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Swami Vedantha Desikan Swami Vedantha Desikan is said to have composed Sudarshana Astakam 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”
Sri Shiva Bilvastakam by Sri Adi Shankaracharya
Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s Bilvastakam ‘Sri Shiva Bilvastakam’ is one of the most significant and divine compositions of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya, eulogizing the magnificence of ‘bilva’ leaf. Lord Shiva is very much fond of ‘bilva’ leaf, the prime reason being that, per the ‘Skanda Purana’, the ‘bilva’ tree grew from the sweat droplets of mother Read More
Sri Vedantha Desikan’s Sudarshana Ashtakam
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
