I've heard it suggested by many that ॐ has three sounds: Uh (as in 'up'), Oo, (as in 'room'), and Mm (as in Campbells Soup), and therefore, it should be pronounced with all three.
However, I learned from Swami Sarvapriyananda, in his lecture on the Mandukya Karika, that in Sanskrit grammar, despite the fact that the word is made up of 3 mātrās (and an amātrā), Uh and Oo, when the former is preceded directly by the latter, creates the sound Oh (as in 'orange') rather than Uh-Oo because of sandhi (the process whereby the form of a word changes as a result of its position in an utterance).
Relevant portion of the lecture starts at around 50:45 and ends at about 54:00:
So which is the correct pronunciation, in your opinion? Om or Aum?
However, I learned from Swami Sarvapriyananda, in his lecture on the Mandukya Karika, that in Sanskrit grammar, despite the fact that the word is made up of 3 mātrās (and an amātrā), Uh and Oo, when the former is preceded directly by the latter, creates the sound Oh (as in 'orange') rather than Uh-Oo because of sandhi (the process whereby the form of a word changes as a result of its position in an utterance).
Relevant portion of the lecture starts at around 50:45 and ends at about 54:00:
So which is the correct pronunciation, in your opinion? Om or Aum?
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