Grahas are afflictions which affect various aspects of human life. They are of different categories: bhūta, prēta, piśāca, rākṣasa, brahmarākṣasa, bālagraha, nivāta, ḍākinī, śākinī,

  Looking into the esoteric arts of other worthy systems, especially Buddhist and Daoist, is always of great interest to me as it enhances my

    देव्युवाच देवदेव जगन्नाथ त्रिनाथ श्रीत्रिलोचन | भवत्प्रसादाद्भगवान् भैरवस्य महात्मनः | कवचं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तवस्नेहातिशयादहम् || शिव उवाच प्राणिनां रक्षणार्थं च ब्रवीमि सुमुखे गुणान् |

  – Matthew Kapstein We know from the old Tibetan documents found at Dunhuang, and from later epic traditions as well, that Tibet had early on

      In śrīkrama Tantra, various aspects of Durgā are worshiped in the śrīcakra. Of these, Vanadurgā, śūlinīdurgā, Bhrāmarī Durgā, etc. are worshiped as

    अन्धःकोशे विधाता गरुडवररथः प्राणकोशे च रुद्रः चेतःकोशे महेशस्तदनु च वरविज्ञानकोशे सदाख्यः | आनन्दाभिख्यकोशे लसति च सततं यस्य शम्भोर्निदेशात् तं देवं राजराजेश्वरवरसुहृदं कुञ्चितांघ्रिं भजेऽहम्

    नमामि कृष्णरूपिणीं कृशाङ्गयष्टिधारिणीम् | समग्रतत्त्वसागरामपारपापगह्वराम् || १ || शिवां प्रभासमुज्ज्वलां स्फुरच्छशाङ्कशेखराम् | ललाटरत्नभास्वरां जगत्प्रदीप्तिभास्कराम् || २ || महेन्द्रकश्यपार्चितां सनत्कुमारसंस्तुताम् | सुरासुरेन्द्रवन्दितां पदार्थनिर्मलाद्भुताम् ||

  – O C Handa Tantra has generally been approached as a highly cloistered and mysterious discipline of higher spiritual level and no attempt has

    माहेश्वरी महादेवी जयन्ती सर्वमङ्गला | लज्जा भगवती वन्द्या भवानी पापनाशिनी || १ || चण्डिका कालरात्रिश्च भद्रकाल्यपराजिता | महाविद्या महामेधा महामाया महाबला || २

  Rāmānuja’s visit to the Purī Temple has been described by Anantācārya in Prapannāmr̥ta. Winning the Raja over, he sought to alter the Tantric form

    Last night, a gentleman asked me a question about ṣōḍaśī vidyā. He was referring me to a Bhāṣya on Lalitā Sahasranāma in Kannada

    1. अथ विद्या अष्टाविंशतिवर्णविशिष्टा – The Vidyā is composed of twenty-eight letters. The reference here is to Mahāṣōḍaśī mahāmantra. This is the mantra that is represented in

    A popular classification scheme counts 4032 permutations of the most popular śrīcakra, called the śuddha-chakra variation. This Chakra is composed of four Shiva-chakras

  – Christopher D Wallis Tantric Buddhism and Tantric Śaivism are conterminous, coeval, and co-functional. In fact, I believe the evidence supports the notion that

  The Yōnimudrā (finger gesture) is of great importance in the worship of Mahātripurasundarī and is used for every purpose starting with the invocation of