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This short hymn comprised of twelve names of goddess Lakshmi found in Vishvasara tantra. Lord īśvara reveals this hymn through this tantra. These twelve names are considered the essence of all names of goddess Lakshmi, or the Kamalatmika form of the goddess (goddess Mahalakshmi in her great wisdom goddess form) as proposed by the Vishvasara tantra. It is to be noted that some of the epithets coincide with the names used to address the goddess in sri sukta, and Lakshmi ashtottara shatanama stotra.

This is a short yet powerful hymn praising Bhairava, comprised of ten epithets of bhairava. the phalashruti - verses describing the benefits of chanting says " One who recites these ten names, having gotten up in the morning doesn't experience the terrific suffering and will not fear anything, nor does any danger arise in life."

Durga saptashlokee is a collection of seven important slokas from the sacred text Devi Maahaathmyam. The text Devi Maahatmyam praises the glories of mother Durgaa and elaborately narrates the great deeds of mother goddess. The text Durga Saptashlokee is a collection of the most important shlokas (mantras) from Durgaa patha for use in daily prayers and chants. Each of the seven shlokas praise the goddess Durgaa and pray to her for different fruits. All of these verses are found in different chapters of the Devi Maahaatmya. Each of these shlokas is a mantra which can also be chanted separately to please the mother and to attain a particular benefit, pray for protection, wealth, good fortune and the mother's (Ambaa's) grace. This hymn starts with a conversation between lord Shiva and Devi. One who chants this hymn with true devotion for goddess Durgaa shall be blessed with all fortunes of life and will also attain self realization by the grace of the goddess. In this book I will explain the meaning of those seven shlokas according to the commentaries of great shaakta scholars (devotees of mother goddess) like Bhaaskara raaya maakhin, Naagoji bhatta and other scholars of the shakta tradition

Kavacha means a shield or armour which protects us from getting hurt or attacked by weapons. Likewise a shield composed of various divine mantras and names protects us from all kinds of danger. Kavacha is a prayer to a particular form of supreme god and various forms and incarnations in which he or she manifested in to save the worlds and bless the devotees. Each name of the lord has a special and unique meaning and each of his form is an embodiment of certain powers and qualities together. The same god is prayed to in different forms and manifestations which relate to certain elements and forces of nature and each of those forms are specially related to and can control and protect from that particular situation, for example the fish incarnation of the lord is prayed for protection while we are in water, from the marine creatures because of that particular incarnation's connection with water and the aspect of his controllership of that element. Another important effect of chanting the kavacha is to keep is is connection with god always. When we are in water and we pray for protection and remember the fish incarnation, when we are in land we remember the dwarf incarnation and their glories and their capacity to protect us. This way what ever we do and wherever we be, we remember the lord in one form or the another. This helps us to be devoted to god always and gradually understand that everyone and everything we see, hear, touch perceive and experience is god and there is no second thing that exists which is different from god. We realize that our true self is the absolute god and everything is the reflexion of that supreme god. The kavacha also has prayers to protect us from any downfall in your spiritual journey and any obstacles in the spiritual path as well all worldly life. The wisdom we gain that everything is a blessing of god, and everything is god helps us to a great extant for a better way of life, and the connection we get with god helps us get purified from sins and as a result, our sufferings also end. We get a new outlook towards life, we are no more insecure or worried, we start trusting on and surrendering ourselves to the holy feet of the supreme. Good qualities develop within us and we don't differentiate desired and undesired situations, we start seeing everything as his blessing. We just pray to him to bless us with what we need to attain. The real welfare and well being. By chanting the mantras of the kavacha we seek an everlasting protection from god all the time. Narayana kavacha was initiated to Indra by Vishvaroopa the son of Tvasta. his kavacha praises all the incarnations of lord Narayana and seeks protection. this mantra is highly revered by followers of all sects of Vaishnavism. This kavacha is taken from canto six of shreemad Bhagavata Purana.

This great hymn comprised of a hundred and eight names of Ganesha is found in Vinayaka Tantra. This text establishes lord Ganesha as the supreme reality and deals with the worship of different forms of Ganesha. The text is in the form of a conversation between Lord Shiva and Parvati. The glory of Ganesha's hundred and eight names hymn is also praised in Ganesha Purana. By chanting Ganesha ashtottara shatanama stotra and sprinkling sanctified water on Somakanta - the king of Devanagara in the province of Saurashtra who was affected by leprosy by the effect of his past life sins and forced out the sin spirit from his body by the power of this hymn. Before putting his efforts to destroy the Tripura demon, lord Shiva the husband of goddess Parvati, praised lord Ganesha with these hundred and eight epithets. One who worships Lord Ganesha with the same hymn with devotion by offering durva grass, shami leaves, mandaara flowers in the holy feet of Ganesha, attains all the desires and becomes free from all kinds of obstacles.

