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gāyatrī|ˈgajatri|
[Skr., f. gā to sing.]
a. An ancient twenty-four-syllable metre.
b. A hymn, etc., composed in this metre; esp. the verse of the Rig-veda repeated daily as a prayer by Brahmins.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 177/1 The principal metres used in the hymns of the Vedas are the Jagatî, Gâyatrî, and Trishtup. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XVI. 351/1 His father.., guided by the priest,..pronounces three times the Gáyatrí; ‘let us meditate on the adorable light of the Divine Ruler, may it guide our intellects!’ 1865Max Müller Chips (1867) I. 19 The famous hymn, the Gâyatrî, which now for more than three thousand years has been the daily prayer of every Brahman. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 275/2 The gâyatrî..and other chiefly octosyllabic metres. 1916A. A. Macdonell Vedic Gram. 446 Gāyatrī triplets. 1965Language XLI. 11 Yaja occurs at the end of a gāyatrī. |