Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 420 of 1000: गायत्री · Gāyatrī
The Gāyatrī
Artha
What the name means
She is the Gāyatrī, both the metre of three eight-syllable feet and the verse to the sun that every twice-born recites.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गायत्र्यै नमः
oṃ gāyatryai namaḥ
om gayatryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, gāyatrī, as part of Shloka 90. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 90Names 416–423
चिच्छक्तिश् चेतनारूपा जडशक्तिर्जडात्मिका ।
गायत्री व्याहृतिः सन्ध्या द्विजवृन्दनिषेविता ॥ ९० ॥
cicchaktiś cetanārūpā jaḍaśaktirjaḍātmikā
gāyatrī vyāhṛtiḥ sandhyā dvijavṛndaniṣevitā
Study the whole shloka: Consciousness and dead matter, and the brahmin's daily prayer
Chanted with it
- 416चिच्छक्तिःcicchaktiḥThe Power Of Consciousness
- 417चेतनारूपाcetanārūpāWhose Form Is Sentience
- 418जडशक्तिःjaḍaśaktiḥThe Power In Inert Matter
- 419जडात्मिकाjaḍātmikāWhose Self Is Insentient Nature
- 421व्याहृतिःvyāhṛtiḥThe Sacred Utterance
- 422सन्ध्याsandhyāThe Twilight Juncture
- 423द्विजवृन्दनिषेविताdvijavṛndaniṣevitāServed By Throngs Of The Twice-Born
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- gayatriom gayatryai namah
- ITRANS
- gAyatrIOM gAyatryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- gAyatrIOM gAyatryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గాయత్రీఓం గాయత్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗಾಯತ್ರೀಓಂ ಗಾಯತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗായത്രീഓം ഗായത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கா³யத்ரீஓம் கா³யத்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગાયત્રીૐ ગાયત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গায়ত্রীওঁ গায়ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗାୟତ୍ରୀଓଁ ଗାୟତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