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NOTE ON THE V膧MANA-STUTI
This Vamana-stuti was uttered by Brahma when God Vamana
after giving the heaven to Indra renounced his dwarf-form and
went to the abode of Brahma (Brahma-sadana). There he showed to
Brahm膩 at his request his cosmic form embracing all the gods in it
(). It is primarily the nama.stuti of Vamana-Vis峁噓, it
praises the God by reciting his different names or epithets which
are expressive of his various qualities. Such nama-stutis are very
popular in sanskrit religious literature, for they give a glimpse to the
nature of the Reality represented by the Deity so praised. Of the
available nama-stuti-s some are in verse, such as the famous Vi峁ａ箛u-
sahasra-nama-stotra (Mbh. XIII. 149), Siva-sahasra-nama-stotra by
Tandi (Mbh. XIII 17), Devi (Parvati)-Sahastra-nama-stotra by
Dak峁�a (Kurma-P., I. 12), etc., and some are in prose, such as the
present Vamana-stuti by Brahm膩. There are three more parallel
nama-stuti-s of Vi峁ａ箛u in prose. The four prose nama-stuti-s contain
the different numbers of the epithets of Vis峁噓, as noted below :-
1. V膩mana-stuti by Brahma in V膩m.-P. (V), Adh. 66.
(222 epithets).
2. Vis峁噓-stuti by Ka艣yapa in V膩m.-P., Saro-m膩h膩tmya (S),
Adh. 5. (131 epithets).
3. Vis峁噓-stuti by N膩rada in Mbh. (M), XII. 338. (199
epithets).
4. Vi峁ａ箛u-stuti by Vasudha (Earth) in Vis峁噓-Sm峁泃i (VS).
Adh. 98, (100 epithets).
These four prose nama-stuti-s of Vi峁ａ箛u contain many common
and similar epithets of Vis峁噓. In this Vamana-stuti of the V膩m.-P.
(Adh. 66) as published here the epithets have been numbered for
the sake of reference, while in the Visnu-stuti by Narada in the
Mbh. (Chitrasala-Press Edn.) and in the Visnu-stuti by Vasudh膩
in the Vis峁噓-Sm峁泃i (Edn. Adyar Library, Madras, 1964) the epithets
have already been numbered. The Visnu-stuti by Kasyapa of the
Saro-m膩h膩tmya of the V膩m.-P. (Critical Edn.) is reproduced below
for numbering the epithets contained there-in, for the sake of
reference.