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. 2004 Dec;89(12):1094–1097. doi: 10.1136/adc.2004.050591

Hindu birth customs

A Gatrad 1, M Ray 1, A Sheikh 1
PMCID: PMC1719756  PMID: 15557039

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Figure 1.

Figure 1

 Om symbol. The most important Hindu symbol is Om; this has been described as "an Aksara or the ‘Imperishable Symbol'; it is the Universe, the past, the present and the future—all that is and all that will be is Om; likewise all else that exists beyond the bounds of time—that too is Om".25

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