The above verses salute the Gods and the Guru. The last verse is taken from
the mAdhavIya Sankaravijayam, and
praises SankarAcArya, as an incarnation of
Siva-dakshiNAmUrti, who abandoned his silent meditation at the foot of
the banyan tree, and incarnated on earth in order to teach advaita.
A number of hymns and texts attributed to SrI SankarAcArya are obtainable at
the Sanskrit ftp site. Files are available in postscript and gif formats,
and also in ITRANS transliteration.
SankarAcArya ashTottaraSata
nAmastotram - The 108 names used for worship, presented in a hymn format.
toTakAshTakam - composed by SankarAcArya's
direct disciple, toTakAcArya. Also available from the Sanskrit ftp site in
itrans, postscript and gif
formats.
SrI lakshmInRsimha karAvalamba stotram
of SrI SankarAcArya. Also see a translation, by Anand Hudli, on the advaita mailing
list archives.
The SrI venkaTeSa karAvalamba stotram, a
composition of SrI "ugra" narasimha bhAratI (1817 - 1878), the 32nd jagadguru
SankarAcArya of Sringeri, is based on the
same pattern.
SAradA bhujangam - in praise of SAradA, or
Sarasvati, the Goddess of learning, who symbolizes brahmavidyA. SAradA
is worshipped specially at Sringeri Sarada Peetha and the Dvaraka
Sarada Peetha. Many other monasteries of the advaita tradition are also called
SAradA maThas.
hastAmalakIya Slokas. Also available from
the Sanskrit ftp site in itrans, postscript and gif formats.
saundaryalaharI - attributed to SankarAcArya. A new interactive multimedia
CD-ROM is now available from Chidagni Creations. Also available
as a zip file from the Indology site, and from the Sanskrit
ftp site in itrans, postscript and gif
formats.
Last updated on May 5, 1999.
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