[Advaita-l] Information on Vishnu Sahasranamam

[sriram]

Dear Members
The Vishnu Sahasranamam is set on anushtup chandhas-that is after each 8 
letters another set of eight letters will follow which will enable us do the 
padhaschedam properly -this is my understanding.But differences do exist in 
segregating the namas by Sri Sankara,Sri Ramanuja and Sri
Madhwa.But they are all unanimous in the total number of namas as thousand 
only.R.Krishnamoorthy.
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From: "narayan iyer" <z1e1b1r1a at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Information on Vishnu Sahasranamam


>
> Namaste,
>
> I would like any of the learned members to clarify the following:
>
> Before reciting Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam, we begin:
>
> " Sri Veda VyasO Bhagavan Rishi, Anushtub chanda: Sri Mahavishnu 
> Paramaathmaa Sriman NaarayaNo devata…."
>
> I understand the chandas metre to be of 32 letters. Which sloka has 32 
> letters in VS? Is it dhyana sloka or any other sloka/mantra in VS?
> There are many slokas of different letter-counts. Do they also belong to 
> Anushtub chandas?
>
> I learnt on the net that anushtub chandas (32 letters) is used for 
> narration and thrishtub (44 letters) is used for praise/to express the 
> song of devotion etc. Is the information correct?
>
> Are all sahasranamams composed in Anushtub chandas?
>
> Thanks in advance for any information
>
> With regards,
>
> narayan
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