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tat that savituḥ Savitr - GEN vareṇyam lovely- ACC bhargaḥ splendor- ACC devasya god- GEN dhīmahi may-we-attain dhiyaḥ thoughts- ACC yaḥ who- NOM naḥ our pra-codayāt may-he-guide tat savituḥ vareṇyam bhargaḥ devasya dhīmahi dhiyaḥ yaḥ naḥ pra-codayāt that Savitr -GEN lovely-ACC splendor-ACC god-GEN may-we-attain thoughts-ACC who-NOM our may-he-guide 'May we attain ...
[26] [27] The mantra is an important part of the upanayana ceremony for young males in Hinduism and has long been recited by dvija men as part of their daily rituals. Modern Hindu reform movements spread the practice of the mantra to include women and all castes and its recitation is now widespread. [28] [29]
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]
Just before the japa, the Gāyatrī mantrārtha śloka that conveys the meaning of the Gāyatrī mantra is recited. The Gāyatrī mantra is then chanted either 1008, [ note 12 ] 108, [ note 13 ] 54, [ note 14 ] 28, [ note 15 ] or at least 10 [ note 16 ] times, using either a japamāla (prayer beads) or a karamāla (hand-counting).
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').
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 ...
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 ...
Gayatri Mantra owes for its origin to the Rigveda. In fact it is the name of one of the meters used by the poets of the Rigveda for the composition of their verses. In Gayatri meter a verse is of one and a half line. Gayatri mantra is the verse 3.62.10 of the Rigveda composed by a poet of Jamdagni-family which reads as follows: “ tat ...