mantra

पञ्चाक्षर मन्त्र

शिव का पञ्चाक्षर — न म शि वा य। जप का मूल नाम।

PANCHAKSHARA-TRAD · The five syllables namah śivāya are pan-Śaiva (Yajurvedic Śatarudrīya contains namah śivāya). ॐ is the praṇava prefixed in japa. Cross-checked standard recitations; no variant in the five akṣaras.