Download or read book Poems to Siva written by Indira Viswanathan Peterson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed by three poet-saints between the sixth and eighth centuries A.D., the Tevaram hymns are the primary scripture of the Tamil Saivism, one of the first popular large-scale devotional movements within Hinduism. Indira Peterson eloquently renders into English a substantial portion of these hymns, which provide vivid and moving portraits of the images, myths, rites, and adoration of Siva and which continue to be loved and sung by the millions of followers of the Tamil Saiva tradition. Her introduction and annotations illuminate the work's literary, religious, and cultural contexts, making this anthology a rich sourcebook for the study of South Indian popular religion. Indira Peterson highlights the Tevaram as a seminal text in Tamil cultural history, a synthesis of pan-Indian and Tamil civilization, as well as a distinctly Tamil expression of the love of song, sacred landscape, and ceremonial religion. Her discussion of this work draws on her pioneering research into the performance of the hymns and their relation to the art and ritual of the South Indian temple. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book Shiva Shadakshara Stotra written by Koushik K and published by k.koushik. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 shivāya is revealed. Each shloka has many occurrences of the syllable which is praised through the shloka. The hymn is very popularly recited by worshippers of shiva both regularly and in special occasions This book is an effort to explain the meaning of the hymn in detail based on the Vedas puranas and other sacred scriptures
Download or read book Hymns to Shiva in Kashmir Shaivism written by Swami Lakshmanjoo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hymns to Shiva: Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali Features/Benefits: - Includes free downloadable audio of original lectures. - Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali are profound outpourings of devotion for the passion of God consciousness. - In this translation by Master Yogi Swami Lakshmanjoo one can have a personal experience of devotional transcendence. The enchanting verses that comprise the Hymns to Shiva were born on Kashmir Valley's picturesque Dal Lake as an inspirational outpouring of devotion from the heart of the medieval Kashmiri spiritual master and mystic Utpaladeva. These hymns are so profound they have the power to free the devoted reader from the restrictions of their intellect and instantaneously elevate them to the experience of oneness with the very nature of their own divine consciousness. When commenting on this text Swami Lakshmanjoo would tell his devotees that, as Utpaladeva continually teaches us through these beautiful hymns, "devotion, or passion for God consciousness is everything." The reader will personally witness this for themselves when they experience Swami Lakshmanjoo's narrative as he, himself, becomes filled with emotion and longing for God.
Download or read book Hymns to Shiva Audio Study Set written by Swami Lakshmanjoo and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-09 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enchanting verses that comprise our newest publication, Festival of Devotion & Praise were born on Kashmir Valley's picturesque Dal Lake as an inspirational outpouring of devotion from the heart of the medieval Kashmiri spiritual master and mystic Utpaladeva. These hymns are so profound they have the power to free the devoted reader from the restrictions of their intellect and instantaneously elevate them to the experience of oneness with the very nature of their own divine consciousness. When commenting on this text Swami Lakshmanjoo would tell his devotees that, as Utpaladeva continually teaches us through these beautiful hymns, "devotion, or passion for God consciousness is everything." The reader will personally witness this for themselves when they experience Swami Lakshmanjoo's narrative as he, himself, becomes filled with emotion and longing for God."
Download or read book Sri Amarnatha Cave the Abode of Shiva written by F. M. Hassnain and published by Atlantic Publishers & Distri. This book was released on 1987 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each Year Between July And August, When The Moon Is Full, Thousands Of Devotees Gather Before The Abode Of Shiva, Commonly Known As The Cave Of Shri Amarnatha In Kashmir, Situa¬Ted At A Height Of 3880 Metres In The Himalayas. It Houses The Naturally Formed Ice Lingam, The Symbol Of Creation, Which Waxes And Wanes With The Moon. It Is Here That Shiva Lives With His Consort Parvati. In The Shape Of Two Pigeons Which Are Seen Flying Out Of This Sacred Cave. Sri Amarnatha Cave, By Prof. Hassnain, Prof. Miura And The Mystic Vijay Pandita, Is An Original Research Work, Based On The Ancient Sanskrit Mahatmya, Amareshvara, A Work Of Antiquity. Here Is Revealed The Secret Of Salvation, As Told By Shiva To Parvati.The Book Would Be Of Great Interest To The Scholars Of Indology, As Well As Devotees Of Shiva.
