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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 October 2024. Hindu religious hymn Vishnu Sahasranama Vishnusahasranama manuscript, c. 1690 Information Religion Hinduism Author Vyasa Verses 108 Part of a series on Vaishnavism Supreme deity Vishnu Rama Important deities Dashavatara Matsya Kurma Varaha Narasimha Vamana Parasurama Rama Balarama Krishna ...
Stotra (Sanskrit: स्तोत्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise." [1] [2] It is a literary genre of Indian religious texts designed to be melodically sung, in contrast to a shastra which is composed to be recited. [1] A stotra can be a prayer, a description, or a conversation, but always with a poetic ...
Sahasranāma is a Sanskrit term which means "a thousand names". [1] It is also a genre of stotra literature, [2][3] usually found as a title of the text named after a deity, such as Vishnu Sahasranāma, wherein the deity is remembered by 1,000 names, attributes or epithets. [1][4] As stotras, Sahasra-namas are songs of praise, a type of ...
Krishna (/ ˈkrɪʃnə /; Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa pronounced [ˈkr̩ʂ.ɳɐ] (Classical Sanskrit) and [kr̩ʂ.ɳɐ́] in (Vedic Sanskrit) is a Hindu deity worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. In Hinduism, Krishna is recognized as the complete and eighth incarnation of Vishnu ...
Anushasana Parva (Sanskrit: अनुशासन पर्व, IAST: Anuśāsanaparva) or the "Book of Instructions", is the thirteenth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. It traditionally has 2 parts and 168 chapters. [1][2] The critical edition has 2 parts and 154 chapters. [3][4] Sometimes this parva is referred to as the ...
The Lalita Sahasranama (Sanskrit: ललितासहस्रनाम, romanized: lalitāsahasranāma) is a Hindu religious text that enumerates the thousand ...
Govinda is a name of Krishna and also appears as the 187th and 539th name of Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama, the 1,000 names of Vishnu. [3] According to Adi Shankara's commentary on Vishnu Sahasranama, translated by Swami Tapasyananda, Govinda has four meanings: [3] The sages call Krishna "Govinda" as he pervades all the worlds, giving them ...
The Pancharanga Kshetrams (Sanskrit: पञ्चरङ्ग क्षेत्रम्, romanized: Pañcaraṅga Kṣetram, lit. 'Five abodes/stages of Ranganatha') or Pancharangams is a group of five sacred Hindu temples, dedicated to Ranganatha, a form of the deity Vishnu, on the banks of the Kaveri River. The five Pancharanga Kshetrams in ...