It’s a Thai yant symbol in horribly hamfisted combination with an Indian om. It’s definitely not ancient. In combining these two symbols so clumsily, both of them are well ruined. Also, there is no suggestion of “breathe” anywhere, at least on the Sanskrit part. You’d have to ask someone else about the Thai part.

May 29, 2021 · That's not an ancient Sanskrit symbol for breathe. That's just false. It's not a Sanskrit symbol at all. Also, Sanskrit doesn't have just one written script. Devanagari is the most famous, but Sanskrit was and can be written using many scripts. It's not disrespectful because this isn't a real symbol from any real tradition.

Jun 22, 2022 · It's a stylized ॐ symbol in the manner of an unalome or South Asian buddhist yantra. It does not mean "breathe" nor symbolize breath or anything like that.

Jun 11, 2023 · There is no Sanskrit symbol for breathe afafaik. This symbol looks like “Om” or “Pranav”, which is supposed to represent the cosmic consciousness and is representative of the Supreme God, also the primordial sound of the creation.

Jun 3, 2020 · No mate it is the symbol of OM also known as AUM it has a history and meaning of its known but Breathe is not the meaning of it. Hindus believe it’s the singularity as it was the first sound which came out in the universe. Any more doubts …

The particular version might be tsungma khyuk. Which is the faster cursive version. Saw people saying it means breathe but personally I don't know of any word that's spelled that way that would mean breathe and the tattoo it self seems to be written a bit incorrectly.i could be wrong though. You can find similar fonts online.

Feb 17, 2022 · Also I don’t think the second part answers my question: as I indicated in the first sentence, of course I knew that the orthographic symbol can only be as old as Sanskrit orthography. But that leaves at least 1800+ years of Sanskrit orthography (and at least 1000 years of devanāgarī) where the om symbol could have developed. It is the ...

Dec 3, 2021 · You are right, Om (rather Aum) doesn't really mean breathe. We (followers of Sanatana Dharma, popularly known as Hinduism) believe that aa, oo and m are the 3 basic sounds that represent creation, existence and end of the universe. The sounds together form Aum, represented by the symbol in your comment.

Mar 22, 2021 · As others have answered, this symbol has nothing to do with breath. It's rather the symbol for Om/Aum, a sacred sound/symbol. It has a lot of interpretations/meanings, and is found everywhere throughout Hindu scriptures and prayers, usually taking a prominent place at the very start of a mantra or an invocation.

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