Om Namah Shivaya

Deity or tradition

Shiva

Language

Sanskrit

Translations

Devanagari on this page

Reading time

About 1 min

Source and rights

Traditional Shaiva mantra.

Meaning

The five-syllable mantra of Shiva. The Panchakshara stotram on the Shiva page is a hymn built on these syllables, not the mantra alone.

Text

ॐ नमः शिवाय ।

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