[Advaita-l] Shiva Tandava Stotram

[Kartik Vashishta]

It seems to be in the Uttarakhand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Tandava_Stotra

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste ji
> Actually none of the verses of the shiva tANDava Stotram have any traceable
> internal connection to either Ravana or to Ramayana.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> The stotra stands on its own merit and the apocryphal association with
> Ravana is likely a superfluous later extrapolation.
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> Om
> Raghav
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> On Wed, 13 Nov, 2024, 8:46 pm R Krishnamoorthy via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> > Dear
> > This stothram is composed by  Ravana as per the internal evidence.
> > R.Krishnamoorthy.
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> > Sent from my iPad
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> > > 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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