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{{redirect|Aksara|the Javanese script known as Aksara or Hanacaraka|Javanese script}}

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The term is derived from अ, ''[[Privative a|a-]]'' "not" and क्षर्, ''kṣar-'' "melt away, perish". The uniting aspect of its use is the mystical view of language, or ''[[shabda]]'', in Hindu tradition, and especially the notion of the ''syllable'' as a kind of immutable (or "atomic") substance of both language and truth, most prominently, the mystical syllable [[Om|Aum]], which is given the name of ''ekākṣara'' (i.e. ''eka-akṣara''), which can be translated as both "the sole imperishable thing" and as "a single syllable".