[Advaita-l] Gayatri?

[Haresh Bakshi]

namaste, the kind of Gayatri mantra-s referred to by Michaelji is called
"sakaama gaayatrii".

dhanyavaadaH |
Haresh.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Michael Shepherd <
michael at shepherd87.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Geeta, namaste,
>
> The Gayatri is acually the name of a verse metre (24 syllables, 3 lines of
> 8
> feet) first recorded in the well-known hymn to the Sun as Savitri in the
> RgVeda.
>
> There are 20 other 'Gayatri' hymns, including the ones you mention,
> probably
> inspired by that one, as they are all prefixed by Om and all include the
> words vidhmahe, dhimahi and pracodayat at the end of the lines.
> You can find them on
> gayathrimanthra.com
>
> Michael
>
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>
>
>
> Namaskar,
> I was browsing and have come across 'Ganesh Gayatri, Laksmi Gayatri
> etc....very puzzling for me.....
> Born in an Arya Samaj family all I knew of was normal Gayatri and as a
> devotee of ramakrishna/vivekananda never heard of any other gayatri....
> could some one please enlighten me if these are true gayatri mantras?????
> thanks
> love
> geet
>
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