Author: V K Subramanian
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2001
Language: multilingual
Pages: 112
ISBN/UPC (if available): 812080208X
Description
This book is a rare Tantric work whose authorship is attributed to Sankaracarya. It is a long poem of one hundred verses; a hymn of praise to the Divine Mother; an invocation and a prayer that awakens man from stupor to a state of effulgent energy and creativity.
In this book, the original Sanskrit text of each verse is presented in Devanagari script accompanied with its Roman transliteration. English rendering of the verses and explanatory notes are provided with an eye to modren readership. Inclusion of Yantra in their pictorial symbols focus attention on underlying potencies of each verse. The possibility of attainment of power and success by single-minded recitation of the verses is stressed on.
This work will be of special interest to mother worshippers of all denomination. Students of religion and philosophy will find it appealing. The general reader with a love for poetry and literature will also like it.
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Text of Saundaryalahari
Devnagri Version
Roman Transliteration
Explanatory Notes
Yantras of Saundaryalahari
Yantric Diagrams of Individual Verses
Pada Index