Kashmir Shaivism (कश्मीर शैव धर्म) is a 20th-century umbrella term for a body of Sanskrit exegetical literature from several non-dualist Shaiva-Shakta tantric and monistic…
Tantraloka (तन्त्रलोक) is a treatise of Abhinavagupta, a writer and philosopher of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. The Tantraloka…
The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra (विज्ञान भैरव तंत्र) is a Shiva Tantra of the Kaula Trika tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, possibly authored by Guru…
Pancha Siddhantika (पंच सिद्धांतिका) is a 6th-century CE Sanskrit–language text written by astrologer-astronomer Varāhamihira in present-day Ujjain, India. It summarizes the contents of the treatises of…
Matsara (मत्सर) is a Buddhist/Hindu term translated as “stinginess” or “miserliness”. It is defined as being incapable of enjoying one’s…
Mada (मद) is a term used in both Hindu theology and mythology and is one of the Arishadvargas. It refers…
Moha (मोह), a Sanskrit term often translated as “delusion,” refers to the Hindu and Buddhist concept of ignorance that prevents one from…
The Surya Siddhanta (सूर्य सिद्धांत) is a Sanskrit treatise in Indian astronomy dated to the 4th to 5th century, in fourteen chapters. This Siddhanta describes rules to…
Treta Yuga (त्रेतायुग), in Hinduism, is the second and second-best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Krita (Satya) Yuga and…
Krishna (कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God in his own right. He is…