The syllable ya at the end of the mantra denotes an offering. Thus the mantra Om Namah Sivaya actually means I offer to Siva a respectful invocation of His Name, and not merely I respectfully invoke His Name. Om Namah Shivaya mantra is sung by devotees in prayers and recited by yogis in meditation.
Short for Short for DVD-Recordable, a recordable DVD format similar to CD-R. A DVD-R can only record data once and then the data becomes permanent on the disc. The disc can not be recorded onto a second time. There also are two additional standards for DVD-R disks: DVD-RG for general use, and DVD-RA for authoring, which is used for mastering DVD video or data and is not typically available to the general public.
The DVD-R DVD+R difference can easily be summarized by the following: 1  The DVD-R/RW standard was developed by Pioneer, and is used primarily by Apple and Pioneer. These âminusâ discs can only be written to in one layer on the discs surface. 2  The DVD+R/RW format is supported by Philips, Dell, Sony, HP, and Microsoft.