Gāruḍam
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I recently recorded the following interview with Dr. Raj Balkaran at New Books Network on my first book, Early Tantric Medicine. W...
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This week I am proud to introduce the goddess Tvaritā, whose chapter I contributed to A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses. She typifi...
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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...
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Dr. Lakshminaryanan tells the story of being envenomed by a scorpion sting as a child, and the miraculous mantra cure by a village...
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The Vipati mantra became the Gāruḍa mantra par excellence by the tenth century. I discuss its early and elaborate ritual system at...
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SHREE KRISHNAPARUNTHU IMDB Entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156072/ This 1984 Malayalam film by directors P. Bhaskaran and A. V...
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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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I recently came across these two poetic compositions by the 14th century Śrīvaiṣṇava luminary Vedāntadeśika. He was an initiate of...
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“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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A Russell’s Viper (गोनस) The Kāśyapasaṃhitā, alias Garuḍapañcākṣarīkalpa, is unique in that it is the only long text to surv...