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Agni Sūktam; Devī Sūktam; Hiranyagarbha Sūktam; Manyu Sūktam; Medha Sūktam; Narasimha Nakha Stuti; Nārāyaṇa Sūktam; Nasadiya Sūktam; Puruṣa Sūktam [1]; Śrī Sūktam
The authorship of the Mahishasura Mardini Stotra is attributed to the theologian Adi Shankara. This hymn is mentioned in the 53rd chapter of the 1st portion of the text Shivarahasya Purana . [ 5 ] The hymn is based on the text Devi Mahatmya , [ 6 ] referencing a number of legends of the goddess Durga such as slaying Mahishasura, Raktabija , as ...
The first verse of the stotra is as follows: [6]. vande vandyam sadanandam vasudevam niranjanam indirdpatimadyadi varadesavarapradam I reverentially salute Vasudeva the adorable, of the nature of impeccable bliss, immaculate, the Lord of Indra and the bestower of boons on boon-giving lords such as Brahma and others.
Stotra (Sanskrit: स्तोत्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise." [1] [2] It is a literary genre of Indian religious texts designed to be melodically sung, in contrast to a shastra which is composed to be recited. [1] A stotra can be a prayer, a description, or a conversation, but always with a poetic ...
The Ashtalakshmi Stotra was composed and published in the early 1970s in Chennai by U.V. Srinivasa Varadachariyar, a theologian of the Sri Vaishnava tradition. The hymn was popularised through its distribution via audiocassettes in the 1980s. Devotees regard each of the Ashta Lakshmi to represent an attribute of Lakshmi, gaining the favour of ...
The Shiva Mahimna Stotra (Sanskrit: शिवमहिम्न:स्तोत्र, romanized: śiva-mahimnaḥ stotra, lit. 'Hymn about the greatness of Shiva') is a Sanskrit composition in praise of Shiva. According to tradition, the hymn is believed to have been composed by a gandharva (celestial musician) named Pushpadanta.
The Shiva Tandava Stotra(m) (Sanskrit: शिवताण्डवस्तोत्र, romanized: śiva-tāṇḍava-stotra) is a Sanskrit religious hymn dedicated ...
The main theme of the Stotra Ratna is prapatti, the concept of total surrender to God. [5] In the first few verses, the author pays tribute to his teachers. The subsequent verses establish the supremacy of Vishnu and his accessibility to his devotees, to whom he is referred to as a saviour.