Glory of Lord Kameshwara- III: Varnamala form of Shiva and Shakti

In entire Hinduism there are only two divine beings that have been hailed as possessing an “akśara” form meaning a form composed of alphabets of the “varṇamālā”. They are Bhagawan Shiva and mother Lalitambika More...

Dasha Mahavidyas – IV: Sodasi, the Mother of Desire

[contextly_sidebar id=”afBMpAnHQghuso8unMFbA3sg5Aj08xE1″] Among the most important goddesses of the Mahāvidyā pantheon, Mahatripura Sundari certainly ranks high. Known also as Ṣoḍaśī, Lalita, More...

Dasha Mahavidyas-I

Perhaps the most intriguing and esoteric manifestation of different forms of the Goddess are the ten Mahavidya-s, who hold a preeminent position of great practical prominence in the Shakta traditions particularly More...

A brief study of possession in Hinduism-II: The Spiritual Context

[contextly_sidebar id=”JJfzmWQUKhdNCtXJr0s5A2odKlfpfRP4″] Japanese scholar of Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, Minoru Hara, in his study of the Mahabharata lists nearly sixty semantic contexts in which More...