Gayatri
![Illustration by [[Raja Ravi Verma]]. In illustrations, the goddess often sits on a [[Nelumbo nucifera|lotus]] flower and appears with five heads and five pairs of hands.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Gayatri1.jpg)
Gayatri (
Sanskrit: गायत्री,
IAST: Gāyatrī) is the personified form of the
Gayatri Mantra, a popular hymn from
Vedic texts. She is also known as
Savitri, and bears the epithet of ''Vedamata'' (mother of the Vedas). Gayatri is often associated with
Savitr, a solar deity in the Vedas. According to the
Skanda Purana, Gayatri is another name of
Saraswati, and is the consort of
Brahma. Shaivite texts identify Mahagayatri as the consort of
Shiva, in his highest form of
Sadasiva, with five heads and ten hands.
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