उद्दोर्दण्डचलत्कुठारशिखरस्फारस्फुलिङ्गाङ्कुर- व्रातामोघमहास्त्रनाशितजगद्विद्वेषिवंशाटवीम् | वन्दे भार्गवमुग्रकार्मुकधरं शान्तं प्रसन्नाननं वीरश्रीपरिचुम्ब्यमानमहितस्वब्रह्मतेजोनिधिम् || uddordaṇḍacalatkuṭhāraśikharasphārasphuliṅgāṅkura- vrātāmoghamahāstranāśitajagadvidveṣivaṃśāṭavīm | vande bhārgavamugrakārmukadharaṃ śāntaṃ prasannānanaṃ vīraśrīparicumbyamānamahitasvabrahmatejonidhim ||  

  पाञ्चरात्रं महातन्त्रं कथितो वैष्णवागमः | एनमाराध्य देवेशि पालकोऽभूज्जगत्रये || विद्याकदम्बचक्रस्थाः शिवविद्या मयेरिताः | ताः सन्ति बैन्दवे चक्रे तस्माच्छिवमयी शिवा || सिद्धरत्नमहातन्त्रे कथितो गणपागमः |

  suvarṇatanumekāmranāyakotsaṅgavāsinīm | dhyāyāmi varadāṃ devīṃ sadānandasvarūpinīm || One of the several emails I received was regarding a program involving the Pārāyaṇa of aṣṭottara śatanāma

  There are several Kavachas associated with Mahāviṣṇu that are seen in the various purāṇas. Of these, Nārāyaṇa Kavacha which occurs in the sixth skandha

  – Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche The Tantras, which are the almost exclusive preserve of Tibetan Buddhism, form part of the teachings of the Mahāyāna. Like

  – Dr. Debabrata Sen Sharma Yāska in his Nirukta has provided us with the etymological meaning of the term Mantra in this way –

  – V N Srinivasa Rao The questionable authority of Silappadigaram The only authority on which the claim that the temple on the hill of

    Anjaneyastra has been uploaded to our Stotra page. Link  

    After we published the previous article on Tirupati Venkaṭeśvara, several folks wrote to us expressing surprise especially regarding Padmāvatī. It’s unfortunate that followers

    श्रीचक्रं शिवचक्रं च ध्वनिचक्रं च ताण्डवम् | सम्मेळनं श्रीललिताचक्रं चिन्तामणेस्तथा | गणेशस्कन्दयोश्चैव चक्रं ज्ञेयं नवात्मकम् || श्रीचक्रादिविशेषयन्त्रघटितं भित्तिस्वरूपं सदाऽऽ- नन्दज्ञानमयं नटेशशिवयोः सम्मेलनं बोधयेत्

    There are a dozen lists of Upapurāṇas available in various works and the only thing common to them is a lack of consensus.

  From the fifteen letters of Kādi Pañcadaśī Mahāmantra, the fifteen Mālā-mantras originate. These are generally known as the fifteen Khaḍgamālās, although this is technically

    Kadi Vidyeshvari Kali Stotram has been uploaded to our Stotra page. Link  

  – Excerpts from: The Society of Ramayana As the large number of verses which we are induced to regard as accretions shows, the Rāmāyaṇa

    – Reflections on the Tantras In both the Mahācīnācārakrama and Brahmayāmala, almost a similar story is given where the Buddha is represented as