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Entry गायत्री

गायत्रीgāyatrī1 A Vedic metre of 24 syllables; गायत्री छन्द- सामहम् Bg.1.35.
1. 1 A Vedic metre of 24 syllables; गायत्री छन्द- सामहम् Bg.1.35.
2. Name of a very sacred verse repeated by every Brāhmaṇa at his Sandhyā (morning and evening devotions) and on other occasions also. Great sins even are said to be expiated by a pious repetition of this verse, which is as follows: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् Rv.3.62.1.
3. A number of mystical verses in Tantra literature.
4. Name of Durgā, Ks.53.172.
Derived forms and compounds
- -त्रम् A hymn composed and recited in the Gāyatrī metre.
- -मन्त्रः prayers connected with the गायत्री.
- -वल्लभः an epithet of Śiva.
In the Gita10·35

बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् ।

bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṁ gāyatrī chandasāmaham, — I am also the great Sama among mantras, the Gayatri among metres; among the months I am Margasirsha, first of the months; I am spring, the fairest of… 10·35
- गायत्रीgāyatrīnominative singular of the feminine noun gāyatrī (the Gayatri, a particular metre in Sanskrit).
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