The Egyptian god Anubis figure’s ascent on the right side of the wheel represents the upward movement of the Governing Vessel along the spine.

  Innumerable prastāras are discussed for various formulations of śrīcakra. चत्वारि शिवचक्राणि शक्तिचक्राणि पंच च | सामरस्याद्भवेच्चक्रं श्रीचक्रं सर्वरूपकम् || बिन्दोर्मन्वस्रपर्यन्तं शक्तिचक्रं प्रकीर्तितम् | तदुत्तरं

    अपस्मारकुष्टक्षयार्शः प्रमेह ज्वरोन्मादगुल्मादिरोगा महान्तः | पिशाचाश्च सर्वे भवत्पत्रभूतिं विलोक्य क्षणात्तारकारे द्रवन्ते || – श्रीसुब्रह्मण्यभुजङ्गम् – 25  

    श्रीमात्रे नमः भूताः प्रेताः पिशाचाश्च राक्षसा ब्रह्मराक्षसाः | भूतप्रेतग्रहाश्चैव तथा बालग्रहाः शिवे || कश्मलाश्च निवाताश्च डाकिनी शाकिनी तथा | याकिनी राकिणी चैव हाकिनी

    Oṃ namō bhagavatē nārasiṁhāya || The ritual of Nr̥simhēṣṭi is performed when one is suffering from various afflictions related to the physical, spiritual

    On the glorious path of śrīkrama Tantra, five vidyās are considered primary in our sampradāya, among the three hundred and sixty raśmis of

  There are frequent queries regarding the puraścaraṇa saṁkhyā for mantras by many of our readers. Each mantra has its own specified minimum number but

  Traditionally, the Veda is regarded as the source of all adhyātma-vidyā. However, several śaiva, śākta, and Vaiṣṇava āgamas frequently categorize Vaidika-vidyā as laukika and

    – Pūrvāṅga mantra of Ucchiṣṭa Mahāgaṇapati – āvaraṇa – aṣṭama – Dik – uttara – aṅga mantras – Kubēra, Yakṣiṇī-traya (Dhanākarṣiṇī, Janākarṣiṇī, Vaṭayakṣiṇī),

  वन्देऽहं क्रूरघोरप्रबलतरमहागण्डभेरुण्डसिंह- व्याघ्राश्वक्रोडशाखामृगवरखगराड्भल्लुकाद्यष्टवक्त्रम् | द्वात्रिंशत्कोटिबाहुं हलमुसलगदाशङ्खचक्रादिहेतीः बिभ्राणं भीमदंष्ट्रं शरभखगगजान् भक्षयन्तं नृसिंहम् || The secretive upāsanā of śrī Gaṇḍabhēruṇḍa Nr̥siṁha has remained concealed among qualified practitioners

    On the paurṇamī of Dāmōdara māsa, Vakrakubjikā or Vakrēśvarī (one among the Navaratna-kubjikā) is propitiated. The origin and māhātmya of Vakrakubjikā is described

  śuddhāśuddhaphalā mantrāstathā tūbhayasaṁjñakāḥ | subhagāyā bhavantyēva tadēvātha nigadyatē || The mantra of Mahātripurasundarī (here described by the word subhagā, indicating Hādi Lōpāmudrā specifically, which

    स्वस्तिको दक्षिणं पादं वामपादं तु कुञ्चितम् | प्राञ्जलीकृतदोर्युग्मं गरुडं हरिवल्लभम् || अनन्तो वामकटको यज्ञसूत्रं तु वासुकिः | तक्षकः कटिसूत्रं तु हारः कार्कोट उच्यते

  – N.K. Singh It may be noted that the Tantras themselves, whether Hindu or Buddhist, usually make no claim to historicity. They claim to

    According to Maitrāyaṇīya Samhitā (I.6.12), Aditi, desirous of progeny, prepared sacrificial rice, offered it to the deities, and ate the remnant. The result