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'''''Gayatrii chanda''''' is a ''chanda'' (metre) mentioned in the Vedas. There are | [[File:SVmap LiteraryWorks.png|200px|right]] | ||
'''''Gayatrii chanda''''' is a ''chanda'' (rhythm<ref name="The Importance of Diikśá">{{cite book|title=Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 25|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti|chapter=The Importance of Diikśá}}</ref> or metre) mentioned in the Vedas. There are six other ''chanda''s, uśńik, triśt́up, anuśt́up, brhatii, jagatii and paunkti jagatii, mahatii.<ref name="The Fear of Him">{{cite book|title=Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 3|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti|chapter=The Fear of Him}}</ref> | |||
According to [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]]— | This metre has 3 lines, and there are 8 syllables in each line.<ref name="WFYW9">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 1|chapter=What Do You Want?|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> | ||
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According to [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]]—<ref name=WFYW9 /> | |||
<blockquote>Gáyatrii is that which, when sung, leads a person to the path of liberation. Gáyatrii can be used till a person gets Iśt́a mantra sádhaná. Once a person gets the Iśt́a mantra sádhaná, he or she would not need gáyattii.</blockquote> | |||
Many Vedic verses are composed in in Gáyatrii rhythm, including the famous, Savitr Rk, which is named [[Gayatrii mantra|Gáyatrii mantra]] after the rhythm.<ref name="The Importance of Diikśá" /> | |||
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