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Gayatri

The English word “Gayatri” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. 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.

noun

  1. A composition in the Gayatri metre.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गायत्री (gāyatrī).

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