Himagiri Tanaye

Tamil lyrics with meaning · composed by Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar · stotra · 4 verses

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ஹிமகிரி தநயே

himagiri tanaye

Himagiri Tanaye — Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar's Suddha Dhanyasi kriti to the Goddess: daughter of the Himalaya, golden-creeper Mother, Queen of kings.

Verse 1 — ஹிமகிரி தநயே ஹேமலதே அம்பா ஈஶ்வரி ஶ்ரீ லலிதே மாமவ

ஹிமகிரி தநயே ஹேமலதே அம்பா ஈஶ்வரி ஶ்ரீ லலிதே மாமவ

himagiri tanaye hemalate ambā īśvari śrī lalite māmava

O daughter of the snowy Himalaya, golden-creeper Mother — O Goddess, graceful Lalitā — protect me!

Verse 2 — ரமா வாணி ஸம்ஸேவித ஸகலே ராஜராஜேஶ்வரி ராம ஸஹோதரி

ரமா வாணி ஸம்ஸேவித ஸகலே ராஜராஜேஶ்வரி ராம ஸஹோதரி

ramā vāṇi saṃsevita sakale rājarājeśvari rāma sahodari

Adored by Lakṣmī and Sarasvatī, resplendent in all things — O Queen of kings, sister of Rāma (Viṣṇu)!

Verse 3 — பாஶாங்குஶேஷு தண்டகரே அம்பா பராத்பரே நிஜபக்தபரே

பாஶாங்குஶேஷு தண்டகரே அம்பா பராத்பரே நிஜபக்தபரே

pāśāṅkuśeṣu daṇḍakare ambā parātpare nijabhaktapare

O Mother who bears the noose, the goad and the staff — highest beyond the highest, ever close to Your true devotees —

Verse 4 — ஆசாம்பர ஹரிகேஶ விலாஸே ஆநந்தரூபே அமிதப்ரதாபே

ஆசாம்பர ஹரிகேஶ விலாஸே ஆநந்தரூபே அமிதப்ரதாபே

ācāmbara harikeśa vilāse ānandarūpe amitapratāpe

You who are the delight of Harikeśa — at once the tawny-maned Lord and the composer's own seal — embodiment of bliss, boundless in glory!

About Himagiri Tanaye

Himagiri Tanaye is a Sanskrit stotra, composed by Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar, addressed to Durga — a Stotra. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, each verse with its English meaning. Source text: karnatik.com.

Also known as: Himagiri Tanaye Hemalate, Himagiri Thanaye Hemalathe.

A twentieth-century Carnatic composer, Harikathā exponent and creator of some twenty rāgas, who composed over four hundred kritis, varṇas and tillānas in Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada under the signature "Harikeśa". He died in 1945 — younger than this project's usual "400 years dead" rule — but the verse text is in the public domain by statute (life + 60 years under Indian law, expired 2005; Berne life + 50, expired 1995), and is cross-checked here against the printed-book reading and three independent online witnesses.

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Himagiri Tanaye is a Sanskrit stotra (devotional hymn), composed by Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar, addressed to Durga, of 4 verses. On Avabodhak every verse is shown with its English meaning, so you can understand the text line by line as you read.

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Himagiri Tanaye is attributed to Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar.

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