The Origins of OM or Omkar - A Hypothesis

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 01:20 AM 4/3/98 EST, you wrote:
>Dear Sarma Garu,
>
>> yazchandasAmRSabhO vizvarUpaH
>> chandObhyO~dhyamRtAthsaMbabhUva
>> samEndrO mEdhayA spRNOtu
>> amRtasya dEva dhAraNO bhUyAsaM
>> zarIraM mE vicarSaNam
>> jihvA mE madhumattamA
>> karNAbhyAM bhUrivizruvam
>> brahmaNaH kOzOsi mEdhayA pihitaH
>> Zrutam mE gOpAya.                          taittirIyOpaniSad  1-7
>
>> Om is called the BULL (best) of the mantrAs.
>
>All the books translate 'chandasAm' and 'chandobhyo' as Vedas or mantras.  Any
>one looked into the aspect that Om is the bull among the metres?  because
>chandas also means metre.  If so, how exactly?
>
>Regards
>Bhadraiah Mallampalli
>
>

May be the meaning metre for 'chandas' came much later.

regards,
sarma.