Rudrastakam
Sign in to saveRudrashtakam (, ) is a Sanskrit meditation stotra invoking Rudra, an epithet of Shiva. It was composed by the Hindu Bhakti poet Tulsidas (). Tulsidas composed this stotra in the late fifteenth century in what is now Uttar Pradesh and created many other literary pieces including the magnum opus Ramcharitmanas.
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Rudrashtakam (, ) is a Sanskrit meditation stotra invoking Rudra, an epithet of Shiva. It was composed by the Hindu Bhakti poet Tulsidas (). Tulsidas composed this stotra in the late fifteenth century in what is now Uttar Pradesh and created many other literary pieces including the magnum opus Ramcharitmanas.
Rudrashtakam appears in the Uttara Kand of the Ramcharitmanas, where the sage Lomasha composed the hymn to invoke the energy of Shiva. This is composed in Bhujangaprayāt chhanda and Jagati meter which consists of 12 letters in each of the four stages.
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