Sanskrit Computer Dictionary

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Swami Vishvarupananda wrote:

> I am new to this list so let me give a short introduction of myself. My
> name is Swami Vishvarupananda, and I am working on a long term project on
> Shakta Philosophy, particularly Shriyantra and Shri Vidya. I am also
> fascinated by Kashmir Shaivaism and its striking parallels to Shri Vidya.
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> I am also interested in the general study of Hindu Scriptures.
> 

This is an interesting way of putting it, given that it is usually assumed
that Srividya and the worship of Tripurasundari originated in Kashmir
Saivism, and was absorbed by others, specifically Advaita Vedantins. See,
for example, publications of Douglas Renfrew Brooks, Andre Padoux etc. 

One such online text is available on gopher at 
gopher://gopher.cc.columbia.edu:71/00/clioplus/scholarly/SouthAsia/
Groups/institutes/DHIRC/VedaSeminar/Padoux.txt, which has a summary of
Andre Padoux's April 1996 presentation at the Columbia University's Dharam
Hinduja Indic Research Center. 

Anyway, here are some general references on Sriyantra and Sricakra.

1. Pranavananda, Swami.
     A treatise on Sricakra / Swami Pranavananda.  Yenugula Mahal, East
   Godavari Dt., A.P. : Sri Swami Pranavananda Trust, 1992.

2. Sricakra puja vidhanamu : istartha siddhi-jivitabhivrddhi-vijayamu
   vidya-kirti labhamu kutumba saukhyamulanu prasadincu cakrarajamu /
   sankalanam, Pi. Manik Prabhu.  Sankarampeta, Medak Jilla :
   Sricakravidya Pracaraka Mandali, 1993 (in Telugu).

3. Ramachandra Rao, Saligrama Krishna, 1926-
      Sri-chakra : its yantra, mantra, and tantra / by S.K. Ramachandra
   Rao. Bangalore : Kalpatharu Research Academy, 1982.

4. Ramachandra Rao, Saligrama Krishna, 1926-
      Tantra, mantra, yantra : the tantra psychology / S. K. Ramachandra
   Rao. New Delhi : Arnold-Heinemann, 1979.

5. Ramachandra Rao, Saligram Krishna, 1926-
     The tantrik practices in Sri-Vidya : with Sri Sarada-chatussati /
   S. K. Ramachandra Rao.  1st ed.  Bangalore : Kalpataru Research
   Academy, 1990.

6. Srividya-varivasya / Svamisrihariharanandasarasvati (Karapatrasvami)
   diksanama-Srisodasanandanatha Maharajaih pranita [i.e. sankalita] ;
   sampadakah Sitaramakavirajah...  1. samskaranam.  Varanasi :
   Akhilabharatiya Dharmasanghah, 2035 [1978] (in Sanskrit).

7. Upanishads. Arunopanisad. English & Sanskrit.
      Arunopanisat of the Srividya tradition / translated and annotated by
   G. Sundaramoorthy.  Madurai : Srividya Eduactional Society, 1990.
   (Note that the Arunopanishad is a portion of the Taittiriya Aranyaka).

8. Brooks, Douglas Renfrew.
     Auspicious wisdom : the texts and traditions of Srividya Sakta
   tantrism in south India / Douglas Renfrew Brooks.  Albany, NY : State
   University of New York Press, c1992.

9. Brooks, Douglas Renfrew.
     The secret of the three cities : an introduction to Hindu Sakta
   tantrism / Douglas Renfrew Brooks.  Chicago : University of Chicago
   Press, c1990.

References 8 and 9 give a list of other references that should be useful. 

S. Vidyasankar