Download or read book Ardhanarishvara Stotra A Hymn on Unified Form Of Shiva and Shakti by Shankara Bhagavadpaada written by Koushik K and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sacred Hymns of Lord Shiva written by Sri Ajai Kumar Chhawchharia and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book is the 2nd Book in the Trilogy of Books dedicated to Lord Shiva. It has full English version of all the major 14 Sacred Hymns dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Greatest of Gods. The Roman Transliteration of all the Hymns is included alongside their English version. This Book is a unique collection of Lord Shiva's Hymns in English. The 'KINDLE' version of this book is available at www.amazon.com/kdp
Download or read book Shiva Manasa Pooja written by Koushik K and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-08 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shiva Manasa Pooja is one of the easiest and shortest and most beautiful hymns on Shiva which helps us to do a mental worship or internal worship. Wherever we are and in whichever time we want, we can do the mental worship. Mental worship is the process of visualizing the god, then visualizing various offerings and offer them to the lord mentally. The basic offerings are of sixteen kinds which will be discussed in detail throughout this book. This worship is one of the best ways to connect with god. You don't need to depend on any external factors or availability of things. You can create things out of our visualization and offer them to god. All that god cares is that you wish to offer him something with love and you are thinking about him with love and devotion while offering mentally. This kind of worship has an equal importance just like external ritualistic worship (baahya pooja) - external worship.Even at times when you are not able to do the external worship, it is prescribed that you do internal worship of the lord. This hymn is one of the simplest ways to help you do it. You can do it two times a day. There are no special rules to be followed. Just chant this hymn with devotion and visualize every offering in each step and offer it to lord Shiva. I will give you a couple of Dhyana shlokas (verses for contemplation and visualization) of lord Shiva which you can use to visualize Shiva and then slowly visualize various offerings and offer them to lord Shiva as guided by the hymn.
Download or read book Rudrashtakam A Hymn from RamacharitaManas by Goswami Tulasidas written by Koushik K and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shiva Panchakshara Nakshatra Mala A Hymn on Shiva with 27 Stanzas by Adi Shankara Bhagavadpaada written by Koushik K and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bengali Book of English Verse written by Theodore Douglas Dunn and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shiva Panchakshara Nakshatra Mala written by Koushik K. and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shiva panchakshara nakshatramala is one of the hymns composed by shree Aadi Shankara Bhagavadpaada - the great aachaarya of advaita doctrine.The hymn praises the various pastimes, deeds and attributes of lord Shiva. The hymn has two specialties. 1. The number of stanzas in this hymn is twenty seven. Twenty seven is a very significant number in Hinduism. There are twenty seven important stars which forms the month of chandramana calendar.2. each verse of the hymn ends with "namah shivaaya". The mantra is called the panchakshari mantra (five syllable mantra) it is one of the greatest mantras.Hence the kind aacharya bhagavadpata embeds the mantra in this hymn so everyone can attain the benefits of chanting the mantra, even for those who has not been initiated with the mantra, chanting this stotra is not forbidden and there are no complex rules of austerities to chant the hymn for chanting the mantra through this hymn. By chanting this hymn once, the devotee chants the great five syllable mantra hundred and eight times and attains all the benefits of chanting it even without following the ritualistic austerities which are mandatory when you chant the mantra directly.
Download or read book Shiva Mahimnah Stotram written by Swami Pavitrananda and published by Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math). This book was released on with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siva Mahimnah Stotram, or the Hymn on the Greatness of Shiva, is considered by many to be the best of all the hymns found in Sanskrit literature. It is grand in conception, sublime in diction, and uplifting in influence. It goes without saying that those who recite it after knowing its meaning will have great spiritual benefit. This book contains the original Sanskrit verses in Devanagari along with an English translatiion and notes by Swami Pavitrananda. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.
Download or read book Poems to iva written by Indira Viswanathan Peterson and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1991 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed by three poet saints between the sixth and eighth centuries A.D., the Tevaram hymns are the primary scripture of Tamil Saivism, one of the first popular large-scale devotional movements within Hinduism. Indira Peterson eloquently renders into English a substantial portion of these hymns, which provide vivid and moving portraits of the images, myths, rites, and adoration of Siva and which continue to be loved and sung by the millions of followers of the tamil Saiva tradition. Her introduction and annotations illuminate the work`s literary, religious, and cultural contexts, making this anthology a rich source book for the studyof the South Indian popular religion. Indira Peterson highlights the Tevaram as a seminal text in Tamil cultural history, a synthesis of pan-Indian and Tamil civilization, as well as a distinctly Tamil expression of the love of song, sacred landscape, and ceremonial religion. Her discussion of this work draws on her pioneering research into the performance of the hymns and their relation to the art and ritual of the South Indian temple.
Download or read book The Mahimnastava written by Puṣpadanta and published by South Asia Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shiva written by David Frawley and published by Lotus Press. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Shiva is the personification of all the main practices of Yoga, as the origin and ruling power over asana, prana, mantra, inner seeing and meditation. The current book unfolds the presence, light, energy and consciousness of the Supreme Shiva to take us beyond all death and duality.
