| 释义 |
▪ I. ‖ om, int.|ɔːm|
Also o'm.
[Skr.]
In Hinduism and Buddhism, an utterance of assent used in prayer and meditation. Also as n., an instance or example of this assent, and as v. intr., to utter the assent. (See also quot. 1917.)
1788W. Jones in Asiatick Researches I. 262, I am inclined, indeed, to believe, that not only Crishna or Vishnu, but even Brahma´ and Siva, when united, and expressed by the mystical word o´m, were designed by the first idolaters to represent the Solar fire. 1810E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 410 The character, that, if uttered, would yield the sound of o'm; or, being triliteral, better, perhaps, written aum. Ibid. 412 A suppression of breath is thus explained by an ancient legislator to imply the following meditation: ‘Om! earth! sky! heaven!’ 1899R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xv. 153 The Brahmin leads us gently to the outermost courts of Nirvana. In spite of the outward symbol, we look within, and there we may hope to find om. 1917A. B. Keith in Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IX. 490/2 The first evidence of this important position of the word is to be found in the Aitareya Brāhmana (v. 32) in which it is declared that om is the world of heaven and the sun, and where it is resolved into the three letters a, u, and m. 1937M. Covarrubias Island of Bali (1972) ix. 318 Typical Brahmana are the speculations about the sacred syllable ong, the Om of India. 1956E. Wood Yoga Dict. 113/1 Om, the greatest mantra..or word of power. Ibid. 114/1 Om is recited by devout Hindus at the beginning of all prayers, hymns and words of worship or aspiration. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 4 Apr. 31/2 The note greets me, ‘Hare Krishna. Please accept my Om prayers for your eternal well being. I would like to see you for a few minutes.’ 1972P. Holroyde Indian Music ii. 58 The sound ‘om’.., pronounced ‘a-u-m’, rings out like the tolling of a cathedral bell. 1976B. Jackson Flameout i. 17 He..took deep yogic breaths, loudly hummed a long, resonant ‘om—om—om—’... ‘It's sure good to hear you om-ing.’
▪ II. om
var. of hom, form of hem pron., them. |