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  2. Gayatri Mantra - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. Sandhyavandanam - Wikipedia

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    'salutation to (Goddess) Twilight', or 'salutation during the twilight') is a mandatory religious ritual centring around the recitation of the Gayatri mantra, traditionally supposed to be performed three times a day by Dvija communities of Hindus, [1] [2] particularly those initiated through the sacred thread ceremony referred to as the ...

  4. Devi Bhagavata Purana - Wikipedia

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    The last and 12th canto of the Devi-Bhagavatam Consisting of 14 chapters, Its describes the Goddess as the mother of the Vedas, she as the Adya Shakti (primal, primordial power), and the essence of the Gayatri mantra. [66] The verses map every syllable of the Gayatri mantra to 1008 names of reverence in the Hindu tradition. [66]

  5. Vishvamitra - Wikipedia

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    Soon after the marriage, the Bharatas win the battle against Shambar. When they found their Prince Vishvarath alive, they feel happy but they could not accept Ugra as their future queen as she is an Asura. To convert Ugra into an Sura, Vishvarath creates Gayatri Mantra, but people still refuse to accept her.

  6. Mantra - Wikipedia

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    A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.

  7. Gayatri - Wikipedia

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    Gayatri (Sanskrit: गायत्री, IAST: Gāyatrī) is the personified form of the Gayatri Mantra, a popular hymn from Vedic texts. [5] She is also known as Savitri , and holds the title of Vedamata ('mother of the Vedas').

  8. Savitr - Wikipedia

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    The latter verse is the celebrated Savitri, now termed as the Gayatri mantra, with which Savitr was in later times invoked at the beginning of Vedic study. Mitra Savitr is also said to become Mitra by reason of his laws. Bhaga Savitr seems sometimes to be identified with Bhaga also, unless the latter word is here only an epithet of Savitr. The ...

  9. Shriram Sharma - Wikipedia

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    His endeavors included extensive research on the syncretic relationships between science and spirituality, [14] [15] the revival of Rishi traditions, and the philosophy and science behind the Gayatri mantra and Yajna, [16] [17] supervision of large-scale Gayatri sadhana and Yajna, [3] [18] translation of entire Vedic scriptures, [17] [4] [19 ...