[Advaita-l] Gayatri mantra

[Srikanta Narayanaswami]

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dhiyoyonah= dhiyah+yah+nah. 

There is no yoni.


regards,
Sarma.
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If the meaningis ,dhiyoyonah=dhiyah+yah+nah,which means "let my intellect not be illumined!The entire mantra has to be seen totally to know its significance.dhiya may mean intellect.No one will split while chanting the mantra as "dhiyah,yah nah",but simply as "dhiyoyonah prachodayath".
N.Srikanta.