Essay name: Soundarya Lahari of Shri Shankara (Study)
Author:
Seetha N.
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Department of Sanskrit
The essay studies in English the Soundarya Lahari of Shri Shankara, focusing on its philosophical and devotional aspects. The Saundaryalahari represents an epitome of Shaktism (worship of the divine Goddess) by expounding the ultimate goal of liberation (moksha) through the non-dual knowledge of Nirguna Brahman, as taught by the Advaita philosophy.
Chapter 8 - Comparative study with other works
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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The superiority of Her Tantra and the inferiority
of all the other sixtyfour Tantras (already founded) and the
explanation of the sixteen-lettered chant otherwise called
Sodas膩k峁r墨 are common to both.
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E.g.
"Catu岣メ梗a峁istantranyapi ninditamabh奴t
tadetanmi 艣r膩khyam matamapi bhavet ninditamiha
subhakhy膩岣� pa帽caite 艣rutisarani siddh膩岣�
mahavidy膩st膩s膩m bhavati paramartha bhagavati #34
"Catu岣� 峁峁ya tantarai岣� sakalamabhisamdhaya bhuvan am
峁hitasttattadsiddhiprasavaparat antrai岣� pasupati岣�
punastyannirban dhad akhilapuru峁rthai kagha峁璦n膩
svatantram te tantram k峁titalamavat墨t ar adida峁�
#35
"Smaro maro marah smara iti smaro m膩ramadana-
smaranangasceti smaramadan am膩ra岣� manuriti
trikhandah khandante kalitabhuvanesyak峁rayut a岣�
catu岣� pancar峁嘺ste traya iti tripa帽caksaraman uh
#36
"Siva岣� sakti岣� kama岣� ksi tiratha ravi岣� 艣墨takira峁嘺岣�
smaro hamsa岣� sakrah tadanu ca para maraharaya岣�
ami h峁沴lekhabhi岣� tis峁沚hiravasane峁 gha峁璱t膩
bhajante varnaste tava janani n膩m膩vayavat膩m "37
34. S.D. 18.
35. S.L. 31.
36. S.D. 19.
37. S.L. 32.
