Stotras of Vedanta Desika Sri Desika's Sanskrit Poems of Praise

Sri Desika's stotras, arranged in their probable order of composition.
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Stotras

1.	Hayagriva Stotram - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
In Praise of Hayagriva, the horse-faced form of Lord Vishnu.
2.	Garuda Panchasat - Summary, Devanagari Text
Fifty Verses on Garuda.
3.	Devanayaka Panchasat - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Fifty Verses on Devanayaka, the Lord of Tiruvahindrapuram.
4.	Achyuta Satakam - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
A Hundred Verses on Achyuta, the Lord of Tiruvahindrapuram.
5.	Raghuveera Gadyam - Summary, Devanagari Text
A Prose Poem on Rama, the Hero of the Raghus.
6.	Gopala Vimsati - Summary, Translation, Devanagari Text
Twenty Verses on the Cowherd Boy.
7.	Dehaleesa Stuti - Summary, Devanagari Text
In Praise of the Lord of the Verandah.
8.	Varadaraja Pancasat - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Fifty Verses on Varadaraja.
9.	Ashtabhuja Ashtakam- Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Eight Verses on the Eight-Armed One.
10.	Vegasetu Stotram - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
In Praise of Vega's Bridge.
11.	Kamasika Ashtakam - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Eight Verses on the Seated God of Love.
12.	Saranagati Deepika - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Light on Taking Refuge.
13.	Paramartha Stuti - Summary, Devanagari Text
In Praise of the Supreme Goal.
14.	Sudarsana Ashtakam - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Eight Verses on Sudarsana.
15.	Shodasaayudha Stotra - Summary, Devanagari Text
In Praise of the Sixteen Divine Weapons.
16.	Daya Satakam - Summary, Devanagari Text
A Hundred Verses on Compassion.
17.	Vairagya Pancakam - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Five Verses on Dispassion.
18.	Bhagavad Dhyana Sopanam - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Staircase of Contemplation on the Lord.
19.	Sri Stuti - Summary, Devanagari Text
In Praise of Sri, the Divine Mother.
20.	Bhu Stuti - Summary, Devanagari Text
In Praise of Mother Earth.
21.	Goda Stuti - Summary, Devanagari Text
In Praise of Goda (Andal).
22.	Dasavatara Stotram - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
In Praise of the Ten Holy Incarnations.
23.	Yatiraja Saptati - Summary, Devanagari Text
Seventy Verses on the King of Ascetics (Ramanuja).
24.	Nyasa Tilakam - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Ornament of Surrender.
25.	Nyasa Vimsati - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Twenty Verses of Self-Surrender.
26.	Nyasa Dasakam - Summary, Details, Devanagari Text
Ten Verses of Self-Surrender.
27.	Garuda Dandakam - Summary, Devanagari Text
A Dandaka on Garuda.
28.	Abhiti Stava - Summary, Devanagari Text
A Prayer for Freedom from Fear.
A.	Desika Mangalam - Summary, Devanagari Text
A Benediction of Sri Desika.
B.	Divya Desa Mangalasasanam - Summary, Devanagari Text
A Benediction of the Lord's Holy Places of Residence.

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About the Contributors

The stotra summaries are by the late Sri D. Ramaswamy Ayyangar, a great rasika of Desika's sri suktis. They were originally published in 1973 by the Bombay Desika Sabha.

The detailed expositions and translations are by various members of the Bhakti Discussion Group. Particular mention should be made of Sri V. Sadagopan and Sri N. Krishnamachari.

The Devanagari texts are thanks to the great efforts of Sri Sunder Kidambi.

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