Sanskrit

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Artwork of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, Part 1 of 12

This is the first of twelve posts where each week I will highlight one of the line drawings created for A Garland of Forgotten God...

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Sanskrit Transliteration Keyboard on Unix

I have created an X keyboard layout that serves as a Unix/Linux equivalent to Toshiya Unebe’s “EasyUnicode” keyboard layout. Use I...

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Early Tantric Medicine is Published

I am pleased to announce the publication of my book Early Tantric Medicine by Oxford University Press. It is now available in a US...

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Jain Tantra: The Jvālāmālinīkalpa and Bhairavapadmāvatīkalpa

In the medieval period, the Jains developed their own fascinating traditions of Mantra Śāstra, including useful sources that are c...

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Review of My Dissertation

My doctoral dissertation was recently reviewed by Dr. Dagmar Wujastyk. The review is available at DissertationReviews.org....

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क्षिप ॐ स्वाहा on the web

The Vipati mantra became the Gāruḍa mantra par exellence by the tenth century. I discuss its early and elaborate ritual system at ...

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Haro vva Taṃḍavio

Photo from [Flickr page of R.N. Prasad](https://www.flickr.com/photos/154494480@N05/) A verse from the 9th century Saṃhitāsāra of ...

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Viṣavaidyasārasamuccaya

“Amṛtavarṣī Garuḍa” by Sri. P. Chandradasan From the cover of the 2006 edition published by Ullannoor Mana Trust. I am pleased to ...

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File Searching Speed

Torana over Shantipur, next to Svayambhu stupa, Kathmandu Noticing that some of my colleagues get results for their GREP searches ...

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यमाताराजभानसलगाः (yamātārājabhānasalagāḥ)

A handy mnemonic device for the gaṇas of Sanskrit meter. (taught to me by Somadeva Vasudeva)...