Gāruḍam
I recently recorded the following interview with Dr. Raj Balkaran at New Books Network on my first book, Early Tantric Medicine. W...
This week I am proud to introduce the goddess Tvaritā, whose chapter I contributed to A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses. She typifi...
Click the image above to listen to a recent interview on A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses that I did with Raj Balkaran for New Boo...
Dr. Lakshminaryanan tells the story of being envenomed by a scorpion sting as a child, and the miraculous mantra cure by a village...
The Vipati mantra became the Gāruḍa mantra par excellence by the tenth century. I discuss its early and elaborate ritual system at...
SHREE KRISHNAPARUNTHU IMDB Entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156072/ This 1984 Malayalam film by directors P. Bhaskaran and A. V...
Photo from [Flickr page of R.N. Prasad](https://www.flickr.com/photos/154494480@N05/) A verse from the 9th century Saṃhitāsāra of ...
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 ...
A Russell’s Viper (गोनस) The Kāśyapasaṃhitā, alias Garuḍapañcākṣarīkalpa, is unique in that it is the only long text to surv...