Thank you this helps very much.  Its Mr. Spier not Dr. but please call me Harry.

Thanks,
Harry Spier

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Rastelli, Marion <Marion.Rastelli@oeaw.ac.at> wrote:

Dear Dr. Spier,

On this verse see: Christopher Minkowski, Why Should We Read the Maṅgala Verses? In: S´a¯stra¯rambha. Inquiries into the Preamble in Sanskrit. Edited by Walter Slaje. Wiesbaden 2008, p. 13.

Best regards,

Marion Rastelli

 

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Can someone give me the source for the  following quote in Apte's dictionary about OM and atha.

ओंकारश्चाथ शब्दश्च द्वावेतौ ब्रह्मणः पुरा कंठं भित्त्वा विनिर्यातौ तेन मांगलिकावुभौ  

 

Thanks,

Harry Spier