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Pravanam's combination is A U M.

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OM represents the Self which is the Supreme Nondual Reality. The Self isknown in four states, namely, the waking state, the dreamstate, the deep-sleep state, and the fourth state called the turiya.All these states are represented in the three sounds of OM (i.e., A, U, M), andthe silence that follows and surrounds the syllable.
The sound A represents the waking state he sound U represents thedream state, and the sound M represents the deep sleep state.
The waking state is superimposed on the A sound because it is the first ofthe three states of consciousness, and so is the sound A the very first of theletters of the alphabet – in all languages. The dream is but a view within themind of the impressions that had reflected on the surface of the mental lakeduring the waking state. Besides, the dream state occurs between the waking andthe deep-sleep state, and comes second among the three states of consciousness.And so, U, being next to A in order of sounds, and also since it is between Aand M, is treated as representing the dream state. On the M sound of OM issuperimposed the deep-sleep state. The comparison between the last sound of theOM and sleep lies in that it is the closing sound of the syllable, just as deepsleep is the final stage of the mind in rest.
A short pregnant silence isinevitable between two successive OMs. On this silence is superimposed the ideaof the fourth state, known as turiya. This is the state of Perfect Blisswhen the individual Self recognises the identity with the Supreme.
 
Good one IMRPS I used to think that defining OM is next to impossible . At least someone has taken the risk and effort to try it..
 
The usual description of the A,the U and the M in AUM is the following:
Veda Vyasa further explained that the Word ‘A’meant Formation, ‘U’meant Protection and ‘M’ meant Demolition, reflecting theThree Characteristics of Satvika Guna, Rajasika Guna and Tamasika Guna. Mostimportantly, Veda Vyasa stated that the emphatic stress while pronouncing thelast word or the Half Word ‘M’ of ‘OM’ stood for Maha Maya Bhagavati Herself.The speciality of the terminating half letter ‘M’was that it was not pronouncedas a distinct and separate word, signifying thereby that the Half Word was‘Maya’ or ‘Maheswari’ which had no Entity yet the ‘Most Distinctive’! [ ‘VyaktaAvyakta Swarupini’ or ‘Saguna-Nirguna Embodiment]
Maharshi Lomarshana, the disciple of Veda Vyasa,while addressing the Sages at Naimisha Forest described that at the MahaPralaya or the termination of the Universe after the Maha Yuga, the SupremeBhagavan created Vishnu with the aid of Satwa Guna who was floating on MahaJala or the Unending Water Sheet and from his navel appeared a lotus withBrahma as materialised with Rajo Guna seated thereon; the latter questionedVishnu about his antecedents and consequent on mutual arguments about theirSupremacy there was a fight; at that very time there appeared a Colossal AgniLinga emitting enormous radiance and heat..........
....As neither the Hamasa Rupa Brahma who flew upand up for thousand years nor the Varaha Rupa Narayana who slided down as muchtime could discover the bottom or the top and returned to the starting point byanother thousand years; both of them reached there totally fatigued. Then therewas a reverberating Sound of AUM:
Tadaa sama bhavattatra naadou vai Shabda lakshanah,
Omomiti Surasreshtthaah Samyuktah plutalakshanah/
Kimidam twiti samchitya mayaa tishthanmahaaswanam,
Lingasya Dakshiney bhaagey tadaapashyat Sanaatanam/

> Maharshiswho knew Vedas and the Omkara Swarupa of Maha Deva analysed the Alphabets in Sanskritand explained as follows: ‘A’ kaara’ constituted His broad forehead; ‘E’ kaarawas the left Eye; ‘U’kaara his Southern Ear; ‘Aa’ kaara his left ear; ‘Ru’ karahis right Kapola; ‘Ruukaara’ the left kapola; ‘lu lu’is the partition of hisnasal divisions; ‘ea’- kaaras his big lips; ‘oau’ kaara his teeth; theconsonants ‘Ka-kha-ga- gha-jnaa’ constituted his five right hands while theconsonants ‘cha-ccha- ja-jja-na’ were his left five hands; other two sets ofconsonants viz. ‘ta-tha-da-dha-na’ and ‘pa-pha-ba-bha-ma’ were his right andleft five feet respectively; Shiva’s ‘udara’ or belly represented ‘paa’ kaara;‘pha’ kara his right side of his body; ‘Va’ kara his left side; the letter‘Vaa’ and ‘bha’ kaaras represented his shoulders; the letter ‘Ma’ kaara his‘Uridaya’ or heart; ‘Ya- ra-la-va-sa-sha’ represented Shiva’s body-dhatus; ‘ha’kara represented His Atma and ‘Kha’ kaara denoted Shiva’s anger.




 
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Thanks ganesh65. Will post another detailed answer.


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As the thread is on Ommm, would like to add some information

Omkaara is significantly dealt with in Mandukya upanishad. Generally it has 4 parts, A, u , m and Naada(mmmm). Upanishad explains it needs to be chanted in 3 ways.

1. Ekamaatra omkaara
2. Dwimaatra Omkaara
3. Trimaatra Omkaara.

The delay between O and M should not exceed 6 seconds as per the Vedam. (Nowadays we see all kinds of wrong pronunciations with O stretching long time which is not told by Vedam). A proper vaidika acharya always stresses on the nada and not on O.

OM explains jIva belongs to Akara sabda vAchya Paramaatma VishNu. Samkhya sastra established Makara to Jiva which is the 25th Tattvam, where the Prakriti occupies first 24 tattvas. 26th is Paramaatma and 27th is Acharya.
25th aksharam from the letters belongs to 'M'.

So omkaara ideally signifies us, the jIvas and our relationship with Paramaatma, that we belong to him ONLY(which the Sanskrit U says).

Also it signifies the 3 states of sleep, the 4th being out of scope.

In all these 3 states, the Jagrat dasa, swapna dasa, sushupti , VishNu exists in 3 different forms explained by the Mandukyam

Jagrat dasa - Wakeful state -Bahis Prajna--The knowledge going outwards
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Jagarita-sthano bahis-prajnah
saptanga ekona-vimsati-mukhah
sthula-bhuk vaisvanarah
prathama padah


Here VishNu is called Vaisvanarah and exists with 19 heads as a GajaMukha.

Dream state- Swapna dasa. --Antah Prajna - Inward Knowledge
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Svapno-stano antah-prajnah
saptanga ekona-vimsati-mukhah
pravi-vikta-bhuk taijasa
dvitiyah padah

Here VishNu is called as Taijasa. Meditation on the respective forms of VishNu as the focus of these 3 states will makes their 3 states better.

How the sansrikt akara, ukara, makara came to represent these states is different discussion.

Each state is again governed by a Devathas (Aniruddha , Pradyumna, Sankarshana) which belong to Vyuhas of VishNu(Chaturvyuha: in VSN)

In sushupti VishNu is called Prajna

Adiyen Ramanuja Daasa
Adiyen Jeeyar Swamy Daasa




 
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