Having nothing edible in her home, the lady frantically searched her house, only to find a single amla (Amalak, gooseberry) fruit which she then hesitantly offered to Sankara. ![]() One day, as a young boy, he was on bhiksha for alms to prepare his lunch and happened upon the doorstep of a very poor Brahmin lady. Sankara took Sanyasa (renunciation) at the age of eight. The hymn was written in the 8th century CE by Adi Sankara, a revered Hindu philosopher, theologian and Jagad Guru(Master to the world). ![]() kanakadhārā means "the one who holds (femenine of dhar)" ( dhārā) of "gold" ( kanaka), and the hymn is called by this name since legend has it that when Adi Sankara recited it, Goddess Lakshmi appeared in front of him and unleashed a stream of gold. Kanakadhara Stotram ( Sanskrit: कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्, kanakadhārā stotram) is a hymn ( Stotra) composed in Sanskrit by Adi Sankara. JSTOR ( December 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Kanakadhāra Stotram" – news ![]() Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.
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