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Devi, from Edward Moor, the Hindu Pantheon [1810] (Public Domain Image

Hymns to the Goddess

by John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon)

[1913]


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Title Page
Preface
Contents
Introduction

 

Hymn To Kālabhairava by Śankarācārya
Kālabhairava (Kālabhairavāṣṭaka)

From Tantra

Hymns to the Devī from Tantra
Bhairavī (Bhairavīstotra) from the Tantrasāra
Bhuvaneśvari, from the Tantrasāra
Ādyakālī (Ādyākālīsvarūpastotra), from the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Lakṣmī (Laksmīstotram) From The Tantrasāra
Tārā (Tārāsṭakam) from the Nīla Tantra
Mahiṣāmardinī (Mahiṣāmardinīstotra) from the Tantrasāra
Annapūrṇa (Annapūrṇāstotra) from the Tantrasāra
Sarasvatī (Sarasvatīstotra) from the Tantrasāra
Durgā (Durgāśatanāma Stotra) from the Viśvasāra Tantra
Tripuṭā (Tripuṭāstotram) from the Tantrasāra

From Purāṇa

Hymns to the Devī from Purāṇa
Mother of the Whole Universe (Sarvaviśvajananī) From The Devībhāgavata
Ambikā (Eleventh Māhātmya of Caṇḍī)
Caṇḍikā, from the Fourth or Shakrādi Mahātmya of Caṇḍī
Mahādevī (from the Fifth Mahātmya of Caṇḍī)
Jagadambikā, from the Devībhāgavata Purāṇa

From Mahābhārata

Durgā (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parvan)
Āryā, from the Harivamśā
Durgā, from the Mahābhārata

From Śankarācārya

Hymns to the Devī from Śankarācārya
Tripurasundarī (Tripurasundarīstotra)
Gangā (Gangāṣṭakam)
Waves of Bliss (Ānandalaharī)
Yamuna (Yamunāṣṭakam)
''May the Devi Grant Me Pardon'' (Devi Aparāda Kṣamāpana Stotra)
Maṇikarṇikā (Maṇikarṇikāstotra)
Gangā (Gangāstotra)
Narmadā (Narmadāsṭakastotram)
Annapūrṇā (Annapūrṇāstotra)

From Vālmīki

Gangā (Gangāstotra) by Vālmīki

From Indra

Mahālakṣmī (Mahālakṣmīstotra) by Indra