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This is a very short yet powerful hymn of lord Surya Narayana comprised of twelve names. This book is an effort to put light on the deeper meaning of those twelve names backed by citations from Puranas. This surya dvadashanama stotra when recited with devotion helps us attain freedom from sorrows and other difficulties of life and grants us a healthy life. Each name describes well the great qualities of sun god.
The hymn is very easy to recite and...
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This hymn praises the lord kālabhairava who is the guardian of kāshi as the supreme god who is non different to Shiva and non-different to atman our true self. He who is the creator, protector, destroyer of the whole world.
He is the giver of wisdom and liberation, destroyer of all evil qualities.
This hymn was sung by achārya ādi shankara bhagavadpāda in the holy shrine of kāshi.
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Ganesha Pancharatnam is a very short yet very powerful hymn on lord Ganesha composed by the great advaita philosopher Adi shankara Bhagavadpada.
Adi shankara advises daily recitation of Ganesha Pancharatnam for pleasing lord Ganesha and attaining various benefits. The benefits are described in the phalashruti section of the book.
This book is an effort to put light on the deeper meaning of each word and verse of this hymn and describe the stories...
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This hymn has six shlokas praising the glory of the lord Shiva and his six syllable mantra. The six syllable mantra is the famous five syllable mantra preceded by Om
The Vedas say that the mantra is the body of the deity. By worshiping the deity through the mantra you attain the deity.
There is no difference between the mantra and the deity worshiped through it.
The starting letters of each shloka when arranged horizontally the mantra Om namah...
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ardhanārīśvara means the half feminine form of īśvara (Shiva) this form is a combined form of Shiva and Shakti. It is the union of Shiva and shakti and expresses their oneness.
This is one of the most important forms of Shiva described in the shaivāgamas, purānas, and mantra shāstras
āchārya Adishankara bhagavadpāda composes this hymn to praise this particular form of Shiva. Worshiping this form is equivalent to worshipping Shiva and...
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This hymn is called rāma rakshā stotra and is from the scripture ānanda rāmāyana. It is stated in the fifth sarga of janma khanda of ānanda rāmāyana. It is a conversation between vishnudāsa and his guru rāmadāsa. This hymn of rama raksha stotra was revealed to goddess gauri by lord Shiva in the presence of skanda. He initiated the hymn to goddess gauri and instructed her to do the protection rituals for skanda so that he can can defeat...
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Hanumad Bhujanga Stotra is composed in bhujanga metre which resembles the pattern like that of the zigzag movement of a snake. This is a fast metre. Hanumad Bhujanga Stotra is comprised of sixteen shlokas including the phala shruti (the verse describing the benefits of reciting Hanumad Bhujanga Stotra) Hanumad Bhujanga Stotra describes various great qualities of Hanuman and different pastimes and adventures of Hanuman's life described in Ramayana....
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This short hymn comprised of twelve names of goddess Lakshmi found in Vishvasara tantra. Lord īśvara reveals this hymn through this tantra. These twelve names are considered the essence of all names of goddess Lakshmi, or the Kamalatmika form of the goddess (goddess Mahalakshmi in her great wisdom goddess form) as proposed by the Vishvasara tantra.It is to be noted that some of the epithets coincide with the names used to address the goddess in...
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This is a short yet powerful hymn praising Bhairava, comprised of ten epithets of bhairava. the phalashruti - verses describing the benefits of chanting says " One who recites these ten names, having gotten up in the morning doesn't experience the terrific suffering and will not fear anything, nor does any danger arise in life."
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Kalisantarana Upanishad is one of the minor Upanishads found in Krishna yajur Veda. The Black Yajurveda. This Upanishad is a conversation between Brahma the creator and sage Narada. The text reveals the mantra which is a collection of 16 names. This very mantra was initiated to shri Krishna Chaitanya maha prabhu and is followed by the gaudiya sampradaya, ISKCON. Popularly known as "The Hare Krishna maha mantra." Kali Santarana Upanishad is the primary...
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