Slokas

The above verses salute the Gods and the Guru. The last verse is taken from the mAdhavIya Sankaravijayam, and praises SankarAcArya, as an incarnation of Siva-dakshiNAmUrti, who abandoned his silent meditation at the foot of the banyan tree, and incarnated on earth in order to teach advaita.

A number of hymns and texts attributed to SrI SankarAcArya were obtainable at the Sanskrit FTP site( Link now closed ...... previously at ftp://jaguar.cs.utah.edu/private/sanskrit/index.html Please let the webmaster know the new location if you find it).

SankarAcArya ashTottaraSata nAmastotram - The 108 names used for worship, presented in a hymn format.
toTakAshTakam - composed by SankarAcArya's direct disciple, toTakAcArya.
SrI lakshmInRsimha karAvalamba stotram of SrI SankarAcArya.
The SrI venkaTeSa karAvalamba stotram, a composition of SrI "ugra" narasimha bhAratI (1817 - 1878), the 32nd jagadguru SankarAcArya of Sringeri, is based on the same pattern.
SAradA bhujangam - in praise of SAradA, or Sarasvati, the Goddess of learning, who symbolizes brahmavidyA. SAradA is worshipped specially at Sringeri Sarada Peetha and the Dvaraka Sarada Peetha. Many other monasteries of the advaita tradition are also called SAradA maThas.
hastAmalakIya Slokas