gāyatrīṃ is also the reading of the śloka as given in Yogīśvara's commentary 
on the Bṛhatsaṃhitā 96.62 ed. K.V. Sarma (vol. 2, 2012, p. 1188).



Le 31 mai 2021 à 09:30, Dominik A. Haas <[email protected]> a écrit :

> 
> If what you are looking for is really only this definition, the Viṣṇusmṛti 
> might indeed be the source, as pointed out by Sven Sellmer (note also the 
> correct reading gāyatrīṃ- there). Of interest might also 
> Vaikhānasa-Dharmasūtra II 10 (pasted below). The origin of the practice 
> itself, of course, would be quite another matter... 
> Best regards,
> 
> D Haas
> brāhmaṇo hṛdgābhiḥ kṣatriyaḥ kaṇṭhagābhir vaiśyas tālugābhir adbhir ācāmeta 
> ātmānaṃ prokṣya pratyarkam apo visṛjyārkaṃ paryety udakasyāgner vāmapārśvaṃ 
> prāṇān āyamya pratyekam oṃkārādisaptavyāhṛtipūrvāṃ gāyatrīm ante saśiraskāṃ 
> trir japet sa prāṇāyāmas trīn ekaṃ vā prāṇāyāmaṃ kṛtvā pūtaḥ śataṃ daśa aṣṭau 
> vā sāvitrīṃ sāyaṃprātaḥ saṃdhyām upāsya naiśikam āhnikaṃ caino 'pamṛjyate 
> dvijātiḥ saṃdhyopāsanahīnaḥ śūdrasamo bhavati brahmacārī svanāma 
> saṃkīrtyābhivādayed ahaṃ bho iti śrotre ca saṃspṛśya guroḥ pādaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ 
> dakṣiṇena pāṇinā vāmaṃ vāmena vyatyasyar āpādam gṛhṇann ānataśīrṣo 
> 'bhivādayaty āyuṣmān bhava saumyety enaṃ śaṃsed anāśīrvādī nābhivandyo mātā 
> pitā gurur vidvāṃsaś ca pratyaham abhivādanīyāḥ 
> 
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> Am 30.05.2021 um 15:29 schrieb Sven Sellmer via INDOLOGY:
>> Dear Colleague!
>> A quick search in the GRETIL corpus seems to suggest that the ultimate 
>> source is Viṣṇusmṛti 55.9, but the verse is also attested, among others, in 
>> the Garuḍapurāṇa, so it might be difficult to establish Bhaṭṭotpala's 
>> concrete source.
>> Best wishes,
>> Sven Sellmer
>>  
>>  
>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 30. Mai 2021 um 14:29 Uhr
>> Von: "Kenneth Gregory Zysk via INDOLOGY" <[email protected]> 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>> An: "[email protected]" <mailto:[email protected]> 
>> <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Betreff: [INDOLOGY] prāṇāyāma
>> I was wondering if those specialists in yoga on the list might know the 
>> origin of this definition of prāṇāyāma found in Bhaṭṭotpala’s commentary to 
>> Bṛhatsaṃhitā 95/97.62 in connection with the practice of warding off the 
>> effects of bad omens:
>> 
>> savyāhṛtiṃ sapraṇavāṃ gāyatrīśirasā saha/
>> 
>> triḥ paṭhed āyataprāṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate//
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Best,
>> Ken
>> 
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