Gayatri

Meanings

Proper Noun

  • an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables (variously arranged, but generally as a triplet of eight syllables each), any hymn composed in the गायत्री metre RV. x, 14 ; 16 & 130, 4 VS. AV. etc.
  • A female given name from Sanskrit

Noun

  • A composition in the Gayatri metre.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Sanskrit गायत्री.

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