gayatri
[gah-yuh-tree]
- a Vedic mantra expressing hope for enlightenment: recited daily by the faithful and repeated in all religious rites and ceremonies.
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Origin of gayatri
1835–45; < Sanskrit gāyatri, derivative of gāyatra song, hymn
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In this position every pious Hindu must mentally repeat a certain verse, which is called the Gayatri.
From the Caves and Jungles of HindostanHelena Pretrovna Blavatsky
One should next proceed to the tirtha known as Gayatri celebrated over the three worlds.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
After we had attained full brahminhood I became72 very keen on repeating the gayatri.
My ReminiscencesRabindranath Tagore
When Brahma took for a second wife Gayatri, the milkmaid, she cursed him so that he could only be worshipped once a year.
Indian Myth and LegendDonald Alexander Mackenzie
By repeating the Gayatri (a certain verse of the Rigveda addressed to the sun) a man is saved.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth CenturyJohn Morrison