Author: Michael
19.03.2010
Bheruṇḍā
Bheruṇḍā is an old, now obscure Gāruḍa goddess invoked to cure snakebite. She is part of a family…
06.03.2010
LEDMAC User’s Group
My colleague Daniel Stender pointed out a new email group for LEDMAC users. It has only been up…
06.03.2010
An Important Distinction
I am usually thrilled to be able to work with old manuscripts. The older it is, the more…
05.02.2010
File Searching Speed
Noticing that some of my colleagues get results for their GREP searches almost instantly, I began to wonder…
03.02.2010
यमाताराजभानसलगाः (yamātārājabhānasalagāḥ)
A handy mnemonic device for the gaṇas of Sanskrit meter. (taught to me by SDV)
08.01.2010
Ākāśabhairavakalpa
My interest was piqued by Goudriaan and Gupta’s description of the Ākāśabhairavakalpa whose main deity, Ākāśabhairava, is “a…
27.11.2009
Sample XeTeX/LEDMAC File
I am attaching a sample file, MinimalExample.tex, containing only one verse, for newcomers to experiment with. To typeset…
05.05.2009
Lightbulb Moment
When I was editing the 9th chapter of the Kriyākālaguṇottara for my MA thesis, I spent several hours…
13.03.2009
Critical Edition Typesetting Notes
For my editing work, I am using XeTeX and ledmac, typeset in TeXshop on my Mac. XeTeX is…
24.08.2008
Visit to the Red Cross Snake Farm, Bangkok
In transit to Nepal, my wife and I spent a few days in Bangkok and had the chance…