Beauty and the Saint: Sankara's Saundaryalahari. (Record no. 88066)
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| fixed length control field | 01657nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789393214980 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 181.482 M2679 B |
| Item number | 29716 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Madugula I S |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Beauty and the Saint: Sankara's Saundaryalahari. |
| Medium | English |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House |
| Date of publication | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 251 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Some might say, with great justification, that is foolhardy to write another book about the perennial tantric-devotional classic Saundaryalahari which has an honored place in just about every Indian household, guiding the lives of worshippers and practitioners of Devi rituals ever since Sankara gave the finishing touches to Sri Cakra.<br/><br/>Indeed, every verse of the poem has been thoroughly analyzed, the Tantra has been explained, and the supreme beauty of Devi, the consort of Siva, who is an integral aspect of His perfection and His performance. He is simply incomplete without Her. And they, together, constitute Universal Consciousness that is Brahman.<br/><br/>My aim is rather humble. While it is true that just about every aspect of the poem has been written about already, it seemed to me that the preponderant philosophy of the text rather choked off its art the poetry. It makes me rather sad that the best Sankara scholars somehow overlooked the literary component of his profoundly beautiful poetic craft. Advaita shines through every poem that he wrote, with all the artistic devices that he employed serving the single unwavering message tat tvam asi, ‘That you are!’ |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Advaita Vedānta philosophy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Saundaryalahari |
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| Chinmaya International Foundation | Chinmaya International Foundation | 12/06/2025 | purchased | 650.00 | 181.482 M2679 B 29716 | 29716 | 12/06/2025 | Books |