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In a very simple language the Muni has praised Lord Shiva, and
finally, prays him to increase the strength of intelligence so then he
can work for the protection of his Motherland.
The fourth stotra is titled as sivasaptati. In seven verses com-
posed in anuştup metre, the Muni has collected seventy names of
Lord Shiva from the Vedas.
The fifth stotra, entitled indrasahasranama, is a unique compo-
sition where the Muni has culled thousand names of Indra from
the Rigveda and put them in the form of a powerful stotra. This
has been mentioned by the Muni himself in the concluding verses
of this stotra where he says:
इदं सहस्रमिन्द्रस्य नाम्नां परमपावनम् ।
ऋग्वेदतो गणपतिः सङ्गृह्य विनिबद्धवान् ॥ १ ॥
idam sahasramindrasya namnāṁ paramapāvanam
rgvedato ganapatih sangrhya vinibaddhavan.
The Muni also admits that there has been no repetition of
name, nor any filler like ca, vā or tu is added for the sake of
metre. All the names of Indra are so finely woven into the eight-
syllabled anustup metre that one does not miss their original rhythm.
It is an illumining piece of poetry extolling the vedic godhead Indra
with all his epithets. This unique composition confers all the ben-
efits of vedadhyayana on the reciter. A study of all these names
of Indra from a linguistic standpoint will help in the understanding
of the vedic concept of Indra who, according to Sri Aurobindo,
psychologically represents the Mind
In the Rigveda it is Indra who is praised in maximum number
of hymns. Next to him is the place of Agni, and then comes the
place of Soma. But in the whole gamut of Sanskrit stotra litera-
ture one hardly finds any stuti to Indra. It was perhaps the Muni
who has added a new dimension in the stotra literature of San-
skrit by composing several stutis to Indra in several forms.
The Muni had a plan to compose one thousand verses in
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finally, prays him to increase the strength of intelligence so then he
can work for the protection of his Motherland.
The fourth stotra is titled as sivasaptati. In seven verses com-
posed in anuştup metre, the Muni has collected seventy names of
Lord Shiva from the Vedas.
The fifth stotra, entitled indrasahasranama, is a unique compo-
sition where the Muni has culled thousand names of Indra from
the Rigveda and put them in the form of a powerful stotra. This
has been mentioned by the Muni himself in the concluding verses
of this stotra where he says:
इदं सहस्रमिन्द्रस्य नाम्नां परमपावनम् ।
ऋग्वेदतो गणपतिः सङ्गृह्य विनिबद्धवान् ॥ १ ॥
idam sahasramindrasya namnāṁ paramapāvanam
rgvedato ganapatih sangrhya vinibaddhavan.
The Muni also admits that there has been no repetition of
name, nor any filler like ca, vā or tu is added for the sake of
metre. All the names of Indra are so finely woven into the eight-
syllabled anustup metre that one does not miss their original rhythm.
It is an illumining piece of poetry extolling the vedic godhead Indra
with all his epithets. This unique composition confers all the ben-
efits of vedadhyayana on the reciter. A study of all these names
of Indra from a linguistic standpoint will help in the understanding
of the vedic concept of Indra who, according to Sri Aurobindo,
psychologically represents the Mind
In the Rigveda it is Indra who is praised in maximum number
of hymns. Next to him is the place of Agni, and then comes the
place of Soma. But in the whole gamut of Sanskrit stotra litera-
ture one hardly finds any stuti to Indra. It was perhaps the Muni
who has added a new dimension in the stotra literature of San-
skrit by composing several stutis to Indra in several forms.
The Muni had a plan to compose one thousand verses in
xxiii