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Results for गायत्री

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गायत्रीgāyatrīf. an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables (variously arranged, but generally as a triplet of eight…
    1. feminine an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables (variously arranged, but generally as a triplet of eight syllables each), any hymn composed in the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री metre fg-veda x, 14; 16 & 130, 4 VS. AV. etc.
    2. feminine of that the rest of a word is to be suppliedत्र्/अ quod vide
    3. etc. see ibidem
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  2. गायत्रीकारम्gāyatrīkāramind.p. so as to change into Ga1yatri1 गायत्री verses A1s3vS3r.

    indeclinablepage and participle so as to change into Ga1yatri1 गायत्री verses A1s3vS3r.

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  3. गायत्रीपञ्चाङ्गgāyatrīpañcāṅgan. N. of wk. on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

    neuter gender Name of work on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

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  4. गायत्रीपञ्जरgāyatrīpañjaran. N. of wk. on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

    neuter gender Name of work on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

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  5. गायत्रीपुरश्चरणgāyatrīpuraścaraṇan. N. of wk. on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

    neuter gender Name of work on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

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  6. गायत्रीभाष्यgāyatrībhāṣyan. N. of wk. on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

    neuter gender Name of work on the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

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  7. गायत्रीमन्त्रgāyatrīmantram. prayers connected with the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

    masculine gender prayers connected with the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री .

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  8. गायत्रीमुखgāyatrīmukhan. the mouth of the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री, JaimUp.

    neuter gender the mouth of the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री, JaimUp.

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  9. गायत्रीयामन्gāyatrīyāmanmf(म्नी)n. approaching with Ga1yatri1 गायत्री verses A1pS3r.

    mf(म्नी)neuter gender approaching with Ga1yatri1 गायत्री verses A1pS3r.

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