[Advaita-l] Shiva Tandava Stotram

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste ji
Actually none of the verses of the shiva tANDava Stotram have any traceable
internal connection to either Ravana or to Ramayana.

There is a sort of 'colophon' inserted at the very end which is in a
totally different metre altogether, which says "dashavaktra-gItaM'. But the
difference in chandas indicates it's likely a later interpolation.

I write all this to say, it's quite likely a composition of some other
great later day Shiva Bhakta. And by the cultural processes of
'legendification' has been likely wrongly attributed to Ravana.

The stotra stands on its own merit and the apocryphal association with
Ravana is likely a superfluous later extrapolation.

Om
Raghav







On Wed, 13 Nov, 2024, 8:46 pm R Krishnamoorthy via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear
> This stothram is composed by  Ravana as per the internal evidence.
> R.Krishnamoorthy.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 13-Nov-2024, at 8:11 PM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > Namaste
> > Is there any source book for the popular shiva tANDava stotram -जटा टवी
> > गलज्जल प्रवाह पावितस्थले etc ? I have heard it's from Ramayana Uttara
> > kANDa. But any clarity is welcome.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Om
> > Raghav
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