Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Anyone (Krishnaji ? Satish ? Anyone ?) know the difference between a 1) Suktam (eg : Purusha Suktam in the Vedas or Vedoktam Devi Suktam in the Chandi) , 2) Stotram (eg: Argala Stotram in Chandi) 3) Stuti (eg: Bhagavati Stutih in Chandi ) Thank you Jai Maa Latha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 I think you are asking the diffrent meaning to this words like ; 1) suktam 2) stotram 3) stuti Allow me to add first ; 4) suprabhatam 5) kavacham 6) astakam 7) dhyanam 8) archanam 9) chalisa Any members are welcome to put more on to this list .Anybody ? Jai Maa!! Latha Nanda <lathananda > wrote: Anyone (Krishnaji ? Satish ? Anyone ?) know the difference between a 1) Suktam (eg : Purusha Suktam in the Vedas or Vedoktam Devi Suktam in the Chandi) ,2) Stotram (eg: Argala Stotram in Chandi)3) Stuti (eg: Bhagavati Stutih in Chandi )Thank youJai MaaLatha Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Suktam and Strotram and stuti literally mean the same thing- extolling. Suktam forms part of Vedas. Strotram and stuti, usually do not. Usually, stuti is a smaller piece than a strotram. On the other hand, the other items on the list of kanna have a specific purpose. the suprabhatam is the wake up call to god kavacham, literally meaning an armour, is a set of verses invoking a god or goddess to act as a shields u in times of perils. The power of vibration in the slokas is such that the mere chanting of such verses is supposed to shield u from the particular perils. astakam and chalisa have more to do the fixed number of verses in the prayer. Astakam will have eight and chalisa, actually they are hindi prayers and not sanskrit, comprises of 40 stanzas. Dhynam and archanam are not prayers. they are types of worship. dhynam means meditation and archanam means pooja. the books like say, ' lakshmi dhynam' or devi archanam gives u a set of prayers and pujas on laxmi which will enable u to use them during the meditation/worship of laxmi/devi. One more famous and perhaps, more powerful, prayer is gayatri. there are gayatries on various gods, including such minor gods as Nandi. Ashottara and Sahasra nama list the names of the god. kishore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 , "kishore mohan" <kishore_future> wrote: > Suktam and Strotram and stuti literally mean the same thing- > extolling. > > Suktam forms part of Vedas. Strotram and stuti, usually do not. > Usually, stuti is a smaller piece than a strotram. Stuti-s and stotra-s belong to the realm of Puranas. Some can be found in Tantras too. > kavacham, literally meaning an armour, is a set of verses invoking >a > god or goddess to act as a shields u in times of perils. The >power > of vibration in the slokas is such that the mere chanting of such > verses is supposed to shield u from the particular perils. Although Kavachas can be found in the Puranas, they are mostly found in Tantras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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