[Advaita-l] nRsimha karAvalamba stotraM too many significantly different versions problem

Raghav Kumar Dwivedula raghavkumar00 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 26 05:37:08 EDT 2023


 "SrI lakshmInRsimha karAvalamba stotram of SrI SankarAcArya. Also see a
translation , by Anand Hudli , on the advaita mailing list archives .''

There was a reference like the above. But i am unable locate any mUla or
translation of the karAvalamba stotraM on the Advaita mailing list archives.



On Wed, 26 Apr, 2023, 3:02 pm Raghav Kumar Dwivedula, <
raghavkumar00 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Thanks for the response Jaldhar ji.
> Is there any online version available of the Vani vikas or Dakshinamurthy
> Math edition?
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> One version which figures as a source for a translation by Sri Anand Hudli
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> https://www.advaita-vedanta.org//avhp/gifs/lakshminrsimha.gif
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> Referenced in a document here
> (https://dokumen.tips/documents/advt.html?page=1)
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> This is a 17 verses version. Happily, it's largely the same as what i
> follow except for one error हृत्विवेक (does not fit Chandas) instead of
> हृतविवेक (fits Chandas) in verse 11.
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> Om
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> On Wed, 26 Apr, 2023, 10:39 am , <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l wrote:
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>> > Namaste All
>> > The nRsimha karAvalamba stotraM is said to have been composed by Sri
>> > Shankara BhagavatpAda. Even if a later pontiff of the Sringeri Matha
>> > composed it, it remains a popular and significant hymn.
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>> > However there are too many variants with significant divergence not
>> just in
>> > a few words here and there, which can be ignored as pAThAntara but in
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>> > the size of the hymn itself.
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>> > If someone is aware of something like a critical version of the same,
>> > kindly share it. This has been a source of some doubt since years and
>> any
>> > input is appreciated.
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>> I would treat the versions in Vani Vilas or Dakshinamurti Math works as
>> authoritative but these are not critical editions as far as I know (In
>> fact I'm not sure they don't differ between them.)
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>> As far as I know, there isn't a critical edition of this stotra.  This
>> might be a good research project for one of our academic-minded readers.
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>> --
>> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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