This
is the form of the original Gayatri mantra from the Rg Veda but later
gayatri mantras follow a different form.
. . . . . . . . . . .vidmahe
.
. . . . . . . . .. dhimahI
tan
naḥ X pracodayāt
1)
Are the Gayatri mantras from the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka book 10
(Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad) the earliest Gayatri mantras in this
later form.?
Given the sacredness afforded to the Gayatri mantra from the Rg Veda, does any of the Sanskrit literature say anything about why the later Gayatri mantras follow this different form?
Thanks,
Harry Spier