गायत्री

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গায়ত্ৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬵᬬᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• গায়ত্রী (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰯𑰧𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀸𑀬𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဂါယတြီ (Burmese script)
• ગાયત્રી (Gujarati script)
• ਗਾਯਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦴꦪꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂰𑂨𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಾಯತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
• គាយត្រី (Khmer script)
• ຄາຍຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
• ഗായത്രീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘰𑘧𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧑𑧇𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐵𑐫𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଗାଯତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢵꢫꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆳𑆪𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖯𑖧𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ගායත්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩛𑩻𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚭𑚣𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• க³ாயத்ரீ (Tamil script)
• గాయత్రీ (Telugu script)
• คายตฺรี (Thai script)
• གཱ་ཡ་ཏྲཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒰𑒨𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨊𑨪𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root गै (gai, “to sing”), from *geH- (“to sing, cry”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.jɐt.ɾíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈjɐt̪.ɾiː/

Noun

गायत्री • (gāyatrī́) stem, f

1. an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables
2. any hymn composed in this metre

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गायत्री (gāyatrī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गायत्री gāyatrī	गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹	गायत्र्यः / गायत्रीः¹ gāyatryaḥ / gāyatrīḥ¹
Vocative	गायत्रि gāyatri	गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹	गायत्र्यः / गायत्रीः¹ gāyatryaḥ / gāyatrīḥ¹
Accusative	गायत्रीम् gāyatrīm	गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹	गायत्रीः gāyatrīḥ
Instrumental	गायत्र्या gāyatryā	गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām	गायत्रीभिः gāyatrībhiḥ
Dative	गायत्र्यै gāyatryai	गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām	गायत्रीभ्यः gāyatrībhyaḥ
Ablative	गायत्र्याः / गायत्र्यै² gāyatryāḥ / gāyatryai²	गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām	गायत्रीभ्यः gāyatrībhyaḥ
Genitive	गायत्र्याः / गायत्र्यै² gāyatryāḥ / gāyatryai²	गायत्र्योः gāyatryoḥ	गायत्रीणाम् gāyatrīṇām
Locative	गायत्र्याम् gāyatryām	गायत्र्योः gāyatryoḥ	गायत्रीषु gāyatrīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• गायत्री मन्त्र (gāyatrī mantra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गायत्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0352.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गायत्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गायत्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

Further reading

1. Gāyatrī́
2. Gāyatrī́ Mántra