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Aum Namah Shivaya (Sanskrit Aum Namaḥ Śivāya ॐ नमः शिवाय) is a popular mantra in Hinduism and particularly in Shaivism. Its translation is 'adoration (namas) to Śiva', preceded by the mystical syllable 'Aum'.

It is also called Panchakshara, the five-syllable' mantra (viz., excluding the Aum). It is part of the Shri Rudram Chamakam, a Hindu prayer taken from the Black Yajurveda, and thus predates the use of Shiva as a proper name, in the original context being an address to Rudra (the later Shiva), where śiva retains its original meaning as an adjective meaning 'auspicious, benign, friendly', a euphemistic epithet of Rudra.