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Monday, August 2, 2010

Complete Works of Sri Sankaracharya (Sanskrit) - 20 Volumes


Adi Sankaracharya (788-821 CE) was a great saint & philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a sub-school of Vedanta. His teachings are based on the unity of the soul and Brahman, in which Brahman is viewed as without attributes. He hailed from Kalady of present day Kerala. Sankara travelled across India and other parts of South Asia to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. He founded four mathas (monasteries), which helped in the historical development, revival and spread of Advaita Vedanta. Adi Sankara is believed to be the organizer of the Dasanami monastic order and the founder of the Shanmata tradition of worship.

His works in Sanskrit concern themselves with establishing the doctrine of Advaita (Non-dualism). He also established the importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, in a time when the Mimamsa school established strict ritualism and ridiculed monasticism. Sankara represented his works as elaborating on ideas found in the Upanishads, and he wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic Canon (Brahma Sutra, Principal Upanishads and Bhagavadgita) in support of his thesis. The main opponent in his work is the Mimamsa school of thought, though he also offers some arguments against the views of some other schools like Samkhya and certain schools of Buddhism that he was partly familiar with.

The Works of Sri Sankaracharya [Memorial Edition], 20 volumes published in 1910 by Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam, remains to this day the standard collection of the complete works of Sri Sankaracharya. It includes Sri Sankaracharya's major commentaries as well as his other works, as given in the list below.

1. Brahmasutra-bhashya
2. Brahmasutra-bhashya
3. Brahmasutra-bhashya
4. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 1: Isa, Kena [2], Katha, Prasna
5. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 2: Mundaka, Mandukya, Aitareya
6. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 3: Taittiriya, Chhandogya 1-3
7. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 4: Chhandogya 4-8
8. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 5: Brihadaranyaka 1-2
9. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 6: Brihadaranyaka 3-4
10. Upanishad-bhashya, vol. 7: Brihadaranyaka 5-6, Nrisimhapurvatapani
11. Bhagavad-Gita-bhashya, vol. 1: chaps. 1-9
12. Bhagavad-Gita-bhashya, vol. 2: chaps. 10-18
13. Vishnusahasranama and Sanatsujatiya Bhashyas
14. Vivekachudamani, Upadeshasahasri
15. Miscellaneous Prakaranas vol. 1: Aparokshanubhuti, etc. [7 works]
16. Miscellaneous Prakaranas vol. 2: Prabodhasudhakara, etc. [25 works]
17. Stotras, vol. 1 [30 works]
18. Stotras, vol. 2 [35 works, plus Lalita Trisatistotra Bhashya]
19. Prapanchasara, vol. 1
20. Prapanchasara, vol. 2

There are thus a total of 118 works, counting the two Kena Upanishad bhashyas separately, in this collection. Both Indian and Western scholars agree that many of these works must have been written by later Sankaracharyas rather than the original or
Adi Sankaracharya. But there is no agreement on which ones are genuinely his. Moreover, there are many other texts attributed to Sankaracharya that are not found in this collection, some of which may have been written by Adi Sankaracharya. So it is not a definitive collection of his writings. Nor does it lay any claim to being a critical edition. Its readings can often be improved by comparison with other printed editions and manuscripts. It is
simply the standard collection we have at present.

A detailed article on the bibliography of "Collected Works of Sri Sankaracharya" is available at this web-page.

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Works of Sri Sankaracharya Volume 15
Works of Sri Sankaracharya Volume 16
Works of Sri Sankaracharya Volume 17
Works of Sri Sankaracharya Volume 18
Works of Sri Sankaracharya Volume 19
Works of Sri Sankaracharya Volume 20

The whole set is also available at www.archive.org

Works of Sankaracharya with Hindi Translation

Aitareya Upanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1938
Bhagavad Gita Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Harikrishnadas Goyandaka 1953
Brahmasutra Sankarabhashya Ratnaprabha with Hindi Translation Part 1- CP Sukla 1934
Brahmasutra Sankarabhashya Ratnaprabha with Hindi Translation Part 2- CP Sukla 1934 
Brahmasutra Sankarabhashya Ratnaprabha with Hindi Translation Part 3- CP Sukla 1936
Brihadaranyakopanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation GIta Press 1955
Chandogyopanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation GIta Press 1956
Isavasyopanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1940
Kathopanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1951
Kenopanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1935
Mandukyopanishad & Karika with Sankara Bhashya Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1936
Mundaka Upanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1935
Prasna Upanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1935
Svetasvataropanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1938
Taittiriyopanishad Sankara Bhashya with Hindi Translation - Gita Press 1936
Viveka Chudamani with Hindi Translation - Munilal Gupta (Gita Press)
Aparokshanubhuti with Dipika & Hindi Tika - Ramswarup Dvivedi 1908
Panchikaranam with Hindi Tika - Mahadeva Sarma Pandey 1941
Prabodhasudhakara with Hindi Translation - Munilal Gupta 1936
Sanatasujatiyam Sankarabhashya with Hindi Translation - GS Haldar 1932
Saundaryalahari with Hindi Tika - Vishnutirth Maharaj 1949
Vishnu Sahasranama Sankarabhashya with Hindi Translation 1934

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Brihat Stotra Ratnakarah (Sanskrit)


As the title mentions, this book might perhaps be the largest collection of stotras (hymns) of Hindus. It contains 182 Sanskrit stotras  of Ganesa, Vishnu, Siva, Surya, Devi, Datta, Avataras, Rama, Maruti, Krishna and of various holy rivers in addition to Vedanta stotras such as "Atmabodha" and "Sadhanapanchakam".

