The Bhaktimandakini: An Elaborate Fourteenth-Century Commentary by Purnasarasvati on the Visnupadadikesastotra Attributed to Sankaracarya
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1st ed.
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ISBN
9788184701883
Length
li+186p., 24cm.
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The Bhaktimandakini is a commentary by the Keralan exegete Purnasarasvati, a Saiva ascetic who is well known for his learned and aesthetically sensitive commentaries on works of belles lettres in Sanskrit. The commentary expounds the Visnupadadikesastotra, a hymn of fifty-two intricately elegant verses that describe every detail of Visnu from his toes to his hair, as well as his spouses and his various weapons (conch, discus, sword, etc.). This literary stotra, ...
