The Shiva Stuti (), is a famous

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(poem) composed by

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in praise of the deity

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

written in the Prithvi metre. ''Stuti'' means

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, singing praise,

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and to praise the

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, deeds, and nature of

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The Shiva Stuti consists of 13 verses and is recited daily or on special festivals like

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. According to legend,

is believed to have travelled to the Rameshwaram Temple, when the doors were closed. After chanting this hymn, the doors are believed to have opened of their own will, and the author is said to have received a

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(auspicious vision) of Shiva. The authorship of the Shiva Stuti is attributed to

, a poet-saint who lived in the 14th century CE. He mentions his name in the last verse of the hymn. It is said in the 13th verse of the Shiva Stuti that whoever chants it with full devotion to Shiva would receive have the deity's(gods)grace. Among Hindus worldwide, it is a very popular belief that chanting the Shiva Stuti invokes Shiva's divine intervention in grave problems.

Author

(1290–1370) was a

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

poet-saint, reformer and philosopher. A composer of several popular works, he is best known for being the author of the epic '' Sri Madhva Vijaya'', a biographical work of the great

Dvaita Dvaita Vedanta (); (originally known as Tattvavada; IAST: ''Tattvavāda''), is a sub-school in the Vedanta ''Vedanta'' (; , ), also known as ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six orthodox (Āstika and nāstika, ''āstika'') trad ...

philosopher

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; 1199–1278 CE or 1238–1317 CE), also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the ''Dvaita'' (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy ...

in the Sanskrit language.

Commentaries

* Chalari Narasimhacharya wrote a commentary on ''Shiva Stuti''.

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* * * * * {{HinduMythology Dvaita Vedanta 14th-century Sanskrit literature Hindu devotional texts Hindu texts Sanskrit texts Hymns

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