aum

4 definitions found

aum - 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.]

  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]

  Aum \Aum\, n.
     Same as Aam.
     [1913 Webster]

aum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
           ]