Huṃkāra

Huṃkāra · huṃ-kāra, “the sound huṃ”

Grammar: masculine noun, huṃkāra, from huṃ and kāra (the making of the sound).

Meaning: the utterance of the sound huṃ.

In the scriptures: In the Gaṇeśa Khaṇḍa, Śrī Mahāvishṇu fitted an elephant’s head to the child’s body, and Śrī Hari, who is of the nature of Para-Brahman, gave life to the child by brahma-jñāna, by merely uttering the sound huṃ (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Gaṇeśa Khaṇḍa, Chapter 12).

Sources

• Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Gaṇeśa Khaṇḍa, Chapter 12