The Seed Syllable āh - and om āh hūm
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The Seed syllable āḥ is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the karma family.
It is the long ā with the visarga or aspiration mark.
The pronunciation of the visarga is usually described as a soft echo of the vowel.
As well as appearing on it's own āḥ occurs in the set of syllables: oṃ āḥ hūṃ.
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| āḥ in Siddham | āḥ in Siddham alternate form | āḥ in Tibetan Uchen script | āḥ in Lantsa script |
oṃ āḥ hūm
The syllables oṃ āḥ hūṃ as a set are associated with body, speech and mind.
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