28.11.2012
Review of My Dissertation
My doctoral dissertation was recently reviewed by Dr. Dagmar Wujastyk. The review is available at the following website: http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/2081.
27.08.2012
Link about Garuḍa Sacrifice in the Atharvan Tradition
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…
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…