I recently came across these two poetic compositions by the 14th century Śrīvaiṣṇava luminary Vedāntadeśika. He was an initiate of...
“Amṛtavarṣī Garuḍa” by Sri. P. Chandradasan From the cover of the 2006 edition published by Ullannoor Mana Trust. I am pleased to ...
Ninth century Nepalese manuscript of the Suśrutasaṃhitā which has thus far not been consulted for any published editions. The most...
A Russell’s Viper (गोनस) The Kāśyapasaṃhitā, alias Garuḍapañcākṣarīkalpa, is unique in that it is the only long text to surv...
Japanese Buddhist deity Fudō Myōō (Acala) is invoked by exorcists. Might he be related to Khaḍgarāvaṇa? I have decided to make my ...
Bearded Vulture Bheruṇḍā is an old, now obscure Gāruḍa goddess invoked to cure snakebite. She is part of a family of female deitie...
Viṣṇubhaktagaruḍa with Malla king in Bhaktapur I am usually thrilled to be able to work with old manuscripts. The older it is, the...
Garuda on a Torana at Svayambhunath, Kathmandu My colleague Daniel Stender pointed out a new email group for LEDMAC users(link rem...
Torana over Shantipur, next to Svayambhu stupa, Kathmandu Noticing that some of my colleagues get results for their GREP searches ...
A handy mnemonic device for the gaṇas of Sanskrit meter. (taught to me by Somadeva Vasudeva)...
A well cared for Ākāś-Bhairab mūrti in Kathmandu My interest was piqued by Goudriaan and Gupta’s description of the Ākāśabhairavak...
I am attaching a minimal sample file, containing only one verse, for newcomers to experiment with. To typeset it one needs to have...
Clip from my MA edition of the 9th chapter of the Kriyākālaguṇottara. Shows what I had marked as a corrupt pāda. When I was editin...
This is how my source file looked two years ago. What a mess! Luckily the results are the same once you compile the PDF, see below...
Banded Krait In transit to Nepal, my wife and I spent a few days in Bangkok and had the chance to visit the fascinating Red Cross ...