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Contents
 
Preface.
 
Part I The Introduction
 
1. The Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra and its Commentary
 
1.1 A word on the title ..
 
1.2 The popularity of the Visnupādādikeśastotra
1.3 Is Sankara the author of the stotra?
 
1.4
 
Pūrṇasarasvatī, author of the Bhaktimandākinī
The life and works of Pūrṇasarasvatī.
Pūrṇasarasvati a Saiva ascetic?
 
1.4.1
 
Pūrṇasarasvatī and his identification with Vișnu-
bhatta . . .
 
1.4.2 Special features of the commentaries of Pūrṇasara-
svatī.
 
The ten incarnations of Viṣṇu
Texts quoted in the commentary
 
1.5 The structure of the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra
 
1.6 The theology of the Bhaktimandākinī
 
1.6.1 Inclination towards Advaita tenets
Anubandhacatuṣṭaya of the Stotra
 
1.6.2
 
1.6.3
 
The importance of praising the retinue of Vișnu. .
 
The conch, Pañcajanya
 
The disc, Sudarśana
 
The sword, Nandaka
 
The club, Kaumodakī
 
The carrier of Visnu, Garuda
The couch of Visņu, Śeṣa
 
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