Indrasahasranamastotra, Indrasahasranāmastotra, Indrasahasranama-stotra: 1 definition

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Source: The Journal of The Ganganatha Jha Campus: Volumes 58-59

Indrasahasranāmastotra (इन्द्रसहस्रनामस्तोत्र) (in 115 ślokas) is the name of a topic of the stotra-grantha-mālā-division of the collected works of Vasishtha Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni (1878 -1936), according to the essay written by Dr. Sampadananda Mishra (सम्पदानन्दमिश्रः / ସମ୍ପଦାନନ୍ଦ ମିଶ୍ର).—Ganapati Muni (also known as Ayyala Somayajulu Ganapathi Sastry) was a disciple of Ramana Maharshi (இரமண மகரிசி)—an Indian Hindu sage from the 19th century. He was born into a family well-known for its traditional learning and worship of the Divine as Mother (Sri Vidya / Shaktism). His teachings were collected by his disciple, Srivatsa-Natesan, and kept there. Highlighting various categories and topics [e.g., indrasahasranāmastotra] [=indrasahasranāmastotram], Dr. Sampadananda Mishra has edited and divided the entire literary storehouse of the sage in his essay called—“vāsiṣṭhagaṇapatimuneḥ sāhityam” (वासिष्ठगणपतिमुनेः साहित्यम्).

Indrasahasranāmastotra is a very scared and chanted stotra, composed by Vasistha Ganapati Muni. Here, Muni has selected all the thousand names of Indra from Ṛg-Veda and prepared it in a stupendous stotra. In the treatise, Muni has given ten sections, each containing hundred names followed with a veriety of styles of descriptions. Many of them are self explanatory and easily comprehensible. Written in anuṣṭubh meter, the whole stotra nicely highlighted all the attributes of Lord Indra. Each and every name has its own significance.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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