| Title | Sri Sankaracarya's Daksinamurti stotra
with the Varttika Manasollasa of Suresvaracarya Dakshinamurthy Stotra with Manasollasa |
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| Author | Swami Harshananda |
| Publication | Ramakrishna |
| Size | 150p |
| Language | ENG |
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| Topics |
Advaita (Philosophy) Saivism |
| Notes | The Dakshinamurthy Stotram is a hymn to Shiva, explaining metaphysics of the universe in the frame of the tradition of Advaita Vedanta. Dakshinamurthy is an incarnation of Shiva, the supreme god of knowledge. Dakshinamurthy is an aspect of Shiva as a guru of all types of knowledge, and bestower of jnana. This aspect of Shiva is his personification as the supreme or the ultimate awareness, understanding and knowledge. This form represents Shiva in his aspect as a teacher of yoga, music, and wisdom, and giving exposition on the shastras. The Mānasollāsa (Sanskrit: मानसोल्लास), written in Stotra (poetry of praise) style related to Dakshinamurti is attributed to Adi Shankara or Suresvara. |