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aum![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Om \Om\, interj. & n. [Also Aum, Um.] [Skr. [=o]m.] A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma. Om mani padme hun, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated "O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen," and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Aam \Aam\ ([add]m or [aum]m), n. [D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L. hama a water bucket, Gr. ?] A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 361/2, at Hamburg 381/4. [Written also Aum and Awm.] [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Aum \Aum\, n. Same as Aam. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Aum
n 1: a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan
and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987
that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; "in
1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo
subway train" [syn: Aum Shinrikyo, Aum, Supreme
Truth]
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