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.
Pronounced /aːh/ (IPA)
Other bījas: a | dhīḥ | hūṃ | hrīḥ | maiṃ | oṃ | tāṃ | traṃ | phaṭ | svāhā |
Examples
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आः |
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oṃ āḥ hūṃ
The syllables oṃ āḥ hūṃ as a set are associated with body, speech and mind.
Siddhaṃ
![oṃ āḥ hūṃ in siddham script](mantra/omahhum.jpg)
Tibetan - Uchen
![oṃ āḥ hūṃ in Tibetan - Uchen script](bija/omahhum-tibetan.png)
Lantsa
![oṃ āḥ hūṃ in Lantsa script](bija/omahhum-lantsa.png)