Introduction to Gayatree Mantra upasana and sandhya vidhi Part 1

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She has five faces which are of the colour of pearl, coral, gold ,blue and white respectively. Each face has
three eyes.Her gem set crown also adorned with moon .Twenty four letters of the mantra compose her
body.Two of her hands are held in the gestures of granting boons and dispelling fear and in each of the other
hands she has a goad, a whip, a white skull , a noose, a conch shell , a discuss and two lotuses.
Next Part : Relation between vyahrutis and gayatri mantra

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Introduction to Gayatree Mantra upasana and sandhya vidhi Part 2

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vyahritis(  ) Buh.Buvah,svaH,mahah,janah,tapah & satyam ( , ,  , , ,
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( ) is janah () since it refers to the all pervading Brahman, , tapaH( ) denotes the jnanata
the knowledge & heat produced by the penance( ) which also denotes the radiance
produced after removal of ignorance. And satyam () denotes the atmatva () or the state of
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