Author: Michael
23.08.2012
Biting the snake that bites you
The BBC recently reported that a man in Nepal bit to death the cobra that bit him because…
25.01.2012
क्षिप ॐ स्वाहा on the web
The Vipati mantra became the Gāruḍa mantra par exellence by the tenth century. I discuss its early and…
20.01.2012
Gāruḍikas in the Cinema
SHREE KRISHNAPARUNTHU IMDB Entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156072/ This 1984 Malayalam film by directors P. Bhaskaran and A. Vincent features actor…
19.05.2011
Haro vva Taṃḍavio
“The violently shaking bite victim is like Hara dancing in a heap of ashes knocked loose by the…
22.02.2011
Garuḍadaṇḍaka and Garuḍapañcāśat
I recently came across these two poetic compositions by the 14th century Śrīvaiṣṇava luminary Vedāntadeśika. He was an…
21.01.2011
Viṣavaidyasārasamuccaya
I am pleased to be able to offer an etext of the Viṣavaidyasārasamuccaya, perhaps the most recent…
16.10.2010
Suśruta on Determining Envenomation Status of a Patient
The most common argument doctors, herpetologists, and global health authorities use against traditional medicine is that it only…
20.08.2010
Summary of the Kāśyapasaṃhitā/Garuḍapañcākṣarīkalpa
The Kāśyapasaṃhitā, aka Garuḍapañcākṣarīkalpa, is unique in that it is the only long text to survive that…
11.08.2010
Jayatu Khaḍgarāvaṇaḥ
I have decided to make my 2007 MA Thesis available for download and I’d like to use this…
19.03.2010
Bheruṇḍā
Bheruṇḍā is an old, now obscure Gāruḍa goddess invoked to cure snakebite. She is part of a family…