Ashtakam sangrah

अष्टकम् शब्द संस्कृत के अष्टक और अष्टकम् शब्द से लिया गया है

Asthakam is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Astak', meaning "Eight". In the context of poetic compositions. 'Astakam' refers to a particular form of poetry. It is a form of Archana worship usually offered to the deity with a recital of Ashtakam.

A stotra can be a prayer, a description, or a conversation, but always with a poetic structure. It may be a simple poem expressing praise and personal devotion to a deity for example, or poems with embedded spiritual and philosophical doctrines.

(Sanskrit: अष्टकम्), also written as astakam, is derived from the Sanskrit word ashta, meaning "eight". It refers to a form of poetry, written in eight stanzas. Originally these eight stanza poems were composed in glorification of the Supreme Lord of the universe, Sri Krishna & His enchanting activities. In many places in India, these ashtrays are recited daily. These ashtrays are very purifying & surely will lead to eternity, knowledge, and bliss.

The conventions associated with the Astakam have evolved over its literary history of more than 2500 years. One of the most well-known and adored Astakam creator is the great Shri Adi Sankaracharya, who created an Astakam cycle with a group of Astakams, arranged to address a particular deity, and designed to be read both as a collection of fully realized individual poems and as a single poetic work comprising all the individual Astakams.