Vinayaka Tantra is one of the tantras (the text which deals with the worship of different forms of lord Ganesha.) lord Ganesha is worshiped as the supreme absolute god, the supreme reality from whom all other gods and goddesses emerge. As per the ganapatya lore. There are more than hundred and twenty forms of Ganesha described in this tantra and each one of these forms of lord Ganesha is worshiped for a unique and specific purpose. Ganesha is the supreme reality and hence he is the atman (soul) of every god and goddess. There are forms of Ganesha who were worshiped by different gods and goddesses that are described in this tantra. In this book all the verses of contemplation and visualization (dhyana shlokas) of different forms of Ganesha which are given in the Vinayaka Tantra are given along with transliteration in IAST format and translation in English. The story of how each form of Ganesha appeared is also given in short where available.

The hymn Ganesha sahasranama is found in the Ganesha purāna. It is taught to lord Shiva by lord Ganesha himself. The story is given in detail in poorvapeethika that when lord Shiva wanted to destroy the tripurāsura - the demon king with three flying cities, but could not succeed even after enormous efforts, lord Shiva meditated on Ganesha. Then Ganesa appeared before Shiva in his five faced form (panchamukha Ganesha) and initiated lord Shiva with this hymn. This thousand name hymn of ganesha ( ganesha sahasranama ) is one among the powerful hymns on lord Ganesha and it has great importance in the Gānāpatya tradition.Bhāskara rāya mākhin a great shākta scholar and devotee of the mother goddess, a scholar in Vedas, purānas and mantra shāstras had written a wonderful commentary on the hymn. The commentary is called khadyota (that which enlightens the sky) It is named so as it puts light on the deeper meanings of the names of this thousand names hymn (sahasranāma stotra) I have explained every name of this thousand names hymn based on the khadyota commentary and I have also quoted shlokas from the Vedas, purānas and tantras.Some names of the sahasranāma refer to various forms and incarnations of lord Ganesha. I have quoted the dhyāna shloka (verses describing forms of ganesha to be meditated on) of those forms from the tantra and āgama shāstras and also explained their meanings.The sahasranamavali (list of names from the sahasranama) starting with one and ending with namah (salutation) is also given for the perpose of chanting. the book has two indexes first index containing index of all names in the order in which it occurs in the hymn and the second index is alphabetical.

Parāshara Samhita gives us a very special mantra of hanuman called sundari prathama mantra, which is a collection of names, though it is a collection of hymns it is not just a hymn but also counted as a single mantra. Since it is a collection of 27 names and does not openly contain any beeja mantras, it can be chanted by everyone. Hence this book is an effort to comment on those particular names and explain them backed by the sacred text parāshara Samhita and other sacred scriptures. Each epithet of Hanuman describes us about a unique quality or aspect of hanuman or a great deed performed by him. This mantra is chanted for accomplishing all kinds of puruṣārtha (four accomplishments of life, dharma (righteousness) artha (wealth) kāma (desire) and moksha (liberation) by the grace of lord hanuman.

Mantrarajatmaka rama stotra is a hymn on lord Rama, composed by Hanuman himself (as given in the sacred text of hanumat kalpa) the hymn has the words of the nrusimha mantraraja - also called as Nrusimha anushtup mantra, the hymn acts as a commentary and explanation to anushtup mantra - in this hymn, the words of the anushtup mantra which praises Nrusimha, are explained in a way to show that it also denotes Rama. it is a very interesting, powerful and one of the highly revered hymns used by devotees of rama to worship him and earn his grace. Lord Rāma himself advises to Vibheeshana that those who are not capable of doing the complete purascharana of rama shadakshari mantra can chant mantrarajatmaka stotra sung by hanuman and attain the benefits of performing the purashcharya. This is described in the rāma rahasyopanishad. it is also said in the phala shruti that whoever recites this hymn everyday becomes a good devotee of lord Rama and attains everything through that virtue.

The hymn is a cluster of twelve important names of lord Ganesha. Each name is sacred and has an inner meaning this hymn is chanted for the destruction, pacification of crisis and rectification of obstacles in the path to attaining our desires. The names describe the form of lord Ganesha and reveal the greatness of the lord and have deeper meanings revealing the aspects of the lord as described in Vedas and Purānas. Each name is also associated with a particular form of Ganesha described in the mantra shāstra and can be contemplated on and worshipped separately also. However, all the twelve names in this hymn also fit lord Ganesha the well-known son of Shiva and Parvati.

