Gayatri Dictionary

Gayatri-mantra - a sacred mantra repeated by brahmanas at the three junctures of the day. The gayatri mantra is personified as a goddess, the wife of Brahma and mother of the four Vedas (see diksa-mantra).

(See also: Gayatri-mantra , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Gayatri Mantra:

A 24-syllable mantra (hymn) in the Hindu tradition, addressed to the sun for mental illumination and spiritual growth. Also a mantra for protection. Conventionally, contains three stanzas with a fourth (esoteric) stanza normally not made public.

(See also: Gayatri Mantra , Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

A Theosophical definition of Gayatri or Savitri :

Gayatri - Savitri

(Sanskrit) A verse of the Rig-Veda (iii.62.10) which from immemorial time in India has been surrounded with the attributes of quasi-divinity. The Sanskrit words of this verse are: Tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi, dhiyo yo nah prachodayat. Every orthodox Brahmana is supposed to repeat this archaic hymn, at least mentally, at both his morning and evening religious exercises or devotions.

A translation in explanatory paraphrase, giving the essential esoteric meaning of the Gayatri or Savitri, is the following: "Oh thou golden sun of most excellent splendor, illumine our hearts and fill our minds, so that we, recognizing our oneness with the Divinity which is the heart of the universe, may see the pathway before our feet, and tread it to those distant goals of perfection, stimulated by thine own radiant light."

See also: Gayatri or Savitri , Mysticism, Body Mind and Soul

Diksa-mantra - the mantras given by the guru at the time of initiation. These mantras include the maha-mantra, brahma-gayatri, gurumantra, guru-gayatri, gaura-mantra, gaura-gayatri, gopala-mantra, and kama-gayatri. The guru’s internal mood of service to Radha and Krsna is transmitted through the medium of these mantras.

This is indicated in the following sloka from Bhakti-sandarbha (Anuccheda 237): yo mantram sa gurum saksat yo guru sa hari svayam gurur yasya bhavet tustas tasya tusto harim svayam - "The mantra (which is given by the guru) is itself the guru, and the guru is directly the Supreme Lord Hari. He with whom the spiritual master is pleased also obtains the pleasure of Sri Hari Himself.” These mantras are invested with divya-jnana, or transcendental knowledge of Krsna’s form and one’s specific relationship with Him (see also diksa and mantra).

(See also: Diksa-mantra , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Chandogya Upanishad:

Chandogya Upanishad (Chaandhogya Upanishath). One of the ten important Upanishads; a great collection of theological-philosophical-allegorical utterances. Includes glorification of Om, Gayatri, Brahman, tale about Uddalaka instructing son Swethakethu, and Sanatkumara instructing Narada.

(See also: Chandogya Upanishad , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Popular archives related to Sanskrit

Sanskrit, Sanskrit Dictionary, Sanskrit Symbol, Sanskrit Language, Sanskrit Alphabet, Sanskrit Literature, Sanskrit Mantras, Sanskrit Slokas, Sanskrit Om, Sanskrit Mantra

Popular archives related to Hinduism

Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Hinduism Religion, History of Hinduism, Hinduism Symbols, Hinduism Beliefs, Hinduism and Buddhism, Origin of Hinduism, Hinduism Gods, Woman in Hinduism, Hinduism Karma, Hinduism and Islam, Kalki, Deeksha, Hinduism and Christianity, Hindu Art, Hindu God, Hindu Temple, Hindu Religion, Bhagavan, Kundalini, Diksha

Popular archives related to Buddhism

Buddhism, Buddhism Dictionary, Zen Buddhism, Buddhism Religion, Buddhism Symbols, History of Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, Buddhism Beliefs, Mahayana Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhism, Hinduism and Buddhism, Buddhism Meditation, Christianity and Buddhism, Origin of Buddhism, Buddhism God, Buddhism Facts, Buddhist Art, Buddhist Monastery, Buddhist Temple, Buddhist Symbols

Links to archives related to sanskrit:

