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The hymn is based on the legend of Annapurna, a form of the goddess Parvati who represents nourishment and sustenance. Her consort, Shiva, is regarded to have begged for food from her to save the inhabitants of earth from starvation after she withdrew all sources of food from living beings.
The Annapurna Sahasranam is dedicated to the goddess and praises her one thousand names, while the Annapurna Shatanama Stotram is dedicated to her 108 names. A few temples exist that are dedicated to her, some of the most prominent being the Annapoorneshwari Temple established by Agastya at Horanadu and Annapurna Devi Mandir in Varanasi.
Annapurna Stotra; Ashtalakshmi Stotra; Dakshinamurti Stotra; Hayagriva Stotra; Hari Stotra; Kanakadhara Stotra; Khadgamala Stotra; Mahishasura Mardini Stotra; Rama Raksha Stotra; Shiva Mahimna Stotra; Shiva Tandava Stotra
The Annapurna Upanishad asserts, in verses 1.13 to 1.15, that delusions are of five kinds. [16] [17] [18] The first is believing in the distinction between Jiva (living being) and god as if they have different forms. [16] The second delusion, asserts the text, is equating agency (actor-capacity, person-ego) as Self.
Muthuswami Dikshita (IAST: Muttusvāmi Dīkṣita, 24 March 1775 – 21 October 1835) or Dikshitar was a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music.
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A lively use of Sanskrit metres and rhetoric is found in the poem. [1] The surviving manuscripts of the text were dated from 1776 to 1829. [4] Annada Mangal was first published by Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya in 1816. [4] Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar’s edition of the poem (1853) is now considered as the standard one. [4]
Adi Shankara with disciples, drawing by Raja Ravi Varma, 1904. The Shivananda Lahari (Sanskrit: शिवानन्दलहरी, romanized: Śivānandalaharī ...