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Help for using the reader and study guides for Shankara stotras in English and Hindi, daily practice, and Sanskrit transliteration.
Using the site
Study guides
- How to read stotras
Chanting posture, daily practice, and using the reader with intention.
- Chanting with mala and pauses
Japa mala use and where to pause between verses.
- Complete stotra list
Annotated bibliography of all works in the library.
- Bhaja Govindam guide
Context, structure, and Moha Mudgara.
- Kanakadhara Stotram guide
Lakshmi hymn meaning and when to chant.
- Nirvana Shatakam guide
Atma Shatakam and six verses explained.
- Soundarya Lahari guide
Introduction to the hundred-verse Devi hymn.
- Shiva stotras guide
Entry points across the Shiva collection.
- Shiva Panchakshara guide
Om Namah Shivaya and five verses.
- Devi stotras guide
Shankara hymns to the Divine Mother.
- Vishnu stotras guide
Bhaja Govindam, Govindashtakam, and more.
- Gurvashtakam guide
Eight verses on the guru for Guru Purnima.
- Travel and sacred compositions
Kashi, rivers, and pilgrimage hymns.
- Sanskrit transliteration guide
How Devanagari, IAST, and regional scripts relate.