Saundaryalahari

(“waves of beauty”) Poetic text dedicated to the praise of the Goddess as the
supreme power in the universe. The text
is traditionally ascribed to the philosopher Shankaracharya, who is also
believed to have written other hymns in
praise of Hindu gods and goddesses,
despite being the greatest exponent of
the philosophical school known as
Advaita Vedanta, in which the Supreme
Reality, called Brahman, is believed to
be completely devoid of specific attributes. If Shankaracharya did in fact
author these poetic texts, one possible
explanation is that Shankaracharya was
an intensely religious man and
expressed this devotion in various ways.
The text has been an enormously influential, particularly in those schools of
tantra (a secret, ritually based religious
practice) in which the Goddess is considered the single Ultimate Reality.