Author: Michael

http://manasataramgini.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/atharvavediya-tarkshya-yaga/ This blogger occasionally writes posts related to Garuḍa.  This one is insightful for including ritual details in…

The BBC recently reported that a man in Nepal bit to death the cobra that bit him because…

The Vipati mantra became the Gāruḍa mantra par exellence by the tenth century.  I discuss its early and…

SHREE KRISHNAPARUNTHU IMDB Entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156072/ This 1984 Malayalam film by directors P. Bhaskaran and A. Vincent features actor…

“The violently shaking bite victim is like Hara dancing in a heap of ashes knocked loose by the…

I recently came across these two poetic  compositions by the 14th century Śrīvaiṣṇava luminary Vedāntadeśika.   He was an…

  I am pleased to be able to offer an etext of the Viṣavaidyasārasamuccaya, perhaps the most recent…

The most common argument doctors, herpetologists, and global health authorities use against traditional medicine is that it only…

  The Kāśyapasaṃhitā, aka Garuḍapañcākṣarīkalpa, is unique in that it is the only long text to survive that…