Karunashtakas

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Karunashtakas is a devotional Marathi composition attributed to the 17th-century saint-poet Samarth Ramdas, expressing intense pleas for divine compassion and grace.

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instanceOf Hindu devotional poetry
Marathi literary work
Marathi saint-poet
devotional composition
activeInCentury 17th century
associatedWith Samarth Ramdas NERFINISHED
attributedTo Samarth Ramdas NERFINISHED
audience Marathi-speaking devotees
culturalContext Marathi bhakti movement NERFINISHED
devotionalFocus divine compassion
divine grace
emotionalTone intensely devotional
penitential
supplicatory
expresses dependence on divine grace
humility before the divine
intense pleas for mercy
repentance
genre bhakti poetry
invokes God as compassionate lord
language Marathi NERFINISHED
literaryForm stotra
literaryTradition Marathi bhakti literature
performedAs chant
recited prayer
region Maharashtra NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Hinduism
theologicalTheme divine compassion as refuge
seeking forgiveness
surrender to God
transmission manuscript and print traditions
oral recitation
usedIn Hindu worship
personal devotion

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Samarth Ramdas workAuthored Karunashtakas