Bhūta tantra
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...
Jain Tantra: The Jvālāmālinīkalpa and Bhairavapadmāvatīkalpa
In the medieval period, the Jains developed their own fascinating traditions of Mantra Śāstra, including useful sources that are c...
Jayatu Khaḍgarāvaṇaḥ
Japanese Buddhist deity Fudō Myōō (Acala) is invoked by exorcists. Might he be related to Khaḍgarāvaṇa? I have decided to make my ...
Ākāśabhairavakalpa
A well cared for Ākāś-Bhairab mūrti in Kathmandu My interest was piqued by Goudriaan and Gupta’s description of the Ākāśabhairavak...