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The conventions associated with the ashtakam have evolved over its literary history of more than 2500 years. One of the best known ashtakam writers was Adi Sankaracharya, who created an ashtakam cycle with a group of ashtakams, arranged to address a particular deity, and designed to be read both as a collection of fully realized individual poems and as a single poetic work comprising all the ...
The text is as follows: [3] I am not mind, nor intellect, nor ego, nor the reflections of inner self (citta). I am not the five senses, nor am I the five elements.
The thought behind the composition in 'Bhakti mixed with Love', being a typical frame of devotion and dedication in the Bhakti movement.In the loved bhakti frame, the devotee falls in love with the almighty and to the devotee, all the attributes and actions of God appears sweet, as those appear to a lover.
The recitation of the Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam brings mental stability and fills one with a unique form of positive energy. It is believed that this stotram promotes both mental and spiritual growth. Those who recite it with devotion are blessed with freedom from fear and protection from obstacles of all kinds. (Source: "Shiva Purana" - Gita Press)
' destroyer of illusion '), is a popular Hindu devotional poem in Sanskrit composed by Adi Shankara. It underscores the view that bhakti (devotion) is also important along with jñāna (knowledge), as emphasised by the bhakti movement .
An astakam belong to the genre of lyric poetry, which tends to be short, extremely melodic, and contemplative. It reflects and portrays the poet's own feelings, states of mind, and perceptions about the theme or character in the Astakam.
Mu'nis al-ahrar, left frontispiece, 1341.The clothing is Mongol, and the style corresponds to the Mongol Ilkhanid court of Iran. [1]The Free Man's Companion to the Niceties of Poems (Persian: Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar, often shortened to Mu'nis al-ahrar) is an anthology of poems written in 1340/41 by the Persian poet and anthologist from Isfahan, Jajarmi.
The Radhika Krishnashtaka is a hymn within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. It is said that the reciter can get to Krishna via his consort Radha by chanting it. As it is composed of eight verses it is known as ashtak and is embedded into the Satsangi Jivan [1] The BAPS does not recite this but instead recite the Shri Swaminarayan Ashtakam.