Ashtakam
Form · 13 works on Avabodhak
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BilvāṣṭakamShiva · 14 versesGovindāṣṭakamKrishna · 9 versesMadhurashtakamKrishna · 17 versesAchyutashtakamVishnu · 35 versesLiṅgāṣṭakamShiva · 35 versesNaraharyaṣṭakaNarasimha · 10 versesŚrī RudrāṣṭakamShiva · 10 versesMahālakṣmī AṣṭakamLakshmi · 12 versesGurvaṣṭakamGuru · 11 versesRaupyapīṭha KṛṣṇāṣṭakamKrishna · 11 versesRāghavendra MaṅgalāṣṭakamRaghavendra · 10 versesRāghavendra AṣṭakamRaghavendra · 10 versesBhavānī AṣṭakamDurga · 9 verses
About the Ashtakam form
An aṣṭaka — literally an 'octet' — is a devotional hymn composed in eight verses, each stanza typically circling the same deity or theme and often closing on a refrain. The eight-verse form is a staple of Sanskrit stotra literature, sung for deities from Ganesha to Mahalakshmi.