Gaura-kishora Dasa Babaji, Gaura-kishora dasa Babaji, Gaurakisora dasa Babaji, Gaura-lila, Gaura-Nama-Rasa, Gauranga, Gaura-nitai, Gaura-Nitai, Gaurasundara, Gauri, Gauri Parvati, Gautama, Gavaksha, Gayas, Gayatri, Gayatri Devi, Gayatri Mantra, Gayatri Meter, Gayatri-mantra, Gbc, GBC, Gems, Gerua, Ghana, Ghanta, Ghat, Ghata, Ghee, Gheranda-Samhita, Ghi, Ghrana, Ghrina, Ghrita neti, Girimalli, girimalli, Giriraja, Girisa, Girivraja, Gita-bhavanam, Gita-nagari, Githopasana, Gitopanishad, Glaani, Go, Goad, Gochari, Godavari, Godhead, Godruma, Gogra, Go-hathya, Gokarna, Gokula, Gola, Goloka, Go-loka, Gomatha, Gomathi, Gomukasana, Gomukha, Gomukhasana, goodness leads to Godliness, Gopa, Gopala, Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, Gopala Mantra, gopala mantra, Gopas, gopas, Gopatha Brahmana, Gopi, Gopi-manjaris, gopi-manjaris, Gopinatha, Gopinatha Acharya, Gopis, Gopishvara Mahadeva, Gopisvara, Gopi-vallabha, Gopura, gopura, Goraksha, Gorakshasana, Go-sala,

Here are links to all 7 661 archives related to Sanskrit:

Sanskrit Dictionary

Sanskrit Dictionary - A, Sanskrit Dictionary - B, Sanskrit Dictionary - C,

Sanskrit Dictionary - D, Sanskrit Dictionary - E , Sanskrit Dictionary - F,

Sanskrit Dictionary - G, Sanskrit Dictionary - H, Sanskrit Dictionary - I,

Sanskrit Dictionary - J, Sanskrit Dictionary - K, Sanskrit Dictionary - L,

Sanskrit Dictionary - M, Sanskrit Dictionary - N, Sanskrit Dictionary - O,

Sanskrit Dictionary - P, Sanskrit Dictionary - Q, Sanskrit Dictionary - R,

Sanskrit Dictionary - S, Sanskrit Dictionary - T, Sanskrit Dictionary - U,

Sanskrit Dictionary - V, Sanskrit Dictionary - W, Sanskrit Dictionary - X,

Sanskrit Dictionary - Y, Sanskrit Dictionary - Z, Sanskrit Dictionary - Numbers

More popular related archives:

Consciousness, Chakras, Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga, Cosmic Consciousness, Hinduism and Life after death, Prana, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Diksha, Enligtenment, Bhagavan, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul

Tryambaka: (Sanskrit) "Three-eyed one."

A name of Rudra-Siva, one of the Ekadasha ("eleven") Rudras. His emblems include a water pot, chakra, drum, bow, goad, snake and trident. The grace of Tryambaka is beseeched in the famous Mritunjaya Mantra, or Siva Gayatri. Also the name of a disciple of Durvasas who disseminated advaita.

See: Durvasas, Gayatri Mantra.

(See also: Tryambaka , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Sandhya-vandana - the chanting of Vedic mantras such as brahma-gayatri at dawn, noon and sunset.

(See also: Sandhya-vandana , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Viswamitra:

Viswamitra (Vishvaamithra). Sage; known for his efforts to equal Vasishta. Born as warrior Kausika who by the power of the Gayatri transformed himself spiritually. Early counselor of the young Rama.

(See also: Viswamitra , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Savitri: The divine Solar deity, or the vitalizing power behind the visible sun, immortalized in the Gayatri Mantra.

(See also: Savitri , Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)

Sandhya: A ritual done at the "junctions" (sandhyas) of the day-dawn, noon, and sunset-during which the Savitri Gayatri is repeated.

(See also: Sandhya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

kama-bija

the seed of a particular gayatri-mantra.

(See also: kama-bija , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Psychogenetics: Method founded by psycho-spiritual consultant Gayatri Rein Reich, author of Psychogenetics.

Psychogenetics:

(a)   cracks and reprograms genetic codes related to birth, aging, and death; and

(b)  (b) dissolves lineage chains.

Its theory posits a powerful program on one's psychogenetic computer that determines:

(a)   when one is born, marries, and gives birth;

(b)  the nature of one's relationships;

(c)   the state of one's career and finances; and (d) the quality of one's physical and mental health.

(See also: Psychogenetics , Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Upanayanam: the sacred thread ceremony for the bestowal of the Gayatri Mantra. The ceremony for the purpose of “bringing near or leading to”the Truth is performed by a priest and presided over by the father of the boy being initiated. India's law-giver, Manu, states the appropriate age for the receiving of the thread as five years for a Brahman, six for Kshatriya, and eight for a Vaishya (Code of Manu ii, 37-38).

