अभयवरदहस्तः पाशदन्ताक्षमाला- सृणिपरशुदधानो मुद्गरं मोदकं च । फलमधिगतसिंहः पञ्चमातङ्गवक्त्रो गणपतिरतिगौरः पातु हेरम्बनामा ॥ The esoteric form of Srī Heramba Mahāgaṇapati is worshiped three-fold

    The daily routine of Rajarshi Maharaja Rameshwar Singh (1860 – 1929), the king of Darbhanga in the Mithilā region, was extraordinary. He used

    Srīvaiṣṇavas have their own list of kṣētras documented as divya dēśas which are held in high regard by the followers of Rāmānujācarya. A

    While the Pāśupata vrata described in some Agamas and Tantras are described as unfit for dvijas by authorities such as Shātātapa, Hēmādri, etc.

    vyādhūta-kēsara-saṭā-vikarāḷavaktram
hastāgravisphurita-śaṅkhagadāsi-cakram | āviṣkr̥taṁ sapadi yēna nr̥siṁharūpam
 nārāyaṇaṁ tamapi viśvasr̥jaṁ namāmi || The mantras of Garuḍa, the vāhana of Srīmannārāyaṇa, are well known in

    Shaṇmukha Mahātāṇḍava Krama, popular among the śivācāryas at Tiruchendur, is guarded fiercely by practitioners. Through its correct use, most of the ābhicārika prayōgas

  namaḥ śrīpurabhairavyai || After listening to a lecture from a dear friend, a dean at Stanford on “Medical Accidents”, the relevance of some simple

  The basic homa of Subrahmaṇya, practiced by śrīvidyā upāsakas is based on VasiSṭha samhitā[1] and involves the worship of Subrahmaṇya in two forms: saguṇa

    श्रीलक्ष्मीर्वरदा विष्णुपत्नी वसुप्रदा हिरण्यरूपा स्वर्णमालिनी रजतस्रजा स्वर्णप्रभा स्वर्णप्राकारा पद्मवासिनी पद्महस्ता पद्मप्रिया मुक्तालङ्कारा चन्द्रा सूर्या बिल्वप्रिया ईश्वरी भुक्तिर्मुक्तिर्विभूतिरृद्धिः समृद्धिः कृष्टिः पुष्टिः धनदा धनेश्वरी श्रद्धा

  We had a question on whether Bhakti is useless in Tāntrika Upāsanā? I am very sure that we have, at no point, made any

    The twenty-third Tīrthaṅkara of the Jainas is the well-known Pārśvanātha and the consort of his Yakṣa Dharaṇēndra is known as Padmāvatī. Jaina mantra-śāstra

      Pūrvāmnāya Bhuvanēśvarī Tripurā Lalitā Padmā śūlinī Sarasvatī Tvaritā Nityā Vajraprastāriṇī Annapūrṇā Mahālakṣmī Lakṣmī Vāgvādinī Dakṣiṇāmnāya Prāsāda Paramēśvara Dakṣiṇāmūrti Vaṭuka Mañjughōṣa Bhairava Mr̥tasañjīvanī

    उररीकृतकाञ्चिपुरीमुपनिषदरविन्दकुहरमधुधाराम् | उन्नम्रस्तनकलशीमुत्स्वलहरीमुपास्महे शम्भोः || The verse ‘Prabho Shambho’ was composed by Acārya Amṛtavāgbhava, the great philosopher of Kashmir Shaivism and an ardent

  Much has been written by scholars about the origin of Mantrayāna in Buddhism. It may not be totally incorrect to state that Vajrayāna differs

  1. Aruṇā 2. Tripurā 3. Bhāvanā 4. Bahvr̥ca 5. Tripurātāpinī 6. Sītā 7. Dvitīya 8. Kāmarāja Kīlitōddhāra 9. Kālikā 10. Kālī Mēdhādīkṣita 11. Guhyakālī