Shivananda Lahari

Adi Shankara with disciples, drawing by Raja Ravivarma, 1904

Shivananda Lahari (IAST Śivānanda Lahiri) is a devotional hymn composed by Adi Shankara, the 8th-century Advaita philosopher, on Shiva.[1] It literally means Wave of Auspicious Bliss. It consists of one hundred stanzas of Sanskrit poetry in various chandas (metres). It was composed by Adi Shankara while staying in Srisailam, a pilgrimage town, in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. It begins with an ode to Mallikarjuna and Bhramarambika, the deities at Srisailam.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Sivanandini Duraiswamy (2006). The Footfalls on Time. Vijitha Yapa Publications. p. 169. ISBN 978-955-1266-29-5.
  2. ↑ Tapasyananda (2002). Sankara-Dig-Vijaya: The Traditional Life of Sri Sankaracharya by Madhava-Vidyaranya. India: Sri Ramakrishna Math. pp. 130–135. ISBN 978-81-7120-434-2.
  3. ↑ Shantha N. Nair (2009). The Lord Shiva. Pustak Mahal. pp. 113–. ISBN 978-81-223-1039-9.

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