# Guides to Recitation

> Plain guides to the parts of a hymn and how they are read: the rishi, chhandas, devata, viniyoga and nyasa that come before stotras and mantras.

Source: https://astroshala.com/stotras/guides/  

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Stotras and sacred texts

# Guides to Recitation

Plain guides to the parts of a hymn and how they are read.

### [Rishi, Chhandas, Devata](https://astroshala.com/stotras/guides/rishi-chhandas-devata-viniyoga-nyasa/)

What the viniyoga and nyasa mean, and why they are done