Om <--> Amen

[Dermot Killingley]

On Om, see inter alia my 'Om: the sacred syllable in the Veda' in _A
net cast wide: Investigations into Indian Thought in Memory of David
Friedman_, ed. J. J,. Lipner (Newcastle upon Tyne, Grevatt & Grevatt,
1986, ISBN 0 9507918 8 1). There's no etymological connection with
Amen, but their analogous ritual use gives them some analogous
semantic content.
Dr Dermot Killingley (Reader in Hindu Studies)
Department of Religious Studies,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
Tel: (0191) 222 6730. Fax: (0191) 222 5185