Soundarya lahari – anubandham - 1

(Some books for reference to enrich or clarify the points so far referred)

The slokas in the soundarya lahari – aanandalahari portion from sloka 1 to sloka 41 include many tatwa which contain taantrika and daarsanika principles. No effort was made in the slokas we referred, to describe in detail about the taantrika secrets.

All bhaarateeya puraanaas, itihaasaas, stotra samhitaas, darsanaas, saastraas contain devee tantraas. It is necessary to have strong, continuous, long abhyaasa and guru kripa or help of guru to separate the goodha tantraas which are embedded in these slokaas, which are not directly available but in hidden form they are available.

Most of the upaasakaas who are loukeeka do not require at all these. Only for those who
are jijnaasu readers a list of books which will enrich the tantra and mantra rahasya are
given below. Many of these given below are available in shops where devotional books
are sold or in ashrams and which contain some details about these.

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NAME OF BOOK AUTHOR/VYAAKHYAATAA
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Aarshajnaanam – naalappattu naaraayana menavan
Soundarya lahari of sankaracarya by Dr. B.C.Balakrishnan, Kottayam
Soundarya lahari bhaashaa bhaashyam by Kandiyoor Mahadeva saastri, Kodungallur
Soundarya lahari bhaashyam by Annaa [Sree Ramakrishnaa Math] Chennai
Lalitaa sahasra naama by Swami Cidbhavaananda, Ramakrishna
Tapovan, tiruchirappalli.
Lalitaa sahasra naama by Kandiyoor Mahadeva saastri, Kodungallur
Lalitaa sahasra naama by Dr. B.C.Balakrishnan, Kottayam
Kulaarnava tantram by Sri Ram Kumar Roy, vaaraanasi
Gaandharva tantram by Sri Ram Kumar Roy, Aacaarya Krishnadas
Academy,vaaraanasi
Daamara tantram by Sri Ram Kumar Roy, Aacaarya Krishnadas
Academy,vaaranaasi
Tantra raja tantram by Mahopaadhyaaya Lakshmana Saastri,
Delhi, Motilal banarasidas, Delhi
Tripuraa rahasyam by Sri A.U.Vaasudev, Vaaraanasi
Tripuraa rahasya kaa tatra viseshan by Sri Bhavani sankar upaadhyaaya, Vaaraanasi
Tripura saara samucchaya by Sri Praacya naaraayanan, Vaaraanasi
Devee maanasa poojaa stotram by Sankara translated into Malayalam by K.V.M.
poojaa pushpa manjari by Sri N.Easwaran Nambootiri, Mavelikkara

