Adi Sankara's is the earliest extant commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.The text of the Gita as cited by him has come down to the centuries as the authentic text and this commentary of his proved to be of seminal value ever since.Later commentators may differ from him on textual and even metaphysical interpretation but the spiritual well being flowing into us on reading the Gita-Bhashya of Sankaracharya is universally acknoledged.One has only to read it to feel it. This Book contains the original Sanskrit text of the Gita in Devanagari followed by its translation as also the translation of Sanakara's Gita Bhashya by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri.The translation has stood the test of the time since its first publication in 1897,being the best available English translation of Sankaracharya's commentary. The learned translator has added in the form of foot-notes(marked A)explanations mostly extracted from Anandagiri's Tika which always is the clearest and most to the point and is almost indispensable for a proper understanding of some important portions of the Bhashya.

The Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Adi Sankaracharya

Religion & Spirituality

Adi Sankaracharya

Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Worship & Devotion

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Dakshinamurti Stotra translated by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri Dakshinamurti is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, as a teacher. Dakshinamurti literally means 'one who is facing south.' An image of Shiva as Dakshinamurti is part of every temple to Shiva, installed facing south. This work primarily contains the Dakshinamurti Stotra, along with commentary by the translator, as well as two shorter works, the Pranava-Vartika and the Dakshinamurti-Upanishad. The Dakshinamurti Stotra is a treatise on Hindu philosophy, attributed to the sage Sankaracharya, comparing various schools of thought, including Buddhism, concerning the nature of reality. "Whoso hath highest love for God, and for the Guru as for God, to that Mahatman, the truths here taught shine in full." (Svetasvatara-Upanishad, VI., 23). These are the words with which the Upanishad concludes its teaching and with which Suresvaracharya, like many other teachers, closes his exposition of the Vedanta Doctrine. They form the key-note of the whole Vedic Religion as of all other Religious systems based on Revelation. It behoves, therefore, the student of spiritual wisdom,â€”nay, it behoves every seeker after Truth,â€”to study and understand the principle enunciated in the passage quoted above. To this end we have first to determine what place Revelation occupies in a religious system and how it helps man to realise truth. The Leda which is composed of different parts embodying teachings suited to different classes of people is, even in the form in which we have it, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Scriptures accepted by large masses of people, revealing truths derived from the most trustworthy source, from God Himself. It may, therefore, be taken as the type of Revelation intended to help the growth of man towards the attainment of his highest end.

Dakshinamurti Stotra

Literature & Fiction

Sri Sankaracharya

History & Criticism

The Bhagavad Gita embodies the essence of the Vedic Religion within a shortcompass and in the most popular form. That glorious dialogue between Nara andNarayana, Arjuna and Sri Krishna,is aptly described as Jnanamaya Pradipa - theLight of Knowledge. This is one of the best known commentaries from thediscourses given by Jnanadeva Maharaj some seven hundred years ago.

Jnaneshwari: Bhavartha - Dipika Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita

Sri Jnanadeva

SRI CHAKRA,the king of chakras is a master plan of manifestation drawn by the Divine Draughtsman on the board of the infinite,a transcript of the supernatural varieties.The spiritual and occult tradition of the worship of the Mother Goddess and the Sadhana of Srividhya are explained in sixteen chapters in terms of modern thought and understanding.Based on authentic and authoritative Tantric Texts the exposition in Engilish is inspiring and original,almost a classic in the field of esoteric literature.The Book is so popular it has run into six reprints. The Author's other book on the same subject THE TEN GREAT COSMIC POWERS is also listed on amazon.

Sri Chakra

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Sri. S. Shankaranarayanan

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