Sanskrit
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At the request of a student, I have recorded myself reciting each of the verses in the Goldman Sanskrit primer, Devavāṇīpraveśikā,...
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On September 27, 2023 I delivered a lecture (via a video call) at the International Seminar on Tantric Religion, Pondicherry Unive...
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I am reading Kālidāsa’s play Vikramorvaśīyam with students this week. We are using the English translation of V. Narayana Ra...
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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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The final passage in A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is very unique—it is quite possibly the only example in world history that a...
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Chapter 11 illuminates the Tantric “goddess of desire” Kāmeśvarī. Her chapter in A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses differs from all...
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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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The final goddess highlighted in the “Miracles and Devotees” section of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is the fascinating Rāṣṭra...
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The fifth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is part of the second section of the book. Whereas the first four chapters f...
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The fourth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, is written by Shaman Hatley and concerns the Seven Mothers (sapta mātaraḥ)...