Shiva Tandava Stotra
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The Shiva Tandava Stotra(m) (
Etymology
In Sanskrit, tāṇḍava (nominative case: tāṇḍavam) means a frantic dance;[3] stotra (nominative case: stotram) means a panegyric,[4] or a hymn of praise. The entire compound can be translated as "Hymn of praise of Shiva's dance".
Verse
The
Both the ninth and tenth quatrains of this hymn conclude with lists of Shiva's epithets as destroyer, even the destroyer of death itself. Alliteration and onomatopoeia create rolling waves of resounding beauty in this example of Hindu devotional poetry.[6]
In the final quatrain of the poem, after tiring of rampaging across the earth, Ravana asks, "When will I be happy?" Because of the intensity of his prayers and ascetic meditation, of which this hymn was an example, Ravana received great power from Shiva, as well as a celestial sword called
Legend
The Uttara Kanda of the
In popular culture
Parts of the stotra was recreated as a song in the following Indian films:
- Bhookailas (Telugu, 1958)
- Sita Rama Kalyanam (Telugu, 1961)
- Bala Ramayanam (Telugu, 1997)
- Thandavam (Malayalam, 2002)
- Nandanam (Malayalam, 2002)
- Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo (Hindi, 2004)
- Aabra Ka Daabra (Hindi, 2004)
- Risk (Hindi, 2007)
- Luck (Hindi, 2009)
- Singham (Hindi, 2011)
- The Attacks of 26/11 (Hindi, 2013)[11]
- Lingaa (Tamil, 2014)
- Rana Vikrama (Kannada, 2015)
- Dharam Sankat Mein (Hindi, 2015)
- Baahubali: The Beginning (Telugu, 2015)[12]
- Shivaay (Hindi, 2016)
- Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Telugu, 2017)
- Solo (Tamil, 2017)
- Oxygen (Telugu, 2017)
- Satyameva Jayate (Hindi, 2018)
- Ravana (Sinhala, 2018)
- Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (Hindi, 2019)
- iSmart Shankar (Telugu, 2019)
- Nani's Gang Leader (Telugu, 2019)
- Pattas (Tamil, 2020)
See also
References
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- ISBN 9780741428257.
- ^ www.wisdomlib.org (2012-06-29). "Tandava, Tāṇḍava, Tamdava: 18 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ^ www.wisdomlib.org (2014-09-09). "Stotra: 18 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ^ "Shivatandavastotra". Full text at Wikisource. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Ramachander, P. R. "Shiva Thandava Stotram". saivism.net. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ISBN 978-1921668074.
- ISBN 978-0143100461. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Social, Daily. "12 Of The Most Powerful Divine Weapons From Hindu Mythology". Daily Social. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Shiv Tandav Stotra". newstrend.news. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Maula Maula Lyrics – The Attacks of 26/11". Indicine. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Singing Baahubali's Shiv Stotram gave me goosebumps: Kailash Kher". Hindustan Times. July 31, 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.