Om Namah Shivaya
The five-syllable mantra of Shiva, repeated on Mondays, in Shravan and on Shivaratri.
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Quick facts
- Type
- Mantra
- Deity
- Shiva
- When it is sung
- The five-syllable mantra of Shiva, repeated on Mondays, in Shravan and on Shivaratri.
- Languages
- Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app
Verse (Devanagari)
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Transliteration
Om namah shivaya
What it means
Om — I bow to Shiva, the auspicious one. The five syllables are traditionally linked with the five elements.
Read it in your language
In the Muhurtha app you can read Om Namah Shivaya in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu, count it on a japa mala, and open a link to hear it sung — all offline, with no account and no ads.