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Gayatri is the manifestation of Saraswati and is often associated with Savitṛ, a solar deity in the Vedas, and her consort in the Puranas is the creator god Brahma. [6] [7] [8] Gayatri is also an epithet for the various goddesses and she is also identified as "Supreme pure consciousness". [9]
Imparting the Gayatri mantra to young Hindu men is an important part of the traditional upanayana ceremony [citation needed], which marks the beginning of study of the Vedas. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan described this as the essence of the ceremony, [21] which is sometimes called "Gayatri diksha", i.e. initiation into the Gayatri mantra. [41]
Gayatri Iyer: Krishna Cottage "Bindaas" Anu Malik "Uff Yun Maa" Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... "Main Hoon" Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Javed Akhtar Sunidhi Chauhan Lakeer – Forbidden Lines "Paighaam" A. R. Rehman: Kavita Krishnamurthy Lakshya "Main Aisa Kyun Hoon" Masti "Chori Chori" Anand Raj Anand: Sneha Pant "Chain Khuli Ki Main" Udit Narayan, Anand Raj Anand
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 ...
'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 ...
Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshvari is a Hindu goddess, primarily revered by the Komati community of Andhra Pradesh. [1] She is recognized as a Kanyaka form of Parvati in Shaivism, while in Vaishnavism she is identified as Lakshmi.
Hathigumpha inscription by King Khāravela at Udayagiri Hills. A short inscription (dated 200 BCE to 100 BCE) found in Pale Caves in Maharashtra mentions Namo Arahatanam (नमो अरहतानं) or Namo Arahantanam (नमो अरहंतानं), only the first line of Namokara Mantra.
The goddess is depicted yellow in colour with four heads and four(or six) arms. Like Brahma, she holds a japamala, a kamandalu (water pot), a lotus stalk, bells, vedas and the trident while she is seated on a hamsa (identified with a swan or goose) as her vahana (mount or vehicle).