PDNRL No. 10 Gudrun Bühnemann: Budha-Kauśika's Rāmarakṣāstotra. A Contribution to the Study of Sanskrit Devotional Poetry. Vienna 1983, 127p. EUR 20.-

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  • Contents

    Foreword (7)

    Introduction (9)

    Bibliography (17)

    Abbreviations (21)

     

    I Versions

    The Modern Version (23)

    Introduction (23)

    Sanskrit text (26)

    Translation (30)

    Versions Found in Manuscripts (33)

    Introduction (33)

    Rāmarakṣāstotramālā (38)

    Table X: The structure of manuscripts used (42)

    List Y: Additional verses               (47)

    List Z: Nyāsas (53)

    Versions Found in the Padma Purāṇa (54)

    Introduction (54)

    Version I (57)

    Version II (58)

    Version III (61)

    Version Found in the Ānanda-Rāmāyaṇa (62)

    Introduction (62)

    Sanskrit text (64)

    The Balinese Version (68)

     

    II Interpretations

    Introduction (69)

    Sanskrit Sources (69)

    Mudgala’s Ṭīkā (69)

    Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara’s Mantra-Rāmāyaṇa (77)

    Govindadāsa/Gomatidāsa (82)

    Dharaṇīdhara Pantha (83)

    Modern Marāṭhī Sources (83)

    The interpretations of Devdhar and Sarasvatī (83)

    The interpretation of Sāṭavaekar (86)

     

    III Applications

    Application according to Sanskrit Sources (88)

    Introduction (88)

    Text of the Agastya-Saṃhitā section (94)

    Text of the Rāmarakṣāprayoga (99)

    Application according to Modern Sources (Marāṭhī) (103)

    Application according to Modern Sources (Hindī) (108)

    On the Recitation (109)

    Introduction (109)

    Melodies used in singing the metres occurring in the stotra (111)

    Appendix: Melodies used in singing other metres (113)

     

    Conclusion (121)

    Index (125)

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