The conventions associated with the Astakam have evolved over its literary history of more than 2500 years. One of the most well-known and adored Astakam creator is the great Shri Adi Sankaracharya, who created an Astakam cycle witt a group of Astakams, arranged to address a particular deity, and designed to be read both as a collection of fully realized individual poems and as a single poetic work comprising all the individual Astakams List of Songs on Lord Vishnu 1. MahaLakshmi Ashtakam 2. Lakshmi Ashtakam 3. Sri Bhavani Ashtakam 4. Sri Rajarajeswari Ashtakam