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Title
:

Saundaryalahari Of Sankaracarya

Author
:
V K Subramanian
ISBN
:
9788120802087
Book No
:
8607
Status
:
Available
Shelf
:
NF-R2S6
Category
:
Non-Fiction
Subcategory
:
Spiritual & Self-Help
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Summary

Saundaryalahari is a rare tantric work whose authorship is attributed to Samkaracharya. It is a long poem of one hundred verses, a hymn of praise to the Divine Mother, an invocation and a prayer that awakens man from stupor to a state of effulgent energy and creativity. In this monograph the original Sanskrit text of each verse is presented in Devanagari script accompanied with its Roman transliteration. English rendering of the verses and explanatory notes are provided with an eye to modern readership. Inclusion of yantras in their pictorical symbols focus attention on underlying potencies of each verse. The possibility of attainment of power and success by single minded recitation of the verses is stressed on. The monograph will be of special interest to mother worshippers of all denominations. Students of religion and philosophy will find it appealing. The general reader with a love for poetry and literature will also like it.