A critical edition with introduction and an English translation of the stotra with notes by N.V.P. Unithiri, H.N. Bhat, S.A.S. Sarma,

Collection Indologie n°118, IFP/EFEO, 2011, li, 186 p.

Language: Sanskrit, English.

ISBN (IFP): 978-81-8470-188-3.

The Bhaktimandākinī is a commentary by the Keralan exegete Pūrṇasarasvatī, a Śaiva ascetic who is well known for his learned and aesthetically sensitive commentaries on works of belles lettres in Sanskrit. The commentary expounds the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra, a hymn of fifty-two intricately elegant verses that describe every detail of Viṣṇu from his toes to his hair, as well as his spouses and his various weapons (conch, discus, sword, etc.). This literary stotra, composed in sragdharā metre, is traditionally ascribed to the non-dualist philosopher Śaṅkara.