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'''''Mukundamala''''' is [[Sanskrit]] devotional poem composed by [[bhakti]] saint [[Kulashekhara Alwar|Kulasekhara]], (''fl.'' 9th century CE<ref name=":22">Noburu Karashmia (ed.), ''A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations.'' New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 143.</ref>) seventh of the twelve mystic [[Alwars|Alvars]].<ref name=":1">Narayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 65-66, 95-96, 383-5, 436.</ref><br />
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Scholars identify Kulasekhara as one of the earliest [[Chera dynasty|Chera/Kulasekhara]] rulers of [[Kodungallur|Kodungallur (Mahodaya Pura)]] in modern-day [[Kerala]].<ref name=":222">Noburu Karashmia (ed.), ''A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations.'' New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 143.</ref><ref name=":12">Narayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 65-66, 95-96, 383-5, 436.</ref><br />
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The poem asks Mukunda, another name for [[Krishna]], to give the unworthy author freedom from [[Samsara]]. It describes the misery of the soul trapped in this world and exhorts that [[Krishna]] is the only means of salvation.<br />
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* Pandit Durgaprasad and Kasinath Pandurang Parab (editors), Kavyamala vol 1. 1886 (3rd edition 1929), pp. 11–16. [http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/5_poetry/2_kavya/kulmukuu.htm Transliterated text] at [[GRETIL]]<br />
* Stotramālā, edited by P. B. Annangaracharya, published by the Granthamala Office Kanchipuram (1949), pp 1–4. [http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/4_rellit/vaisn/kumukumu.htm Transliterated text] at [[GRETIL]]<br />
* Translation hosted by the [[Bhaktivedanta Book Trust]], associated with [[ISKCON]]: [http://www.krishnamedia.org/e-books/Mukunda_Mala_Stotra.pdf]<br />
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