"Devi" Gaayatri Mantras

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The great Gaayatri Mantra of the Rig Veda invoked the god Savitr, the

Sun. In later tradition, the power (shakti) embodied in the mantra

came to be identified as the Goddess Gaayatri.

 

"The mantra itself has been much imitated, or rather re-created, with

various other deities, male and female, being substituted for Savitr,"

notes the scholar C. Mackenzie Brown in his commentary on the great

Devi Gita.

 

The Devi Gita itself includes such a "Devi Gaayatri" at Chapter 1,

Verse 48, with Mahalakshmi as the substituted deity.

 

Brown calls this adjustment a "typical Shakta recreation," and the

classic Devi Gita commentator Nilakantha adds, "Repetition of this

Devi Gaayatri not only prepares the devotee for meditation, but also

invites the Goddess to appear in person before the reciter."

 

So here is the "Devi Gaayatri," for all of you hardcore Shaktas out

there:

 

We know You as Mahalakshmi, we meditate on you as the Shakti of all.

May the Goddess inspire this knowledge and meditation of ours.

 

Aum Maatangyai Namahe

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thanx db!

 

yes, each goddess and god have their own gayatri mantras! gayatri

simply means "one who protects." in fact, there is a gayatri for

swami ramakrishna paramahamsa also!

 

let me start by posting a gayatri for lord ganesha followed by

gayatri for other gods/goddesses.

 

Ganesha Gayatri

 

The devotees of Gamsha also do Japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra.

This is as follows.

 

 

Tat purushaaya vidmahe

Vakratundaaya dheemahi

Tanno dhanti prachodayaat.

 

 

Lord Ganesha is an embodiment of wisdom and bliss. He is the Lord of

Brahmacharins. He is foremost amongst the celibates.

 

om sri ganeshaya namaha !