(See also: Upanayanam , Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)

Upanayana - a ceremony in which a guru initiates a boy into one of the three twice-born classes by investing the boy with the sacred thread, and teaching him the Brahma-gayatri mantra, whereupon he becomes eligible to study the Vedas under his guru. This is one of the Vedic samskaras, or purificatory ceremonies.

(See also: Upanayana , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Pururavas (Sanskrit) In Hindu philosophical mysticism and epic literature, the son of Budha, regent of the planet Mercury and equivalent to cosmic wisdom. Budha is given as the son of Soma, the moon, and Ila or Ida, the ethereal earth. Pururavas is an extremely occult character, mentioned both in the Vedas and Puranas.

In the Vedas he seems to be connected with the functions of the sun, Surya, while according to later writers he is one of the ten belonging to the class of visvadevas. His cosmic functions are those belonging to the realms of mahat or cosmic mind, and therefore Pururavas is that faculty of cosmic intelligence which guides cosmic evolution and directs it. The visvadevas are entities whose fields of activity are the intermediate region of our universe.

In the epics, Pururavas is the famous prince of the Soma-vansa (lunar dynasty), the father of Ayus and the ancestor of Puru, Dushyanta, Bharata, Kuru, Bhritarashtra, and Pandu. He is supposed to have instituted the three sacrificial fires, and is likewise the hero of the Vikramorvasi.

According to the Vedas and Puranas was famous for being the first to produce the sacred triad of fires by the friction of two sticks as many finger-breadths long as there are syllables in the Gayatri, and made of the wood of the asvattha tree (the tree of wisdom). This legend is full of occult meaning hid under archaic allusions.

Pururavas is a generalized name for the human monad which in imbodiment is at once the son of divine wisdom and spirit, and of space or mystic earth. The triad of sacred fires are the fire of spirit or inspiration and intuition, the fire of intellect, and the fires of matter or space; and the union of these three into the one generalized fire of the human constitution forms in a sense the field of self-consciousness as well as of the self-conscious ego itself.

(See also: Pururavas , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Detailed description of how a Homa is performed.
During a homa, various rituals are performed successively in order to activate various energies and to also develop the right emotion to perform the homa. Some of these rituals are common and must be observed before every homa. After these rituals are performed, the main homa would begin wherein the rituals differ depending on which deity you invoke. The common rituals for all homas are described.

Read more here: » Homas: The different steps in a Homa and their significance

Prayer is common to all religions. Love for God is universal, the mode or method of prayer could be different since everyone is free to pray to the divine power in their own way. Prayer should be acceptable to all, simple and easy to adopt in daily life. Generally, people follow the path of prayer practised in the family. The Gayatri Mantra and any other prayer should be recited with sincerity and for the love of God. Only then its true benefit can be derived.

(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Read more here: » Gayatri Mantra: Gayatri - Mother Of All Mantras

Yajnopavita or the sacred thread is worn by the Brahmins, Kshatriyas and the Vaisyas. Wearing the sacred thread is a very holy and sacred ceremony amongst the Hindus. Brahmin boys between the ages of five and eight are invested with the sacred thread on a very auspicious day. By this ceremony, they become fit for the repetition of Gayatri. A Brahmin becomes a true Brahmin only after this ceremony.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

Read more here: » Yajnopavita: Hindu Symbols - Significance Of The Sacred Thread Yajnopavita

Gayatri Japa Day:

The Gayatri Japa Day is one such very holy and glorious day intended to remind all of the greatest and most glorious of all Mantras, the sacred Gayatri Mantra.

From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.

Read more here: » Gayatri Japa Day: Hindu Rituals - Gayatri Japa Day

Islam and Hinduism: Symbiotic Mysticism In Devotional Poems

Few have heard of the mystic poems Brahma Prakash or Dasa Avatar by the mediaeval Muslim saint Pir Shams. Both are famous ginans of South Asia's Ismaili community, sometimes also known as Khojas or Aga Khanis in popular parlance.

Ginans are hymn-like poems of spiritual import. They are revered by the faithful in deep veneration as repositories of wisdom and spiritual knowledge, and as transmitting the essential teachings of the Holy Qur'an in the vernacular. Composed in Sindhi, Gujarati, Hindustani and Punjabi among other subcontinental languages, the oldest are ascribed to the pirs or saints who first preached Ismaili Islam in India nearly 1,000 years ago.

Read more here: » Islam and Hinduism: Symbiotic Mysticism In Devotional Poems