Shivanandalahari

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Shivanandalahari (IAST Śivānandalahiri) is a devotional hymn composed by Adi Shankara, the Advaita philosopher, on Shiva. It literally means Wave of Auspicious Bliss. It consists of one hundred stanzas of Sanskrit poetry in various chandas (metres). It was composed by Adi Shankara while staying in Srisailam. It begins with an ode to Mallikarjuna and Bhramarambika, the deities at Srisailam.