Works of Adi Shankara

Complete Works of Adi Shankara

Contributed by list member: Dr. S.R.Marur in a series of postings in 18-19 April 1999. This page attempts to present a compilation of His works. The numbers in parentheses indicate the total number of verses in each work.

This compilation is based on the following reference:
1. Sw. ChinmayAnandA's article on srI Shankara, Bhavan's Journal, May, 1988/1989.

1. DEVOTIONAL HYMNS

1.1    GanEshA

    1.1.1    ganEsha bujanga prayathA
    1.1.2    ganEsha pancha rathnam           			[5]

1.2    SubhrahmanyA

    1.2.1    subhrahmanya bujanga prayathA    			[33]

1.3    ParamEshwarA

    1.3.1    ardha nArIswara sthOthram         			[9]
    1.3.2    dasa slOka sthuthi                			[10]

    1.3.3    dhakshinAmUrthy ashtakam          			[10]
    1.3.4    dhakshimAmUrthy sthOthram         			[19]
    1.3.5    dhakshinAmUrthy varna mAlA        			[25]

    1.3.6    kAla bairava ashtakam            			[9]
    1.3.7    mruthyunjaya mAnasIka pUjA        			[46]

    1.3.8    siva aparAdha bhujanga sthOthram  			[17]
    1.3.9    siva Anandha lahari               			[100]
    1.3.10   siva bhujanga sthOthram           			[4]
    1.3.11   siva kEsAdhi pAdhAntha sthOthram  			[29]
    1.3.12   siva mAnasa pUja                  			[5]
    1.3.13   siva nAmAvali ashtakam            			[9]
    1.3.14   siva pAdhAdhi kEshAntha sthOthram 			[41]
    1.3.15   siva panchAkshara sthOthram       			[6]
    1.3.16   siva pancAkshara nakshathra mAlA  			[28]

    1.3.17   suvarna mAlA sthuthI              			[50]
    1.3.18   umA mahEswara sthOthram           			[13]

    1.3.19   vEdha sAra siva sthOthram         			[11]

The following covers the devotional works of our AchAryAl on ambAl.


1.4    ambAl

    1.4.1    anna pUrnA (ambA) ashtakam            		[8]
    1.4.2    anna pUrna sthOthram                  		[12]

    1.4.3    bhagavathi mAnasa pUjA                		[11]
    1.4.4    bhavAni ashtakam                      		[9]
    1.4.5    bhavAni bhujanga prayathA             		[17]
    1.4.6    bhrama rAmbha ashtakam                		[9]

    1.4.7    dEvI bhujanga prayathA                		[28]
    1.4.8    dEvI sathus shasti upachAra pUjA sthOthram  	[72]
    1.4.9    dEvI pancha rathnam                   		[5]

    1.4.10   durgA aparAdha bhajana sthOthram      		[17]
    1.4.11   gowrI dhasakam                        		[11]
    1.4.12   hara gowrI ashtakam                   		[8]
    1.4.13   kAlI aparAdha bhajana sthOthram       		[17]
    1.4.14   lalithA panchakam                     		[5]

    1.4.15   manthra manthrikA pushpa mAlA         		[17]
    1.4.16   mAthru panchakam                      		[5]
    1.4.17   mInAkshi ashtakam                     		[8]
    1.4.18   mInAkshi pancha rathnam               		[5]

    1.4.19   raja rAjEswari ashtakam               		[8]
    1.4.20   sAradhA bhujanga prayathA             		[8]
    1.4.21   soundarya laharI                      		[100]
    1.4.22   syAmalA navarathna mAlikA             		[12]

    1.4.23   thripura sundarI ashtakam             		[8]
    1.4.24   thripura sundarI mAnasa pUjA          		[127]
    1.4.25   thripura sundarI vEda pAda sthOthram  		[10]

The following covers those on srI nArAyanA, mahA lakshmi and srI Anjaneyar.

1.5   MahA Vishnu

    1.5.1    achuthAshtakam                                                                                         [9]
    1.5.2    ardha dhrAna nArAyana sthOthram                                                            [18]
    1.5.3    baja gOvindham
    1.5.4    dasAvadhAra sthOthram                                                                            [10]
    1.5.5    gOvindhAshtakam                                                                                      [9]

    1.5.6    hari mIdE sthOthram                                                                                   [44]
    1.5.7    hari nAmAvali sthOthram                                                                            [19]
    1.5.8    hari saranAshtakam                                                                                     [8]

    1.5.9    jagannAthAshtakam                                                                                    [8]
    1.5.10   krishnAshtakam                                                                                         [8]
    1.5.11   lakshmi nrusimha pancha rathnam                                                               [5]
    1.5.12   nArAyana sthothram                                                                                  [30]
    1.5.13   pAndu rangAshtakam                                                                                [9]

    1.5.14   rAma bhujanga prayathA                                                                           [29]
    1.5.15   ranganAthAshtakam                                                                                  [8]
    1.5.16   sankata nAsana lakshmi nrusimha
             karAvalamba (karunArasa) sthOthram                                                           [17]
    1.5.17   shatpathI sthOthram                                                                                  [7]

    1.5.18   vishnu bhujanga prayathA                                                                          [14]
    1.5.19   vishnu pAdhAdhi kEshAntha sthOthram                                                    [52]

1.6    mahA lakshmi

    1.6.1    kanaka dhArA sthOthram                                                                          [18]

1.7    HanumAn

    1.7.1    hanumath pancha rathnam                                                                           [5]

Here, the compositions on kAsi, Ganga etc. are listed out.

