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\engtitle{.. Manikyavachaka Ashtottarashata Nama Stotram ..}##
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akShasrakpustakodbhAsihastaM mANikyavAchakam |
kAshyapaM samayAchAryaM dAkShiNAtyaM upAsmahe || 1||
OM | mArtANDatejA mANikyavAchako mAnanirbharaH |
mahendravarado mantrI mAyAvirahitAtmavAn || 2||
mArabAdhAvinirmukto mAratUNIraja~NghikaH |
mArutAshaphaNAbhUSho maheshvarajaneshvaraH || 3||
mAtR^ikAnyAsanirato mAtR^ipAdAbjapUjakaH |
mAyApAyavinirmukto mAnado mArgadarshakaH || 4||
mAravairikR^ipApAtrAyamAnottamavAgjharaH |
mAyAvAdavinirjetA mahAtIrthakR^itAdaraH || 5||
nirantaro nityatapA nityatR^ipto nidhIshvaraH |
niShkala~Nko nirIhashcha niyato niraha~NkR^itiH || 6||
nimittaj~no nirAdhAro nirmamo nityara~njanaH |
nityotsAho nirAta~Nko niyatij~no niyAmakaH || 7||
niyantA nigamArthAbdhivardhanotthanishApatiH |
karmaNyaH karuNApUrNaH kAraNaj~naH kavIshvaraH || 8||
kAlaj~naH kulakR^itkalyaH kalAnAthamukhojjvalaH |
kambukaNThaH kalAj~nAnaH kaivalyapadabodhakaH || 9||
karapadmadhR^itAkShasrakpustakaH kanakAmbaraH |
kaTItaTIlasatsUtraH kaupInavaradhArakaH || 10||
kIrtimAnkAmAribhaktaH kAmapAshavivarjitaH |
vAtagrAmAdhipo vAgmI vAtUlAgamapAragaH || 11||
vAyvAhAreshavachano vAchaspati samAnadhIH |
vArANasIvAsarato vA~NmAdhuryajitAmR^itaH || 12||
vAtApitApanasakho vAyurogavivarjitaH |
vAchAlako vAhinIsho vAchyavAchakasundaraH || 13||
vA~NmanotItavibhavo vAsudevapadapriyaH |
vArAhImantrarADjaptA vAmadevastutipriyaH || 14||
vAmA~NgasundaratanurvANyArAdhanatatparaH |
chaturashchaNDavIryashcha chaNDAj~nashchandrashItalaH || 15||
chaNDAMshusadR^ishajyotishchaturvedAbdhipAragaH |
chA~nchalyabhichchamatkArI chAturvarNyAnupAlakaH || 16||
chandrashekharabhaktashcha chandrArkAgnisamaprabhaH |
charAcharajaganmitraM chinmUrtishcha~nchalAdyutiH || 17||
chaturvaktramukhotpannashcharaNAshritabhUpatiH |
chandrachUDanibhaujAshcha chaNDeshvarasamAnadhIH || 18||
ka~njadR^ikkalyANashIlaH kAShAya vasanojjvalaH |
kavATakaThinoraskaH kandarpasamakAntimAn || 19||
kArpAsayaj~nopavItI kalidoShanikR^intanaH |
karIndramandagamanaH karuNArasashevadhiH || 20||
kaluShaghnaH kalAlApaH kavachI kAshyapastathA |
kanakA~NgadadhArI cha karmagranthivimochakaH || 21||
kamaladviTpadadvandvaH kamanIyaH kuleshvaraH |
aShTottaramidaM nAmnAM shataM vAtapurIshituH || 22||
trisandhyaM yaH paThennityaM vAtarogAdvimuchyate |
yogAmbikAsanAthasya kR^ipApAtraM bhavechcha saH || 23||

iti shrImANikyavAchakAShTottarashatanAmastotraM sampUrNam |

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Tirupperunthurai (also called the
Athmanathaswamy temple) is located in
Avudaiyarkoil village, near Aranthangi in
the Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu. It
was built to honor Lord Shiva. The presiding
deity is formless (Atmanatar); there is no
Śivalingam but only a pedestal (AvudayAr)
located in the sanctum, hence the name
Avudayar Koil. The God faces South in this
temple- in Dakshinamurthy or Guru form. His
consort is worshipped as SivayoganAyaki
(YogAmbAl) in iconless form. There is no
Nandi bull icon as is conventional in almost
all Shiva temples.

There is deep spiritual significance in
this. Hinduism allows deity worship for the
novice. As one's devotion matures, one begins
to contemplate the truth of formlessness of
the Brahman. The temple has been designed
to illustrate this theology. This one of the
rarest Saivite shrines in whole of India to
portray the supreme truth symbolically. Since
the soul (athma) has no form, the deity is
called Athmanathar.

Legend has it that Manickavasagar, one of the
four Saivite savants, constructed the temple
at Avudaiyarkoil.


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