Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ]
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').
The chanting of mantras is the most popular form of worship in Hinduism. The Vedas are liturgical texts (mantras and hymns). Stuti is an umbrella term for religious literary creations, but it literally means "praise." The Hindu devotional Bhakti traditions place a focus on repetitive prayer, known as japa.
This Upāsanā mantra is also referred as Dhyānam part in Sandhyāvandanam by the smritis. However, few smritis such as by Manu and Āśvalāyana consider Gāyatrījapaḥ as the principle one. [9]: 69 The 5 uttarāṅgas are: Gāyatrījapaḥ (गायत्रीजपः, Deep meditation with the chanting of Gayatri mantra)
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.
Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra; Ganga, the goddess personification of the Ganges river; Yami, the personification of the river Yamuna; Kaushiki, the goddess who emerges from Parvati; Narmada, the personification of the river Narmada; Shashthi, also known as Devasena, wife of Kartikeya, the goddess of children and reproduction
Kalaratri can also mean "the one who is the death of time." In the Mahanirvana Tantra, during the dissolution of the universe, Kala (time) devours the universe and is seen as the supreme creative force, Kali. [13] Kālī is the feminine form of kālam (black, dark-coloured).
[19] [20] These mantras were visualized by Rishis, asserts the text, their poetic meter is Gayatri, and they consist of "A", "U" and "M" of Om. [19] [20] The "A-U-M" are the Bija, Shakti and Kilaka respectively of the mantra. The text adds that the subtle part of the Om mantra has six limbs of goddess Savitri, with Klam, Klim, Klum, Klaim ...