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Sri Narayana Guru - Complete Works - Malayalam



This book is a compilation of the complete works of Sri Narayana Guru(1854 - 1928), a great Indian seer of 20th century who visualized the ultimate reality in himself. The Guru was born in Chempazhanthi, Kerala in 1854. A great philosopher-poet of modern India, the Guru, and erudite scholar of Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil, belonged to the great Indian philosophical tradition of Advaita. As the force being the social reform movement, the Guru paved the way for a progressive Kerala society. Gurudevan, as he was fondly known to his followers, led a quiet but significant social revolution. The Guru was instrumental in setting the spiritual foundations for social reform in today's Kerala and was one of the most successful social reformers who tackled caste in India.

This book contains 57 works of the Guru in Malayalam, Sanskrit and Tamil. They are categorised into 5 sections:

1. Hymns of Gods and Goddesses
2. Moral & ethical teachings
3. Philosophical Works
4. Translations of Classics
5. Prose works

This volume brings together all the original writings of Narayana Guru in a digitised form for the first time. This work is in the free domain now.

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Guru Gita Malayalam ഗുരുഗീത അര്‍ത്ഥസഹിതം



ശ്രീവേദവ്യാസരചിതമായ സ്കന്ദപുരാണാന്തര്‍ഗതമായ ഗുരുഗീത ശിവപാര്‍വതീസംവാദരൂപത്തിലാണ് അവതരിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. ശ്രീ പാര്‍വ്വതിയുടെ ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കുത്തരമായി ശ്രീ പരമേശ്വരന്‍ ഇതില്‍ ഗുരുതത്വവും, ഗുരുപൂജാവിധികളും, ഒരു ശിഷ്യന് അവശ്യം വേണ്ട സദ്ഗുണങ്ങളും വിശദമായി വര്‍ണ്ണിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. ഗുരുഭക്തരായ സാധകര്‍ക്ക് ഗുരുതത്വമറിഞ്ഞ് സദ്ഗുരുവിനെ സേവിക്കുവാനും, ഗുരുഗീത നിത്യം പാരായണം ചെയ്യുവാനും ഈ പുസ്തകം വളരെയധികം പ്രയോജനപ്പെടും.

ഗുരുര്‍ബ്രഹ്മാ ഗുരുര്‍വിഷ്ണുഃ ഗുരുര്‍ദേവോ മഹേശ്വരഃ
ഗുരുസ്സാക്ഷാത് പരംബ്രഹ്മ തസ്മൈ ശ്രീ ഗുരവേ നമഃ

അജ്ഞാനതിമിരാന്ധസ്യ ജ്ഞാനാഞ്ജനശലാകയാ
ചക്ഷുരുന്മീലിതം യേന തസ്മൈ ശ്രീ ഗുരവേ നമഃ

എന്നാരംഭിക്കുന്ന സുപ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഗുരുസ്തോത്രം ഗുരുഗീതയില്‍ നിന്നുള്ളതാണ്.

ഡൗണ്‍ലോഡ്

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Saundarya Lahari - Sanskrit Text + English Commentary



This book contains the Sanskrit text, English transliteration, translation, commentary, diagrams and an appendix on prayoga (application) of "The Saundarya Lahari"of Adi Shankara by S.S. Sastri and T.R.S. Ayyangar. "Saundarya Lahari" meaning "Waves Of Beauty" is one of the most famous Sanskrit hymns of Devi (Goddess). Its hundred and three shlokas (verses) eulogize the beauty, grace and munificence of Goddess Parvati, consort of Shiva.

The Saundarya Lahari is not only a poem. It is a tantra textbook, giving instructions on puja and offerings, many yantras, almost one to each shloka; describes tantric ways of performing devotion connected to each specific shloka; and details the results ensuing therefrom. There are many interpretations and commentaries but best of these are arguably those that provide word-to-word translations, as also the yantras, the devotion to be performed and the results of the devotion.

The Saundarya Lahari is often viewed as being composed of two parts.

Verses 1 - 41 describe the mystical experience of the union of Shiva and Shakti and related phenomena. In fact, it opens with the assertion that Only when Shiva is united with Shakti does he have the power to create.

This part of the text is often referred to, quite appropriately, as the Ananda Lahari, the wave of bliss.

Verses 42 to 100 are more straightforward---they describe the physical beauty of the Goddess and are sometimes referred to as the Saundarya Lahari itself. Many scholars, however, refer to the entire text with one name, namely, Saundarya Lahari.


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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

Sri Lalita Sahasranama Stotram - Malayalam



Lalita sahasranama is the most popular and sacred hymn for the worshippers of the Goddess Lalita Devi, i.e. the Divine Mother, in the form of her and the male gods' feminine power, Shakti. Etymologically, "Lalita" means "She Who Plays". It is supposedly one of the most complete stotras, one need only recite it to gain 'Moksha'.

The thousnad names of the divine Mother are organised as in a hymn, i.e. in the way of stotras. This hymn occurs in the Brahmanda Purana. It is a dialogue between Hayagriva, an (avatara) of MahaVishnu and the great sage Agastya. Lalitha sahasranama was composed by 8 vaag devis (vaag devathas) upon the command of Devi Sri Lalitha.

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