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Om
is a sacred syllable of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
OM and similar may also refer to:
Om
Om is a sacred syllable of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.OM and similar may also refer to:-Music:* Om , a stoner metal band* Om , a 1965 album* OM , a 2006 album* Om...
is a sacred syllable of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
OM and similar may also refer to:
Music
- Om (band)Om (band)Om is a duo formed in 2003 by the rhythm section of the disbanded Stoner doom metal band Sleep. The band's first three albums feature Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums. Their music is similar in structure to Tibetan chanting....
, a stoner metal band - Om (John Coltrane album)Om (John Coltrane album)Om is a 1968 album by John Coltrane.In October, 1965, Coltrane recorded Om, referring to the sacred syllable in Hindu religion, which symbolizes the infinite or the entire Universe. Coltrane described Om as the "first syllable, the primal word, the word of power". The 29-minute recording contains...
, a 1965 album - OM (Negură Bunget album), a 2006 album
- Om (Soulfly album)
- Om (Ibarra album)Om (Ibarra album)Om is the third album from Mexican singer Benny Ibarra. This album was influenced by Indian sounds and introspective atmospheres. Three singles were released: "Cada Mañana", "Mas de Ti" and "Sutil Dolor".-Track listing:...
- OM FestivalOM FestivalThe OM Festival was a community-based summer solstice festival that ran annually in southern Ontario for seven years from 1998 to 2004. The festival, organized by Sumkidz, featured music, dance and art, and encouraged its attendees to participate by volunteering. The event promoted free expression...
, a Canadian electronic music festival - Om RecordsOm RecordsOm Records is a US-based record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music, and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and various compilations. Some of the most notable compilations include Om...
, a San Francisco-based dance music record label, home to artist like J Boogie, Kaskade, and King Kooba - "Om" (The Moody Blues song)Om (The Moody Blues song)"Om" is a 1968 song by the British progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was composed by the band's keyboardist Mike Pinder. "Om" has a heavy Indian influence and sound to it....
, a 1969 song - Of MachinesOf MachinesOf Machines was an American post-hardcore band from Atlanta. Formed in 2006, the band was originally known as We Are Kings and changed their name the following year of their formation...
, a band
Fiction
- OM (film)OM (film)Om is a 2003 Bollywood action movie conceived and directed by noted action-film maker Ashok Honda. It stars then-newcomer Attin Bhalla as Om, Pankaj Dheer as Mr. Dhariwal, Sandali Sinha as Dhariwal's daughter Sandali and Sharat Saxena as the nefarious Inspector Katkar...
, a 2003 film featuring Attin Bhalla as Om - The Great God Om, a fictional deity in the Discworld universe
- Om, a character from the Air Gear manga
- the lead character's name from the 2007 movie Om Shanti Om, played by Shahrukh KhanShahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....
- Om (Kannada film)Om (Kannada film)Om is an Indian Kannada film directed by Upendra , starring Shivarajkumar , and notable for its exposure of Bangalore's criminal underworld. The film was a commercial and critical success and aided the careers of the actors Prema and Shivarajkumar...
, a 1995 Indian film
Initialisms
- offering memorandum, in finance, "the OM", prospectus for a bond offering
- Odyssey of the MindOdyssey of the MindOdyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition...
, an international problem-solving competition for students - Officine MeccanicheOfficine MeccanicheOfficine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche...
, a former Italian motor vehicle manufacturer - Otitis mediaOtitis mediaOtitis media is inflammation of the middle ear, or a middle ear infection.It occurs in the area between the tympanic membrane and the inner ear, including a duct known as the eustachian tube. It is one of the two categories of ear inflammation that can underlie what is commonly called an earache,...
, an infection of the middle ear - Organic matterOrganic matterOrganic matter is matter that has come from a once-living organism; is capable of decay, or the product of decay; or is composed of organic compounds...
- Operation MobilisationOperation MobilisationOperation Mobilisation is an Evangelical Christian organization founded by George Verwer to mobilise young people to live and share the Gospel of Jesus...
, a Christian non-profit missions organization - Operation MindfuckOperation MindfuckOperation Mindfuck or OM is an important practice in the Discordian religion. The concept was developed by Kerry Thornley and Robert Anton Wilson in 1968 and given its name by Wilson and Robert Shea in The Illuminatus! Trilogy...
