Swami Vedantha Desikan Swami Vedantha Desikan is said to have composed Sudarshana Ashtakam to help the residents of Tirupputkuzhi when they suffered from the grip of an epidemic fever. It is said that he composed it at Tiruvahindrapuram before a major debate with a leader of another ‘sampradaya.’ Swami Desikan won the debate and established Read More
Category: Ashtakam
The term ashtakam , also often written astakam, is derived from the Sanskrit word aṣṭā, meaning “eight”
