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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
gāyaगायSee uru-g°.
n. ‘a song’, see uttama-, sāma-.
1. and 2. . See √ 1. gā and 3. gā.
, mfn. relating to Gaya, [AitBr. v, 2, 12.]
gāyasगायस्See ánu-g°.
gāyatगायत्gā́yat mfn. pr. p. √ gai, q.v.
gāyakīगायकीf. a female singer (one of the 8 Akulas with Śāktas).
gāyakaगायकmfn. one who sings, [W.]
m. a singer, [MBh. xii], [xiv]; [R.]; [BhP. iii], [x]; [Bhartṛ.]
gā́yat. See 3. gā.
gāyanīगायनीf. a female singer, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 147]
gāyanaगायनm. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 147]) a singer, praiser, [MBh. i], [iii], [v], [xiii]; [R. i]; [Rājat.]
a talker, [L.]
N. of an attendant in Skanda's retinue, [MBh. ix, 2569]
n. singing, song, [Cāṇ.]; [BhP. iii], [vii]; [PSarv.]
professing or practising singing as a livelihood, [W.]
gāyantīगायन्तीgā́yantī f. N. of Gaya's wife, [BhP. v, 15, 2.]
gāyatrīगायत्री(ī́), f. an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables (variously arranged, but generally as a triplet of eight syllables each), any hymn composed in the Gāyatrī metre, [RV. x, 14, 16] & [130, 4]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c.
the Gāyatrī (i.e. [RV. iii, 62, 10]; tát savitúr váreṇyam bhárgo devásya dhīmahi dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt, [ŚBr. xiv]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.; this is a very sacred verse repeated by every Brāhman at his morning and evening devotions; from being addressed to Savitṛ or the Sun as generator, it is also called Sāvitrī; cf. [RTL. pp. 19]; [342]; [361]; [403]; the Gāyatrī verse is personified as a goddess, the wife of Brahmā and mother of the four Vedas, [Hariv. 11666 ff.]; it is often mentioned in connection with the Amṛta, both together constituting as it were the essence and type of sacred hymns in general, [AV.]; the Gāyatrī personified is also considered as the mother of the first three classes in their capacity of twice-born, [W.]; cf. [RTL. pp. 200 f.]; some other verse [perhaps, [RV. x, 9, 1]] is denoted by Gāyatrī, [Suśr. vi, 28, 7]; with Tāntrikas a number of mystical verses are called Gāyatrīs, and each deity has one in particular)
N. of Durgā, [MatsyaP.]; [Kathās. liii, 172]
Acacia Catechu, [L.]
gāyatrī́ f. of °trá, q.v.
gāya°trī́ &c. See [ib.]
gāyatraगायत्रgāyatrá m. n. a song, hymn, [RV.]; [VS. xi, 8]; [ChUp. ii, 11, 1]
gāyatrá n. a hymn composed in the Gāyatrī metre, [RV.]
the Gāyatrī metre, [VP. i, 5, 52]
N. of a Sāman, [ŚBr. ix]; [KātyŚr.]
gāyatrá mf(I)n. consisting in or connected with the Gāyatrī (e.g. in accordance with the number of syllables of a Gāyatrī verse), [VS.]; [TS.] &c.
with vrata = brahma-carya, [BhP. x, 45, 29]
gāyatrá &c. See [ib.]
gāyatriगायत्रिmetrically for °trī, [Hariv. 11516.]
in comp. for °trin, q.v.
gāyatrinगायत्रिन्gāyatrín m. one who sings hymns, [RV. i, 10, 1] ([MBh. xii, 10352])
(= °trī) Acacia Catechu, [L.]
gāya°trín &c. See [ib.]
gāyatryaगायत्र्यmfn. said of a kind of Soma, [Suśr. iv.]
gāyantikāगायन्तिकाf. (fr. °ntī f. of gāyat), ‘singing’, N. of a cave in the Himālaya, [MBh. v, 2836.]
gāyatrīmukhaगायत्रीमुखgāyatrī-mukha n. the mouth of the Gāyatrī, [JaimUp.]
gāyatrisāraगायत्रिसारgāyatri—sāra m. Catechu (Terra japonica), [Suśr. vi, 41, 50] and [52, 22.]
gāyatrībhāṣyaगायत्रीभाष्यgāyatrī—bhāṣya n. N. of wk. on the Gāyatrī.
gāyatrīkāramगायत्रीकारम्gāyatrī—kāram ind.p. so as to change into Gāyatrī verses, [ĀśvŚr.]
gāyatrīsāmanगायत्रीसामन्gāyatrī—sāman n. N. of several Sāmans (recited in the Gāyatrī metre), [Lāṭy. i], [vi f.]
gāyatrīyāmanगायत्रीयामन्gāyatrī—yāman mf(mnI)n. approaching with Gāyatrī verses, [ĀpŚr.]
gāyatravepasगायत्रवेपस्gāyatrá—vepas (°trá-), mfn. (cf. gāthá-śravas) inspired by (epic) songs (Indra), [RV. i, 142, 12] and [viii, 1, 10.]
gāyatryāsitaगायत्र्यासितgāyatry-āsita n. N. of a Sāman.
gāyatrīmantraगायत्रीमन्त्रgāyatrī—mantra m. prayers connected with the Gāyatrī.
gāyatrakākubhaगायत्रकाकुभgāyatra—kākubha mfn. consisting of metres Gāyatrī and Kakubh (as a Pragātha), [RPrāt. xviii, 5.]
gāyatrapārśvaगायत्रपार्श्वgāyatra—pārśva n. ‘Gāyatrī-sided’, N. of a Sāman, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Lāṭy.]
gāyatrīpañjaraगायत्रीपञ्जरgāyatrī—pañjara n. N. of wk. on the Gāyatrī.
gāyatrīrahasyaगायत्रीरहस्यgāyatrī—rahasya n. N. of wk. on the Gāyatrī.
gāyatrīvallabhaगायत्रीवल्लभgāyatrī—vallabha m. ‘friend of Gāyatrī’, N. of Śiva.
gāyatrabārhataगायत्रबार्हतgāyatra—bārhata mfn. consisting of the metres Gāyatrī and Bṛhatī (as a Pragātha), [RPrāt. xviii.]
gāyatracchandasगायत्रच्छन्दस्gāyatrá—cchandas (°trá-), mfn. one to whom the Gāyatrī metre belongs or to whom it is sacred, relating to it, [AV. vi, 48, 1]; [MaitrS. ii, 3, 3]; [VS.] &c.
gāyatrá—cchandas n. a Gāyatrī metre, [Lāṭy. iii, 1, 28] (cf. [Vait. xix, 16.])
gāyatravartaniगायत्रवर्तनिgāyatrá—vartani (°trá-), mfn. moving in Gāyatrī measures, [RV. viii, 38, 6]; [VS. xi, 8.]
gāyatrīpañcāṅgaगायत्रीपञ्चाङ्गgāyatrī—pañcāṅga n. N. of wk. on the Gāyatrī.
gāyatrīpuraścaraṇaगायत्रीपुरश्चरणgāyatrī—puraścaraṇa n. N. of wk. on the Gāyatrī.