ॐ नमः शिवाय Om Namah Shivaya
oṃ namaḥ śivāya
The Panchakshara, the five-syllable salutation to Shiva, preceded by the pranava Om, and among the most widely recited of all Shaiva mantras. Its single line is repeated on a mala, murmured during abhisheka and puja, or held silently in the mind; it is chanted daily and with particular devotion on Mondays and at Mahashivaratri.
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ॐ नमः शिवाय
oṃ namaḥ śivāya
Om, salutations to Shiva.
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॥ इति ॐ नमः शिवाय सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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हिन्दी अर्थ
ॐ, शिव को नमस्कार।