Gayatri

Gayatri
Gayatri
Mother of the Vedas; Personification of the Gayatri Mantra
Member of Pancha Prakriti
	Illustration by Raja Ravi Verma. In illustrations, the goddess often sits on a lotus flower and appears with five heads and five pairs of hands.
Other names	Savitri, Vedamata
Devanagari	गायत्री
Sanskrit transliteration	gāyatrī
Affiliation	Devi, Saraswati, Mahadevi, Parvati, Durga, Lakshmi
Abode	Satyaloka, Manidvipa
Mantra	Gayatri Mantra
Symbol	Vedas
Mount	Hamsa
Festivals	Gayatri Jayanti, Saraswati Puja
Consort	Brahma; ; Sadashiva (according to Shaivism)

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'). 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]

^ "Gayatri, Gāyatrī, Gāyatri: 28 definitions". 29 June 2012.
^ Ludo Rocher (1988). "The Purāṇas (A History of Indian Literature". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 51 (2): 355.
^ "गायत्री". Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
^ Dalal, Roshen (2010). Hinduism An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin India. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6.
^ Bradley, R. Hertel; Cynthia, Ann Humes (1993). Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context. SUNY Press. p. 286. ISBN 9780791413319. Archived from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
^ Constance Jones, James D. Ryan (2005), Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Infobase Publishing, p.167, entry "Gayatri Mantra"
^ Roshen Dalal (2010), The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths, Penguin Books India, p.328, entry "Savitr, god"
^ "WIL Cologne Scan".
^ Das, Keshav (1990). Gāyatrī, the Highest Meditation. Motilal Banarsidas. p. 51. ISBN 9788120806979.

[1] "Gayatri, Gāyatrī, Gāyatri: 28 definitions". 29 June 2012.

[2] Ludo Rocher (1988). "The Purāṇas (A History of Indian Literature". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 51 (2): 355.

[3] "गायत्री". Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary.

[4] Dalal, Roshen (2010). Hinduism An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin India. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6.

[brad-5] Bradley, R. Hertel; Cynthia, Ann Humes (1993). Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context. SUNY Press. p. 286. ISBN 9780791413319. Archived from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

[6] Constance Jones, James D. Ryan (2005), Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Infobase Publishing, p.167, entry "Gayatri Mantra"

[7] Roshen Dalal (2010), The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths, Penguin Books India, p.328, entry "Savitr, god"

[8] "WIL Cologne Scan".

[9] Das, Keshav (1990). Gāyatrī, the Highest Meditation. Motilal Banarsidas. p. 51. ISBN 9788120806979.

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Gayatri
Mother of the Vedas^[1] Personification of the Gayatri Mantra
Member of Pancha Prakriti^[2]
Illustration by Raja Ravi Verma. In illustrations, the goddess often sits on a lotus flower and appears with five heads and five pairs of hands.
Other names	Savitri, Vedamata
Devanagari	गायत्री
Sanskrit transliteration	gāyatrī
Affiliation	Devi, Saraswati, Mahadevi, Parvati, Durga, Lakshmi
Abode	Satyaloka, Manidvipa
Mantra	Gayatri Mantra
Symbol	Vedas
Mount	Hamsa
Festivals	Gayatri Jayanti, Saraswati Puja
Consort	Brahma; Sadashiva (according to Shaivism)^[3]^[4]