gayatri

[ gah-yuh-tree ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. a Vedic mantra expressing hope for enlightenment: recited daily by the faithful and repeated in all religious rites and ceremonies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gayatri¹

1835–45; < Sanskrit gāyatri, derivative of gāyatra song, hymn

Example Sentences

He has fathered six children and he married his fourth wife, Putri Gayatri Pertiwi, in 2012.

From BBC

Dr. Gayatri Amirthalingam, deputy director of public health programs at Britain’s Health Security Agency, said the new chickenpox vaccine recommendations would “help make chickenpox a problem of the past.”

From Washington Times

Dr. Gayatri Amirthalingam, deputy director of public health programs at Britain’s Health Security Agency, said the new chickenpox vaccine recommendations would “help make chickenpox a problem of the past.”

From Seattle Times

He cites Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s observation that Western intellectuals commonly feel “entitled to remain ignorant of other cultures, while expecting individuals from other cultures to know about them.”

From Washington Post

Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, the UKHSA's deputy director of public health programmes, confirmed work was ongoing with the Home Office to roll out vaccines and antibiotics at Manston.

From BBC