Traditional
3-539: Kousalya Supraja Rama is the first line of Suprabhatam . Kousalya Supraja Rama may also refer to: Suprabhatam Suprabhatam ( Sanskrit : सुप्रभातम् , romanized : Suprabhātam , lit. 'auspicious dawn') is a Sanskrit prayer of the Suprabhātakāvya genre. It is a collection of hymns or verses recited early morning to awaken the deity in Hinduism . The metre chosen for
6-487: A Suprabhātam poem is usually Vasantatilaka . The most well-known Suprabhātam work is the Veṅkaṭeśvarasuprabhātam recited to awaken the deity Venkateswara . A rendition of the poem by renowned Carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi is extremely popular which is played daily in many homes and temples (especially Tirumala Tirupati ) in the wee hours of morning. The genre of Suprabhātakāvya traces its origin to
9-514: A single verse (1.23.2) in the Bālakāṇḍa of Vālmīki 's Rāmāyaṇa , where Viśvāmitra calls out to Rāma to wake up. O Rāma, the noble son of Kausalyā! The Sandhyā of the East commences. O! best of men (Purushottama)! Wake up, the daily duties have to be performed. The Veṅkaṭeśvarasuprabhātam begins with this very verse. The Veṅkaṭeśa Suprabhātam is by far the most popular and iconic work composed in
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