Text as the Metaphoric Body: Incorporation of Tripurā in Saundaryalaharī – III
[contextly_sidebar id=”kwSt9Pu0PMI18jdO309HsleD3iLdG6z4″] Verse 51: śive śṛṅgārārdrā taditarajane kutsanaparā | saroṣā gaṅgāyāṃ giriśacarite vismayavatī || harāhibhyo bhītā sarasiruhasaubhāgyajayinī47 More...
Text as the Metaphoric Body: Incorporation of Tripurā in Saundaryalaharī – II
[contextly_sidebar id=”wkUsDiEsW7zkITf4D7gdG0xz3IjbueDA”] Encountering the Divine Body of Bliss The significance and centrality of the divine body in SL is vivid, particularly in the second part, where More...
Text as the Metaphoric Body: Incorporation of Tripurā in Saundaryalaharī – I
Abstract Saundaryalaharī is a classical Sanskrit text in one hundred stanzas dedicated to the goddess Tripurasundarī. The central argument of this paper is that this devotional hymn – a textual body comprised More...
Dasha Mahavidyas- III: Bhairavi
[contextly_sidebar id=”MyJdcxjys3HIRoZB3JPy48fafbeLYX6O”] One of the most important goddess in the Mahavidyā pantheon is Bhairavi, a term that has wide application and meaning in the Tantric tradition. More...
In Conversation with Nithin Sridhar on ‘Musings on Hinduism’
What is Dharma? Why do you call yourself a Hindu? After all, what is the Hindu view on certain issues like menstruation? Is there a distinct Hindu gaze? Also, is that gaze a fixed rigid gaze? Or is it something More...
Deconstructing Arun Shourie’s “Two Saints”
Two Saints: Speculations Around and About Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi by Arun Shourie has been published by Harper Collins and is available on Amazon. Arun Shourie’s new book, “Two Saints” More...
Dasha Mahavidyas-II: Chinnamasta
[contextly_sidebar id=”bZNQq8rm338h7LHlB1YGWOr6m5o4i7zs”] Among the various Mahavidyas arguably the most awe inspiring iconography is that of Goddess Chinnamastā. She appears either 5th or 6th in the More...
Book Review: Musings on Hinduism by Nithin Sridhar
Musings on Hinduism by Nithin Sridhar, Chennai: Rare Publications, 2016. The book can be purchased from Amazon and Flipkart. Musings on Hinduism by Nithin Sridhar is a compact work (188 pp) comprising of independent More...
Beyond Belief: We Are Not All the Same
Believer, the recent documentary by Reza Aslan, succeeded in creating quite a buzz among Hindus all over the world. Most people took umbrage over the fact that Aslan zeroed in on a fringe community of ‘believers’ 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...