gāyatra गायत्र gāyatrá 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.] gāyatravepas गायत्रवेपस् gāyatrá—vepas (°trá-), mfn. (cf. gāthá-śravas) inspired by (epic) songs (Indra), [RV. i, 142, 12] and [viii, 1, 10.] gāyatrakākubha गायत्रकाकुभ gāyatra—kākubha mfn. consisting of metres Gāyatrī and Kakubh (as a Pragātha), [RPrāt. xviii, 5.] gāyatrapārśva गायत्रपार्श्व gāyatra—pārśva n. ‘Gāyatrī-sided’, N. of a Sāman, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Lāṭy.] gāyatrabārhata गायत्रबार्हत gāyatra—bārhata mfn. consisting of the metres Gāyatrī and Bṛhatī (as a Pragātha), [RPrāt. xviii.] gāyatracchandas गायत्रच्छन्दस् gāyatrá—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.]) gāyatravartani गायत्रवर्तनि gāyatrá—vartani (°trá-), mfn. moving in Gāyatrī measures, [RV. viii, 38, 6]; [VS. xi, 8.]