Gāyatrī
Gāyatrī
Gāyatrī is a name used for more than one devī and mantra in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Gāyatrī Devī: the vedamātā, mother of the Vedas, who sat beside Brahmā at his mahāyajña at Pushkara and answered the śāpas of Sāvitrī with varas. Padma Purāṇa, Sṛshṭi Khaṇḍa, Chapters 16–17; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 53; Uttara Parva, Chapters 9–10, 35–36, 91–92, 101, 103, 145, 147, 162–163, 165, 178–179
Things and ideas
- Gāyatrī: the most sacred mantra of the Vedas, the mother of mantras, with its 24 syllables. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 58–60, 64, 66, 72, 74, 116–117, 121, 145, 149, 155, 163, 165, 167, 170–171, 174–176, 209, 214–217, 219, 259–260, 267, 272, 280, 284, 314, 318–319; Liṅga Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, Chapter 23; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapter 6; Skandha 3, Chapter 12; Skandha 5, Chapters 9, 21; Skandha 7, Chapter 12; Skandha 8, Chapters 7, 16, 18; Skandha 10, Chapters 39, 45, 69–70; Skandha 11, Chapters 16–17, 21, 27; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 4, 16–17, 52, 58, 81, 117, 131, 135; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 2, Chapters 19–21; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapters 12–17; Uttara Parva, Chapter 145