassified on the basis of the causative organism, the route, duration and anatomic location of the infection....
    , a bone marrow infection


Others

  • Aum Shinrikyo
    Aum Shinrikyo

    Aum Shinrikyo, now known as Aleph, is a Japanese Shinshukyo. The group was founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984. The group gained international notoriety in 1995, when it carried out the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in the Tokyo Subway....
    , a Japanese new religious movement, known for carrying out the Sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subways.
  • Ohm (unit), a unit of electrical resistance
  • Omu Peak (2507 m) in the Bucegi Mountains
    Bucegi Mountains

    The Bucegi Mountains are located in central Romania, south of the city Brasov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains....
  • Om River
    Om River

    Om is a river in the south of Western Siberian plains in Russia. It is ~724km long, flowing into the major Irtysh River. It rises in the Vasyugan Swamp at the border of Novosibirsk Oblast and Omsk Oblast oblasts....
    , a river in Russia
  • Olympus OM system
    Olympus OM system

    The Olympus OM system was a line of 135 film single-lens reflex cameras and their associated photographic lens and accessories sold by Olympus between 1972 and 2002 ....
    , is a family of Olympus SLR cameras made between 1972 and 2002
  • Georg Ohm
    Georg Ohm

    Georg Simon Ohm was a German physicist. As a high school teacher, Ohm began his research with the recently invented electrochemical cell, invented by Italian Count Alessandro Volta....
    , a German physicist
  • Operation Mobilisation
    Operation Mobilisation

    Operation Mobilisation is an evangelicalism Christian organization founded by George Verwer to mobilise young people to live and share the Gospel of Jesus....
    , an evangelical missions agency
  • Oman
    Oman

    Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....
    , ISO 3166 country code OM
  • MIAT-Mongolian Airlines IATA code
  • OM AB, the name of a Swedish exchange which merged with Finnish HEX plc to become OMX
    OMX

    OMX AB is a Sweden-Finland financial services company, formed in 2003 through a merger between OM AB and HEX plc and is now a part of the NASDAQ OMX Group since February 2008.....