Om <--> Amen

[Narayan S. Raja]

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Walker Trimble wrote:

> Also in early Upanisads "Om" means just "yes," equivalent to "tathaa."  Is
> it possible that it could have first just been an affirmative particle that
> later gained its cosmic signifcance and was not fabricated from the vowel
> tables of the Sanskrit alphabet?


Interestingly, in archaic or formal Tamil,
"Aam" means "yes".

Wonder if there's a connection.

Regards,


Narayan Sriranga Raja.