(Some books for reference to enrich or clarify the points so far referred)Pratyabhijnaa hridayam by Sri Jaydev singh, Delhi, motilal banarasidas, Delhi
Prapanca saara tantra by Sankara Vivaran by Sri Padmapaadaacaarya , Motilal banarasidas, Delhi
Barihat tantra saaram by Sri Ram kumar Roy, Aacaarya Krishnadas Academy,Vaaraanasi
Brihat tantra saara ,, Hindi translation
Mantra mahodadhi by Sri Sukdev caturvedi vaaraanasi.
Mantra mahaarnav by Sri Ram kumar Roy, Aacaarya Krishnadas Academy,Vaaraanasi
Mantraartha prakaasika by naaraayanan nambootirippaad, kunnamkulam
Maatrukaa bheda tantra by Praacya prakaasan, vaaraanasi
Maalinee vijayottara tantra by Sri ahandhaananda saagar mahaamandaleswar aacaarya krishnaanand, vaaraanasi.
Yajna samskaaram by Naaraayana bhattatiri, matrubhoomi publication.
Yoginee hridayam by Dr. Gopinath Kaviraaj, Sampoornaanand Samskrita vidyaalay, vaaraanasi.
Rudra yaamalam by Sri Ram kumar Roy, Aacaarya Krishnadas Academy,Vaaraanasi
Lalitaa sahasra naama by srimad bhaaskara rayar, samskrita [soubhaagya bhaaskaram] vyaakhyaan
Lalitaa sahasra naama by Sri Bhatta Naaraayana [jaya mangala vyaakhyaanam]
Lalitaa sahasra naama stotram by swami vimalaananda, Ramakrishna tapovanam , Tiruchirappalli.
Varivasyaa rahasyam by Sri Bhaaskara raayar [bhaasura nanda naathar
vyaakhyaanam], swami brahmaanandar, kaavum bhaagam, Talassery
Vijnaana bhairav by Jai dev singh, motilal banarasidas, Delhi
Sakti mahimna stotram by maharishi durvaasaa
Saaradaa tilakam by lakshmana desikendra, vaaraanasi.
Saaradaa tilaka tantra by sad guru publications, Delhi
Siva tatwa rahasyam by sree Neelakanta Deekshitar
Sree cakram by Sri S.Sankara naraayanan.
Sree cakra pooja by pancaangam pustaka saala, kunnamkulam
Sree devi maahaatmyam by pandit Ramanaraayana data saastri ‘ram’ Geeta press, gorakh pur
Sreemaddevee bhaagavatam by sree subrahmanyan tirumumbu, matrubhoomi prasiddheekaranam
Sree matrukaa pushpamaala by sankara vyaakhyaanam by sri udayavarma tambaan, vivekaananda Kendra, thiruvananthapuram.
Sree vidyaa mantra bhaashyam by swami brahmaananda teertha, talassery
Sreevidyaarnava tantram by sree vidyaaranya yati, vaaraanasi
Soundarya lahari tamil lakshmeedhara vyaakhyaanam by A.Kuppuswamy
Soundarya lahari aanandagiri vyaakhyaanam By A.Kuppuswamy
Soundarya lahari taatparya deepini-vaidya maadhava vyaakhyaanam By A.Kuppuswamy, T.R.Ramakrishna saastri
Soundarya lahari soubhaagya vardhinee-kaivalyaasrama vyaakhyaanam By Sri Radhakrishna saastri, sri candrasekharendra sevaa samaajam
Soundarya lahari padaartha candrikaa vyaakhyaanam With the help of bhaarata sarkaar in different languages.
Soundarya lahari arunaa modini vyaakhyaanam By kaameswara soori
Soundarya lahari aananda laharee teekaa – gowree kaanta saarva bhauma bhattaacaarya
Soundarya lahari stotram – lakshmeedhara kavi - sukha bodhini Malayalam vivartanam.
Tekke ambaadiyil meenaakshi amma

(Some books for reference to enrich or clarify the points so far referred)

Soundarya lahari English translation and vyaakhyaana by Nadaraaja guru, east west university of brahma vidya, varkala.
Soundarya lahari, goodhaartha deepikaa by E.P.Subrahmanya saastrikal
Spanda kaarikaa by jai dev singh, motilal banarasidas, delhi.
Hindi mantra mahaarnav by Moolam and hindi translation, praacya prakaasan, vaaraanasi
Hindu Goddesses by David Kinsley, motilal banarasidas, delhi.
Meditation and mantras by swami vishnudevaananda
More on tantras by M.P.Pandit
Prapanca saara tantra by Sir Arthur Avlon, motilal banarasidas, delhi,
English commentary by swami Tapasyaananda, sree Ramakrishna math, madras.
Sreecakra by Sankara naaraayanan, Aurobindo asram, Pondichery
The complete illustrated book of yoga by Swami Vishnudevaananda
The Garland of letters by Sir John Woodroff, Ganesh and co, madras.
Understanding mantras by Harvey Alpher pub. Motilal Banarasidas
Wisdom of yoga by Sri Krishna P. Bahadur
Patanjali yoga sutra by tapasyaamrita of Sri ramakrishnamath
Patanjala yoga darsanam by swami jnaanaananda saraswathy,
aanandakuteeram, kanyakumari
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Next, we will go through in some more detail about the Sree Cakra which is required for a saadhaka. Again, let us offer our pranaams to all those who are referred above and all those who have contributed for the vyaakhyaanas not given above but available in different other languages also and those who are all devotees of goddesses and gods and all who have blessed these children involved in this simple venture of going through the aanadanda lahari.
[Anubandham ends..]
now we will try to go in detail about the sree cakra in the next set of lessons called Sree-Cakra.