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The third edition of the Hindi commentary Mahāvīrī on the Hanumān-Cālīsā has been recently published and will be released today. The book details follow below.

Title: श्रीहनुमान्-चालीसा—महावीरी व्याख्या

Title in IAST: Śrīhanumān-Cālīsā—Mahāvīrī Vyākhyā

Description: Third edition of the Mahāvīrī commentary by Svāmī Rāmabhadracārya on the Hanumān-Cālīsā. Originally authored in one day in the year 1983, the Mahāvīrī commentary was acclaimed as the ‘best explanation of the Hanumān-Cālīsā’ by Dr. Ram Chandra Prasad in his dual-language translation of the Rāmacaritamānasa (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-0443-2, p. 849, footnote 1). The book offers meanings of specific words, translation, and commentary for all the 43 verses of the Hanumān-Cālīsā. The third edition is newly typeset in XeLaTeX using ChanakyaPro and Charis SIL fonts, and comes with three appendices: a hemistich index, a word index, and the Āratī of Lord Hanumān. 

Language: Hindi

Author: Padma Vibhushan Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya Svāmī Rāmabhadracārya

Editors: Dr. Ramadhar Sharma and Nityanand Misra

Book design: Nityanand Misra

Typesetting: Nityanand Misra

Cover art: Bhanwarlal Girdharilal Sharma (1924–2007), painter and exponent of Rajasthan art

Publisher: Niraamaya Publishing, Mumbai

ISBN-13: 978-81-931144-1-4

ISBN-10: 81-931144-1-8

Book type: Paperback

Binding: Perfect binding with section sewing

Book size: Metric demy 8vo (138 mm x 216 mm)

Number of pages: 104 (x + 94)

Number of plates: One

Inside paper: 80 gsm acid-free natural shade maplitho paper

Cover paper: 300 gsm Sinar art paper

Plate paper: 170 gsm Sinar art paper

Finishing: Matte thermal lamination on outside cover

Weight: Approx 150 grams

Price: INR 120 in India, USD 4 outside India (excluding shipping) The book will be available at a special discounted price of INR 50 at Prem Nagar Ashram, Haridwar, till January 20. 

Preview: Click here

Downloadable PDF: Click here and see attached 

Offline: The book is being distributed by India Book House and will be available at major Hindi bookstores in big cities of India by mid-February. 

Online: Available from Amazon India and the publisher

As of now, there are no plans for the book to be made available in bookstores outside India. Readers can get in touch with the publisher to order online.

Thanks, Nityanand