om mani padme hun

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om mani padme hun - 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.]