Mahandeo (महानदेव) is the third avatar of Lord Shiva. In the vast pantheon of Hindu mythology, Lord Shiva – the destroyer,…
Aura (आभा) most commonly refers to: Aura (paranormal), a purported field of luminous multi-colored radiation around a person or object,…
The Rudrayamala (रुद्रयामल), also known as Rudra Yamala (रुद्र यमला), Rudra-Yamala, or Parātriṁśaka, is considered one of the most important Sanskrit Tantric texts. It is…
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…
Sheetali Pranayama (शीतली प्राणायाम) and Sitkari Pranayama are sister pranayamas – they have similar methods and yield the same effects…
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…
Kalki (कल्कि), also known as Kalkin, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu Deity Vishnu. According to Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear…