No mantra is complete without the nasal consonant
Refer to AUM - 15 for reference on consonant
- The anuswaram (nasal sound) MMMM humming boosts the production of Nitric oxide in the body. This was known to Indians and documented more than 7000 years ago Nadaswaram (Shehnai) is an ancient musical instrument that produces a similar nasal sound
- No mantra is complete without the nasal consonant.
- Radha and Sita are not worshipped alone as they don't have the nasal consonant whereas Rama and Krishna are worshipped alone as they end with a nasal consonant, hence we preach them as; Radhakrishna, Sitaram….
- Shiva is worshipped by adding the prefix 'Aum Namoh' as the word 'Shiva' does not have a nasal consonant. Also, shiva is chanted as Shivaye to incur the effect of the additional vowel. Probably the language in that age was not so refined.
- If any word in the mantra is short of a vowel or consonant, an additional vowel or consonant is added to the word. Just as Shiva is venerated as Shivaya to reap the benefits of chanting the additional vowel. This is why many western sacred words like Hoong (Buddhism), Amin (Islam), and Amen (Christianity) that has the combination of vowel and nasal consonant are known as healing words.
- The nasal consonant vibrates the plexus, bones, ganglions, endocrine, and thyroid glands. Other Chakra sounds namely Ham, Yam, Ram, Vam, and Lam all end in nasal consonants.
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