It can be a prayer, a description, or a conversation. This form represents Shiva in his aspect as a teacher of yoga, music, and wisdom, and giving exposition on the shastras.Ī Stotra or Stotram (stotra) is a Sanskrit word, for a hymn addressed to Divinity. This aspect of Shiva is his personification as the supreme or the ultimate awareness, understanding and knowledge. Dakshinamurthy is an aspect of Shiva as a guru of all types of knowledge, and bestower of jnana. It was written by Adi Shankara.ĭakshinamurthy is an incarnation of Shiva, the supreme god of knowledge.
The Dakshinamurthy Stotram expounds the theory or philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. The Dakshinamurthy Stotram is a hymn to Shiva, explaining metaphysics of the universe in the frame of the tradition of Advaita Vedanta. It differs from every other attempt in a very basic sense, in that it is holistic rather than purely reductionist. In a compilation of ten stanzas there is a concise and vivid description of the philosophical significance of the form of Siva, giving the very essence of the Indian idea of epistemology. The Dakshinamurti Stotra is arguably the most important small verse to be attributed to Adi Shankara. Repeated chanting and/or meditating on the meaning of these verses is expected to help a spiritual practitioner of Advaita vedanta get thoroughly established in an Advaitic experience. Unlike most of the stotras of Hindu gods, which are in the form of description of anthropomorphic forms, or mythological deeds of those gods, Dakshinamurti Stotra takesform of conceptual and philosophical statements. This form represents Shiva in his aspect as a teacher of yoga, music, and wisdom, and giving exposition on the shastras. Dakshinamurti is an aspect of Shiva as a guru of all types of knowledge, and bestower of jnana. In the Hindu mythology, Dakshinamurti is an incarnation of Shiva, the supreme god of knowledge. It explains the metaphysics of the universe in the frame of the tradition of Advaita Vedanta. The Dakshinamurti Stotra is a Sanskrit religious hymn (stotra) to Shiva attributed to Adi Shankara.