About the Book: Visnusahasranama (Thousand Names of ViÏsnu)
Here, we have presented the monumental commentary of Sri Samkaracharya on the
Vishnusahasranama. The Sahasra-nama Stotra-s are hymns addressed to some
particular deity of the Hindu pantheon and invoke Him by a thousand names. The
most important of these Stotra-s are the Sahasranama-s of Devi, Vishnu and
Shiva. The style of this text is very systematic and authoritative in explaining
every name, mostly in the light of the Vedas, the Mahabharata, the Manusmriti,
the Vishnupurana and the Bhagavadgita which are considered as the standard
classics of Hindu religious literature. About the Editors R.A. Shastri, born and
educated in Chennai,