▁sy ll able ▁K ō ▁( 行 ) ▁is ▁sometimes ▁spoken . ▁ ▁Note ▁that ▁the ▁sy ll ables ▁are ▁short ened ▁forms , ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁also ▁longer , ▁Japanese ▁mant ra ▁that ▁go ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁mud ra . ▁As ▁to ▁why ▁there ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁no ▁correlation ▁between ▁the ▁mud ra ▁and ▁mant ra ▁and ▁the ▁representative ▁de ities ▁is ▁unknown ▁at ▁this ▁time . ▁Also ▁many ▁mant ra ▁end ▁with ▁the ▁S ansk rit ▁word ▁o ' ṃ ▁( om ). ▁The ▁meaning ▁of ▁o ' ṃ ▁is ▁literally ▁" to ▁shout ▁loud ly ", ▁while ▁the ▁es oter ic ▁religious ▁meaning ▁is ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁sacred ▁name ▁or ▁ess ence ▁of ▁God ▁and ▁means ▁" I ▁am ▁existence ". ▁It ▁is ▁used ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁inv ocation ▁to ▁the ▁god ▁being ▁sacrific ed ▁to ▁( an uv ak ya ) ▁as ▁an ▁inv itation ▁to ▁and ▁for ▁that ▁God ▁to ▁part ake ▁of ▁the ▁sacrifice . ▁div i ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁indic ation ▁of ▁where ▁this ▁particular ▁k u ji ▁rit ual ▁comes ▁from . ▁It ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁more ▁common ▁forms ▁of ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁( poss ibly ▁Sh ug endo ) ▁k u ji . ▁If ▁the ▁original ▁source ▁is ▁discovered ▁it ▁will ▁be ▁made ▁available . ▁ ▁The ▁mud ra ▁[ hand ▁post ures ] ▁are ▁as ▁follows : ▁▁ <0xE8> <0x87> <0xA8> ▁( R in ): ▁H ands ▁together , ▁fingers ▁inter locked . ▁The ▁index ▁( s ometimes ▁middle