Tripura Sundari: The Radiant Goddess of Beauty

Tripura Sundari (त्रिपुरसुन्दरी), also known as Lalita (ललिता), Shodashi (षोडशी), Kamakshi (कामाक्षी), and Rajarajeshvari (राजराजेश्वरी), is a Hindu Goddess revered primarily within the Shaktism tradition and recognized…

Pratyabhijna is the Philosophy of Self-Recognition and Divine Consciousness

Pratyabhijna or Pratyabhijya (प्रत्यभिज्ञा) is an idealistic, monistic, and theistic school of philosophy in Kashmir Shaivism, originating in the ninth century CE. The name of the system is derived from…

Tantra and Spiritualized Yogic Sexuality

Tantra (तन्त्र) is the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed in India from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards. The term tantra, in the Indian traditions,…