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very little is known about his other numerous Sanskrit writings,
covering a wide variety of topics: praises and prayers to various
deities (stotras), poetic compositions (kāvyas), philosophy
(darśana), logic (nyāyaśāstra), medical science (āyurveda),
astrology and astronomy (jyotiṣasāstra), commentaries (bhāṣya),
novel (ākhyāyikā), letters (patrāṇi) and other research works.
His versatility can also be judged from his writings sāmrajya-
nibandhanam (a proposed constitution for India) and
lalibhāṣopadeśa (a new language for the Indian people). He was
spontaneous in composing all these either in verse form (ślokas)
or in the form of aphorisms (sūtras) or prose form (gadya). Nev-
ertheless, all these were the result of his tapas, an outpouring of
his soul in seeking or gratitude to the Divine.
Of his stotrakavyas, umāsahasram, indrāṇisaptaśati,
pracndacanditri satī and gītamālā are meant for those longing
for a great spiritual realisation. The indrasahashranama is a com-
position of thousand names of indra culled from the Rigveda,
which are strung into a garland of one hundred and eight verses.
The ramaṇacatvārimsat (40 verses in praise of Bhagavan
Sri Ramana Maharshi) is chanted daily both at the Sri Ramana
Ashramam and in innumerable homes of the devotees of
Sri Ramana Maharshi. The Muni had an unique ability of render-
ing philosophical thoughts in the form of poetry (slokas), and his
writings visvamīmāṁsā, ramaṇagītā, saddarśanam and
tattvaghaṇṭāśatakam remain in testimony to this. Ramaṇagītā
is in the form of recordings of questions put forth by disciples and
the answers given by the Maharshi and is one of the most cher-
ished writings of the Muni. His saddarśanam is the Sanskrit ren-
dering of Sri Maharshi's Tamil writing, ulladu narpadu (Forty
Verses on Reality) on which his beloved and learned disciple,
Sri T.V. Kapali Sastriar, has written a faithful commentary in
Sanskrit. This reflects the spirit of Sri Maharshi's original teachings.
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covering a wide variety of topics: praises and prayers to various
deities (stotras), poetic compositions (kāvyas), philosophy
(darśana), logic (nyāyaśāstra), medical science (āyurveda),
astrology and astronomy (jyotiṣasāstra), commentaries (bhāṣya),
novel (ākhyāyikā), letters (patrāṇi) and other research works.
His versatility can also be judged from his writings sāmrajya-
nibandhanam (a proposed constitution for India) and
lalibhāṣopadeśa (a new language for the Indian people). He was
spontaneous in composing all these either in verse form (ślokas)
or in the form of aphorisms (sūtras) or prose form (gadya). Nev-
ertheless, all these were the result of his tapas, an outpouring of
his soul in seeking or gratitude to the Divine.
Of his stotrakavyas, umāsahasram, indrāṇisaptaśati,
pracndacanditri satī and gītamālā are meant for those longing
for a great spiritual realisation. The indrasahashranama is a com-
position of thousand names of indra culled from the Rigveda,
which are strung into a garland of one hundred and eight verses.
The ramaṇacatvārimsat (40 verses in praise of Bhagavan
Sri Ramana Maharshi) is chanted daily both at the Sri Ramana
Ashramam and in innumerable homes of the devotees of
Sri Ramana Maharshi. The Muni had an unique ability of render-
ing philosophical thoughts in the form of poetry (slokas), and his
writings visvamīmāṁsā, ramaṇagītā, saddarśanam and
tattvaghaṇṭāśatakam remain in testimony to this. Ramaṇagītā
is in the form of recordings of questions put forth by disciples and
the answers given by the Maharshi and is one of the most cher-
ished writings of the Muni. His saddarśanam is the Sanskrit ren-
dering of Sri Maharshi's Tamil writing, ulladu narpadu (Forty
Verses on Reality) on which his beloved and learned disciple,
Sri T.V. Kapali Sastriar, has written a faithful commentary in
Sanskrit. This reflects the spirit of Sri Maharshi's original teachings.
xviii