Sivastotravali of Utpaladeva (Sanskrit Text With English Translation and Glossary)

Born in a humble family of Kashmiri Pandits, NIL KANTH KOTRU evinced strong predilections for religious and philosophical studies while still young. His inquisitive spirit brought him in contact with some eminent scholars, who helped him to study Bhagavad GRA and other works on Vedanta philosophy. The author happened to hold a managerial post in a respectable commercial concern in Srinagar, and this left him with no time to take care of his natural disposition. It was late his life that he was introduced to Kashmir Saivism, and the first work that caught his imagination was no other than Sivastotravali of Utpaladeva which cast a lasting spell on his mind. He received immense help from his teacher, to whom the present work has been respectfully dedicated. With his blessings the work of translation was undertaken for the benefit of English knowing public.