gayatri

[gah-yuh-tree]

noun

Hinduism.

1. a Vedic mantra expressing hope for enlightenment: recited daily by the faithful and repeated in all religious rites and ceremonies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gayatri¹

1835–45; < Sanskrit gāyatri, derivative of gāyatra song, hymn

Example Sentences

The UKHSA's deputy director Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam said the case was a reminder of "how severe whooping cough can be for very young babies".

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"It's not just waste. It's poison," said Gayatri Tiwari, a mother of five in Tarapur village.

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He has fathered six children and he married his fourth wife, Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, in 2012.

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Dr. Gayatri Amirthalingam, deputy director of public health programs at Britain’s Health Security Agency, said the new chickenpox vaccine recommendations would “help make chickenpox a problem of the past.”

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He cites Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s observation that Western intellectuals commonly feel “entitled to remain ignorant of other cultures, while expecting individuals from other cultures to know about them.”

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