This beautiful hymn shiva suvarna mala stotra is composed by shree adi shankara bhagavad pada on lord Shiva. The hymn is called Suvarna mala stuti. The hymn of beautiful garland of letters. Suvarna, also means gold. Acharya shankara makes a garland of beautiful alphabets of Sanskrit and offers that garland to lord Shiva. The hymn has fifty verses each starting with an alphabet of Sanskrit in the alphabetical order. Every line ends with the phrase 'sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam' meaning O sadāśiva who is always accompanied by all mother, O the birth places of all good and peace, O the doer of good, your holy feet is my resort. The use of all alphabets of Sanskrit makes this hymn powerful and poetic at the same time. It also blesses us with the virtue and merit of worshipping the supreme god Shiva with all the alphabets of the sacred language. According to over sacred scriptures every letter is divine, every alphabet is a mantra. Matruka mantras (as they are referred to in the tantra shastras. By chanting this hymn, we indirectly chant all the fifty-one letters which are seed mantras. Acharya shankara prays to shiva for different things and good qualities which are very essential to any serious seeker. He prays supreme god for guidance and also praises his greatness through this wonderful hymn.

This is a very short yet powerful hymn of lord Surya Narayana comprised of twelve names. This book is an effort to put light on the deeper meaning of those twelve names backed by citations from Puranas. This surya dvadashanama stotra when recited with devotion helps us attain freedom from sorrows and other difficulties of life and grants us a healthy life. each name describes well the great qualities of sun god. The hymn is very easy to recite and very powerful.

In this book I will explain the meaning of 108 names of Shiva which is given in shiva-rahasya-khanda of Skanda pur¿na.This particular hymn is considered one of the most important hymns of Shiva. We can find authentic commentaries on this hymn by many great scholars of Pur¿na, and mantra sh¿stra.Shiva Tatva Rahasya of Neelakantha Deekshita - a profound Shaivate scholar, a great Vaidika and a great Agama and mantra sh¿stras scholar which is an elaborate commentary of the hymn and the other work is Shivan¿makalpalata of Bhaskara Raaya - A profound Sh¿kta and a great scholar of, puranas, Agamas and mantrash¿stras.The work Shivan¿makalpalata is in the form of a poetic hymn rather than a commentary. The hymn shows us the meaning of each name of Shiva ashtottara shatan¿ma stotra through each Shloka.We can also find explanations of the names of Lord Shiva in various texts, like in Mahabharata, in commentaries of Shree Rudra Prashna and commentaries of Vedas, in ¿gamas and pur¿nas.

ardhanarishvara means the half feminine form of ishvara (Shiva) this form is a combined form of Shiva and Shakti. It is the union of Shiva and shakti and expresses their oneness.This is one of the most important forms of Shiva described in the shaivagamas, puranas, and mantra shastrasacharya Adishankara bhagavadpada composes this hymn to praise this particular form of Shiva. Worshiping this form is equivalent to worshiping Shiva and Shakti together.Acharya attaches 2 mantras in the ending verse of each shloka. the Shiva panchakshari (namah shivaya) and shakti panchakshari (namah shivayai) The hymn is an octet comprised of 8 shlokas.In ardhanarishvara form, a half is feminine & another is masculine, hence he uses words denoting feminine for the it, and the words denoting masculine while referring the masculine half of the form.He uses same words meaning differently in different contexts and similar words in this hymn n to praise the Shiva portion and the Shakti portion of this form.

Margabandhu stotra is a hymn on lord Shiva sung by the great shaivate scholar - Appayya deekshita who was an expert in Vedas, smrutis, Agamas, puranas, kavya shastra, vyakharan shastra.Margabandhu Shiva also known as margasahayeshwara was the family deity (kula devata) of Appayya Deekshita.The name Margabandhu is so special and got a very deep meaning.Marga means journey, way, path,Bandhu means he who is our relative, friend, connection, association, kin, etcMargabandhu is the one who is our true relative and support in our journey. This form of shiva is generally prayed bore starting a journey and while travelling and after reaching the destination to seek his blessings for a safe and happy journey.There is a form of Shiva named pathishad-rudra described in the mantra shastras.He is worshiped for protection during travel, his consort is Annapurna (she who bestows us with food)Food and safety are the two many needs when you travel to an unknown place.

This is a hymn of lord Vishnu (Naarayana) sung by the great teacher of Advaita school. Shree Shankara Bhagavadpaada.The hymn is called shadpadee stotram because it is comprised of six verses of prayer to lord Vishnu for devotion, wisdom and liberation.The word shadpadee means a text which has six padas (verses) and it also means a bee because a bee has six feet.The meter used in this hymn is like the dancing movements of a bee towards a fragrant nectarous flower.The work is a poetic work using rhythmic, rhyming words and same words used in different places to mean differently.Aachaarya Bhagavatpaada compares his mind with a bee and lord's holy feet with divine flowers.This book is an effort to give you the word by word meaning, anvaya krama - the poetic text turned in to prose order and the explanation of the verses. The explanations of the meaning of the names of lord Vishnu used in these shlokas are explained according to Adi Shankaraachaarya's commentary of Vishnu sahasranaama. (Thousand names of Vishnu from Mahaabhaarata)