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The Mātṛkā Dance: Conceptualizing the Dancing Body of the Goddess
Conceptualizing the image of a dancing Supreme Goddess in the Hindu tradition presents a philosophical challenge because it demands a coherent...
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A Goddess Who Unites and Empowers: Śrīvidyā as a Link Between Tantric Traditions of Modern Kerala—Some Considerations
The paper considers the differences between the various Tantric traditions of Kerala and presents observations that emerged from my field research on...
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Vedānta: A Survey of Recent Scholarship (I)
This article surveys recent work on Vedānta, focusing on English-language secondary scholarship since the year 2000. The article consists of two...
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Pratyabhijñā Inference as a Transcendental Argument About a Nondual, Plenary God
The two most well-known and important nondual Śaiva and tantric philosophers are Utpaladeva (c. 900–950 CE) and Abhinavagupta (c. 950–1020 CE).... -
Philosophy from the Bottom Up: Eknāth’s Vernacular Advaita
The sixteenth-century Marathi poet-saint Eknāth is better known for his devotional songs ( abhaṅg ) and allegorical drama-poems ( bhārūḍ ) than his...
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Pratyabhijñā Inference as a Transcendental Argument about a Nondual, Plenary God
The two most well-known and important nondual Śaiva and tantric philosophers are Utpaladeva (c. 900–950 CE) and Abhinavagupta (c. 950–1020 CE).... -
The Amaraughaprabodha: New Evidence on the Manuscript Transmission of an Early Work on Haṭha- and Rājayoga
The Amaraughaprabodha is a Sanskrit Śaiva yoga text attributed by its colophons to Gorakṣanātha. It was first published by Kalyani Devi Mallik in...
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The Incorporation of Devotional Theism into Purāṇic Gifting Rites
The Purāṇas make a major contribution to Brahmanical writing on gifting, primarily because they contain descriptions of numerous specific gifting...
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Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities
In its classical formulation as found in Svātmārāma’s Haṭhapradīpikā , haṭhayoga is a Śaiva appropriation of an older extra-Vedic soteriological...