Gāyatrī

“Devatā. The word devatā means born of light in the Sanskrit language. It denotes a being made of light. This gives us to understand that the ancient Hindus regarded the devatās as created like all other creation and did not think of them as eternal beings. It meant for them, probably, the same that we denote by the word angel because angels, though having a luminous nature, are nevertheless created beings. Therefore, according to my lights, it would not be correct to accuse Hinduism guilty of polytheism.” (Iqbal)Read More →