1.8    kAsI kshEthram (Holy city of bEnAras)

    1.8.1    kAsI panchakam                                                                                        [5]
    1.8.2    kAsI sthOthram                                                                                         [9]
    1.8.3    manikarnikA ashtakam                                                                               [8]

1.9    jyOthir linga kshEthram

    1.9.1    dwAdasa jyOthir linga sthOthram                                                               [13]

1.10   gangA

    1.10.1   gangAshtakam                                                                                          [9]
    1.10.2   gangA sthOthram                                                                                      [14]

1.11   narmadA

    1.11.1   narmadAshtakam                                                                                      [8]

1.12   yamunA

    1.12.1   yamunAshtakam                                                                                       [8]

1.13   Miscellaneous

    1.13.1   dhasa slOki sthuthi                                                                                    [10]
    1.13.2   kalyAna vrushti                                                                                         [16]
    1.13.3   navarathna mAlikA                                                                                   [10]
    1.13.4   pushkarAshtakam                                                                                     [8]

Prakarana GranthAs (Basic vEdAntic texts) of srI Sankara are listed out in this post.

2. PRAKARANA GRANTHAs

2.1    advaitha anubhUthi                                                                                           [86]
2.2    ajnAna bOdhini                                                                                                [prose]
2.3    amaru shatakam                                                                                               [101]
2.4    anAthma srI vikarhanA                                                                                    [18]
2.5    aparOkshAnubhUthi                                                                                        [144]

2.6    Athma-anAthma vivEkam                                                                                [prose]
2.7    Athma bOdham                                                                                               [68]
2.8    AthmagnAna upadEsanA vidhi /
       dhruk dharsana vivEkam
2.9    Athma panchakam / Athma shatkam/
       advaitha panchakam                                                                                          [6]
2.10   Athma pUjA / para pUjA                                                                               [17]

2.11   bAla bOdha sangraham
2.12   bOdha sAram                                                                                                [69]
2.13   bhramA nanjana vali mAlA                                                                             [21]
2.14   bhramAnu chinthanA / Athma chinthanA                                                         [29]

2.15   dhyAna ashtakam                                                                                          [10]

2.16   gnAna gangA shatakam                                                                                 [100]
2.17   guru ashtakam                                                                                               [10]

2.18   jIvan mukthAnandha laharI /
       anubhUnAndha laharI                                                                                       [19]

2.19   kEvalOham                                                                                                   [8]
2.20   kOUpIna panchakam / yathi panchakam                                                        [5]

2.21   mani rathna mAlA                                                                                          [32]
2.22   manIshA panchakam                                                                                      [9]
2.23   mAyA panchakam                                                                                         [5]
2.24   matha AmnAya                                                                                              [65]

2.25    nirguna mAnasa pUjA                                                                                   [33]
2.26    nirvAna dasakam / sidhAntha bindhU                                                            [10]
2.27    nirvAna manjarI                                                                                            [12]
2.28    nirvAna shatkam / Athma shatkam                                                                [6]

2.29    panchikaranam                                                                                             [prose]
2.30    prabOdha sudhAkarA                                                                                  [257]
2.31    prashnOthra rathna mAlA                                                                             [67]
2.32    prapancha sAra thanthram                                                                            [464]
2.33    prAtha smarana sthOthram                                                                           [4]
2.34    proudhAnubhUthi                                                                                         [17]

2.35    sadAchAra santhAnam                                                                                 [56]
2.36    sAdhanA panchakam / upadEsa panchakam                                                 [6]
2.37    sankara smruthi
2.38    sanyAsa paththathi                                                                                       [prose]

2.39    sAra thathva upadEsam                                                                               [3]
2.40    sarpatha pancharIka                                                                                    [17]
2.41    sarva siddhAntha sangraham                                                                        [546]
2.42    sarva vEdhantha sidhdhAntha sAra
        sangraham                                                                                                      [1006]

2.43    svAthma nirUpanam                                                                                    [154]
2.44    svAthma prakAsikam                                                                                  [68]
2.45    svarUpAnu santhAnam / vijnAna sowka                                                      [9]

2.46    tathva bOdham                                                                                            [42]
2.47    tathva upadEsam                                                                                         [87]

2.48    upadEsa sahasrI

2.49    vAkya sIthA                                                                                               [46]
2.50    vAkya vruthI                                                                                              [53]
2.51    (laghU) vAkya vruthI                                                                                  [18]
2.52    vEdhAntha kEsarI / sadhAslOkI                                                                 [10]
2.53    vivEka chUdAmani                                                                                     [581]

2.54    yEka slOki                                                                                                 [1]
2.55    yOga thArAvalI                                                                                          [29]

This last post of this series covers the commentaries of
our AchAryAl.

3. BHASHYA GRANTHAs

3.1    vishnu sahasra nAmam
3.2    lalithA thrisathI
3.3    yOga sUtras

3.4    bhagawad gIthA
3.5    TEN principal upanishads
3.6    bhrama sUtras

[Concluded]