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The Gayatri mantra is cited widely in Hindu texts, such as the mantra listings of the Śrauta liturgy, and classical Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, [5] [6] Harivamsa, [7] and Manusmṛti. [8] The mantra and its associated metric form was known by the Buddha. [ 9 ]
Album Music for Meditation – Gayatri Mantra was composed by Sri Rangasami Parthasarathy and sung by K J Yesudas. The Gayatri Mantra is sung in nine different ragas ...
Gayatri was the name initially applied to a metre of the Rig Veda consisting of 24 syllables. [10] In particular, it refers to the Gayatri Mantra and the Goddess Gāyatrī as that mantra personified. The Gayatri mantra composed in this triplet form is the most famous.
A literal translation of the Gayatri verse proper can be given as: "May we attain that excellent glory of Savitar the god: So may he stimulate our prayers." —The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896), Ralph T. H. Griffith [6] From the second season on, the North American broadcasts used the same Gayatri Mantra title theme as the rest of the world.
Cher featured Premal's version of the "Gayatri Mantra" on her Farewell Tour, [9] and Russian prima ballerina Diana Vishneva danced to Premal's "Gayatri" in Moses Pendleton's F.L.O.W. series. [10] Edward James Olmos reportedly gave copies of Premal's "Gayatri Mantra" to the cast and crew of Battlestar Galactica , [ 11 ] and cited her music as ...
The verse 3.62.10 gained great importance in Hinduism as the Gayatri Mantra. List of incipits. The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets
One of the best known verses of Gāyatrī is the Gayatri Mantra, which is taken from book 3.62.10 (the last hymn of the 3rd book) of the Rigveda. When the Rig-Veda is chanted, performers traditionally recite the first two padas of Gāyatrī without making a break between them, in accordance with the generally used saṃhitā text. However ...
In 1985, Shriram Sharma Acharya entered a state of heightened subtlety and announced his intention to conclude his activities within five years. On Gayatri Jayanti, June 2, 1990, he voluntarily shed his physical sheath while chanting the Gayatri mantra. [2] [3]