gayatri

/gah-yuh-tree/US // ˈgɑ yəˌtri //

盖特里,盖特丽,盖特瑞,盖特利

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Hinduism.
- : a Vedic mantra expressing hope for enlightenment: recited daily by the faithful and repeated in all religious rites and ceremonies.

In this position every pious Hindu must mentally repeat a certain verse, which is called the Gayatri.
One should next proceed to the tirtha known as Gayatri celebrated over the three worlds.
When Brahma took for a second wife Gayatri, the milkmaid, she cursed him so that he could only be worshipped once a year.
By repeating the Gayatri (a certain verse of the Rigveda addressed to the sun) a man is saved.
After we had attained full brahminhood I became72 very keen on repeating the gayatri.