, a very important practice within Discordianism - Order of MeritOrder of MeritThe Order of Merit is a British dynastic order recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture...
, the post-nominal letters indicating membership in a high honour from the monarch of the Commonwealth realms - Order of the Minims, the post-nominal letters indicating membership in a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Francis of Paola in the fifteenth century in Italy
- Olympique de MarseilleOlympique de MarseilleOlympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...
, a French football club - Orlando MagicOrlando MagicThe Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
, a basketball team in the NBA - Operating marginOperating marginIn business, operating margin — also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales — is the ratio of operating income divided by net sales, usually presented in percent....
- Order of ManitobaOrder of ManitobaThe Order of Manitoba is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Instituted in 1999 when Lieutenant Governor Peter M...
, the post-nominal letters indicating membership in an honour of the Crown in Right of Manitoba - Old Man (meaning a male amateur radio operator)
- Openmoko LinuxOpenmoko LinuxOpenmoko Linux is an operating system for smartphones developed by the Openmoko project. It is based on the Ångström distribution, comprising various pieces of free software.The main targets of Openmoko Linux were the Openmoko Neo 1973 and the Neo FreeRunner...
, a mobile operating system developed by the Openmoko project - Osipkov-Merritt modelOsipkov-Merritt modelOsipkov–Merritt models are mathematical representations of spherical stellar systems...
- OsteomyelitisOsteomyelitisOsteomyelitis simply means an infection of the bone or bone marrow...
, a bone marrow infection - Oto-Manguean languagesOto-Manguean languagesOto-Manguean languages are a large family comprising several families of Native American languages. All of the Oto-Manguean languages that are now spoken are indigenous to Mexico, but the Manguean branch of the family, which is now extinct, was spoken as far south as Nicaragua and Costa Rica.The...
- Old MillfieldiansOld MillfieldiansFormer pupils of Millfield school in Somerset are known as Old Millfieldians or OMs-OM Society:The record of OMs is maintained by the OM Society, based at the school...
, alumni of Millfield School - Old Marlburians, alumni of Marlborough College
Others
- Om RiverOm RiverOm is a river in the south of Western Siberian plains in Russia. It is ~724 km long, flowing into the major Irtysh River. It rises in the Vasyugan Swamp at the border of Novosibirsk and Omsk oblasts....
, a river in Siberia, Russia - Officine MeccanicheOfficine MeccanicheOfficine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche...
, an Italian car and truck manufacturing company - Aum ShinrikyoAum ShinrikyoAum Shinrikyo was a Japanese new religious movement. The group was founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984. The group gained international notoriety in 1995, when it carried out the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway....
, a Japanese new religious movement, known for carrying out the Sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subways - Ohm (unit), a unit of electrical resistance
- Omu Peak (2507 m) in the Bucegi MountainsBucegi MountainsThe Bucegi Mountains are located in central Romania, south of the city Braşov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains....
- Olympus OM systemOlympus OM systemThe Olympus OM System was a line of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras, lenses and accessories sold by Olympus between 1972 and 2002 ....
, a family of Olympus SLR cameras made between 1972 and 2002 - Georg OhmGeorg OhmGeorg Simon Ohm was a German physicist. As a high school teacher, Ohm began his research with the recently-invented electrochemical cell, invented by Italian Count Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own creation, Ohm determined that there is a direct proportionality between the potential...
, a German physicist - OmanOmanOman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...
, ISO 3166 country code- .om.om.om is the Internet country code top-level domain for Oman.Currently, only allows third level domain registration. However, there are a number of domains directly under .om including mediaphone.om, nawrastelecom.om, omanmobile.om, omanpost.om, omantel.om, rakpetroleum.om, siemens.om, songfest.om,...
, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Oman
- .om
- MIAT-Mongolian Airlines IATA code
- OM AB, the name of a Swedish exchange which merged with Finnish HEX plc to become OMXOMXOMX AB is a Swedish-Finnish financial services company, formed in 2003 through a merger between OM AB and HEX plc and is now a part of the NASDAQ OMX Group since February 2008.It has two divisions, OMX Exchanges, which operates eight stock exchanges mainly in the Nordic and Baltic...