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Audio Recording of Verses to Memorize from Goldman Devavāṇīpraveśikā

At the request of a student, I have recorded myself reciting each of the verses in the Goldman Sanskrit primer, Devavāṇīpraveśikā,...

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Transcription Error in Rahula's What the Buddha Taught

Walpola Rahula’s classic What the Buddha Taught has a nice selection of translations from the Pali canon in the back. I was ...

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Bāla Tantras: Origin, State of Scholarship, and Influence

On September 27, 2023 I delivered a lecture (via a video call) at the International Seminar on Tantric Religion, Pondicherry Unive...

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Misquoting Marx

The other course I am teaching this term is Introduction to the Study of Religion. We are using Jeffrey Kripal’s excellent t...

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Initial Thoughts on the Title of Kālidāsa’s Vikramorvaśīyam

I am reading Kālidāsa’s play Vikramorvaśīyam with students this week. We are using the English translation of V. Narayana Ra...

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Interview with Raj Balkaran on Early Tantric Medicine

I recently recorded the following interview with Dr. Raj Balkaran at New Books Network on my first book, Early Tantric Medicine. W...

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Now Available: A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses

I am excited to report the publication of my edited collection of goddess stories, A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses: Tales of the ...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 12 of 12

The final passage in A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is very unique—it is quite possibly the only example in world history that a...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 11 of 12

Chapter 11 illuminates the Tantric “goddess of desire” Kāmeśvarī. Her chapter in A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses differs from all...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 10 of 12

This week I am proud to introduce the goddess Tvaritā, whose chapter I contributed to A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses. She typifi...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 9 of 12

The final section of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is titled Tantras and Magic. As I explain in the introduction, the Tantras a...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 8 of 12

The final goddess highlighted in the “Miracles and Devotees” section of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is the fascinating Rāṣṭra...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 7 of 12

The seventh chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, by Darry Dinnell, highlights Bahucarā Mātā (also spelled Bahuchara Mata),...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 6 of 12

The sixth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses continues with the theme of this section: relationships between goddesses an...

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 5 of 12

The fifth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is part of the second section of the book. Whereas the first four chapters f...