THE GUIDING QUESTION
What does this teaching ask us to live?
The Amṛta Tantra Project studies texts, deity traditions, theology, and contemplative practice. Its purpose is to recover what the sources actually teach and explain how their parts fit together.
Care for the sources
Translations, commentary, living-tradition instruction, and contemporary adaptation have different roles. Keeping those roles visible helps a reader understand what a source gives, what an interpretation adds, and what remains unresolved.
Care for practice
The project follows the practical consequences of study: what a practitioner is asked to understand, embody, visualize, recite, contemplate, and integrate. Where a practice requires initiation or teacher guidance, that context belongs with the material.
A library taking shape
This public section will grow through selected introductions, translations, thematic essays, and practitioner materials. Research notes and incomplete procedures will be reviewed before they become part of a public reading path.
CURRENT TEXTUAL WORK
Texts we are working with
Our textual work includes translation, commentary, comparative study, and practice research, alongside the review of earlier studies. These projects are at different stages, from gathering sources to preparing material for readers.
Śaiva philosophy & contemplation8 texts
Consciousness, recognition, and the experience of practice.
- Śiva Sūtras
- Spandakārikā
- Spandasaṃdoha
- Vātūlanāthasūtra
- Mahārthamañjarī
- Tantravaṭadhānikā
- Dehasthadevatācakrastotra
- Svabodhodaya MañjarīSource assessment
Tantra, ritual & mantra12 texts
Studies of tantric teachings, ritual sequences, and mantra traditions.
- Agnikāryapaddhati
- Jayadrathayāmala
- Kulasāra
- Kulārṇava Tantra
- Mantramahodadhi
- Netratantra / Amṛteśatantra
- Prāṇatoṣiṇī Tantra
- Prapañcasāra Tantra
- Rudrayāmala
- Śaktisaṅgama Tantra
- Svatantratantra
- Kumāratantra
Purāṇic narratives4 texts
Stories, theology, and practice in the Goddess and Gaṇeśa traditions.
- Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa
- Devī Māhātmya
- Gaṇeśa Purāṇa
- Lalitopākhyāna
Upaniṣadic texts4 texts
Short scriptures devoted to Devī, Śiva, Gaṇapati, and Tripurā.
- Devī Atharvaśīrṣa
- Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa
- Śivātharvaśīrṣa
- Tripurā Upaniṣad
Śrīvidyā studies2 texts
Lalitā’s names and the teachings of the Yoginīhṛdaya.
- Lalitā Sahasranāma
- Yoginīhṛdaya
Kālī texts5 texts
Hymns, names, protective texts, and ritual manuals.
- Dakṣiṇakālīpūjāpaddhati
- Kālīkalpalatā
- Kālī Sahasranāma recensions
- Karpūrādi Stotra
- Śrījaganmaṅgala / Śyāmākavaca
Hymns & devotional texts11 texts
Praise, contemplation, and the language of devotion.
- Akhilāṇḍeśvarī Puṣpamālā / Akṣaramālikā
- Akhilāṇḍeśvarī Stotram
- Akhilāṇḍanāyikā Daṇḍaka
- Ardhanārīśvara Stotra
- Bhuvaneśvarīmahāstotra
- Karpūra-gauram Śiva verse
- Prachaṇḍacaṇḍikāstotra
- Pratyaṅgirā Mahāmālāmantra
- Pratyaṅgirā Stotram
- Śiva–Śakti Stotra
- Tripurabhairavī Pañcamāṅga Stotra / Tripurāstuti
Updated September 2026. A text’s inclusion here does not mean a complete translation is available.
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