Chandahsutra 3.5

Mṛtasañjīvanī 3.5

Language: Sanskrit

3.5

prājāpatyā gāyatrī aṣṭākṣarā bhavati | yatra kvacidvede'ṣṭākṣaraṃ
taducchritaye māmeva bhajadhvamiti svayaṃ śabdayati ca | mathākurvāṇaṃ duḥkhātmakāt saṃsārāt trāyate pālayati ca sā gāyatrī nāmeti | ata eva smārttaṃ nirvacanaṃ—“gātāraṃ trāyate yasmāt gāyatrī tena sā smṛtā” iti |
chandastatprājāpatyā gāyatrīti jñeyam | tatra caturthyāṃ paṅktau prathame koṣṭhe prājāpatyāśabdaṃ vyavasthāpya dvitīye aṣṭasaṃkhyāṅkaṃ likhet ||

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Chandaḥsūtra — Piṅgala, Sanskrit