Candradāsa’s Tārāstuti

In: Dimitrov, Dragomir ; Hahn, Michael ; Steiner, Roland (Hrsgg.): Essays and Studies on Buddhist Sanskrit Literature. Dedicated to Claus Vogel by Colleagues, Students, and Friends.. Indica et Tibetica Verlag 2008, pp. 171-185 (Indica et Tibetica ; 36) . ISBN 978-3-923776-36-8

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Abstract

In 1937 Rāhula Sāṅkṛtyāyana published a transcript of a hymn to Tārā that is attributed in the commentary to one Candradāsa. Unfortunately only the beginning of the commentary is given in the catalogue (see below). The Tārāstuti is a brief devotional text that consists of one opening verse, which expresses adoration of the goddess Tārā and announces the work, and nine verses that describe the "dangers" (bhaya) from which the devotee is saved when he calls the deity's name; these are lions, wild elephants, fire, snakes, thieves, imprisonment, water, Vetālas and poverty.