Guest guest Posted June 19, 2002 Report Share Posted June 19, 2002 Dear ALL, The SthothravaLi composed by His Holiness Prakrutham Srimath Andavan Swami, Sri Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikan during His purvAsramam days (about 30 years ago) have been meticulously compiled by Sri C.G. Balaji in MS word format. Sri. Balaji had graciously permitted us to share it with all bhagavathas. For the convenience of all , we have made it available in PDF format in our website, www..org under online resources section. the link is provided as under: http://www..org/resources/stotravali.pdf Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi dAsan, Venkat Sreenivasan --- Balaji CG <CG.Balaji wrote: > Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!! > Srimate Rangaramanuja Maha Deshikaaya Namaha > > Dear All, > > Yesterday the 12th of June has been a remarkable day > as it was the > thirunakshatram of our dearest acharya Srimath > Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja > Maha Deshikan. To mark this special occassion a > collection of stotrams > composed by our Andavan was released. All these > stotrams were composed by > our Andavan around 30 years ago in his > poorvashramam. > > An electronic version of the same is attached here. > This is for the benefit > of the net community. Please install the Sanskrit > font attached and view the > Word document. > > Our Swamy's style is unique and at many places has > resemblances to that of > Swamy Deshikan. In a few of the compositions the > first letter is > highlighted. All the highlighted letters if read in > a sequence gives a very > special meaning pertaining to that stotram. Also > notable is the last > shlokam, where our Swamy uses a special variant of > rhythm known as > "PadachaturUrdhvAbhidam vruttam". All the > compositions are remarkable > indeed. > > The stotrams included are - > Veerachala Sriramachandra Suprabhatam (*) > Prapanna Navanitam > Panchanana Panchamrutam > Krishna Taarakam > Vaakyaanvayaadhikarana vishayaha > Padukavihara sabha prabhavaha (**) > > (*) Veerachalam is a place in present day > Andhrapradesh where our Swamy > served as a Sanskrit professor for many years. This > work is sung in praise > of Sri Ramar there. > > (**)The last one was composed by our Swamy on the > greatness of > Padukaviharasabha conducted regularly. Swamy tells > me that it was the 29th > sabha on which he wrote this work and some > mathematics in the shlokams > enshrined in this stotram yield the number 29. !!! > So close to Deshikan > indeed :-) > > I request Sriman Shyam Srinivasan to distribute this > to all the members of > and perhaps host it on our ashramam > site. > > vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!! > > vedanthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!! > > dasan > Balaji > SIEMENS Communication Software, Bangalore > - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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