Sources & References

The Vedas (Ṛg · Yajur · Sāma · Atharva)

The foundational śruti — hymns, mantras and ritual knowledge.

Used in: Mantras, suktas, Vedic knowledge

The Principal Upaniṣads

Vedānta — the philosophical culmination of the Vedas.

Used in: Philosophy, Ātman & Brahman

Bhagavad Gītā

Śrī Krishna's teaching to Arjuna within the Mahābhārata.

Used in: Philosophy, dharma, yoga

Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki

The life and dharma of Śrī Rāma.

Used in: Kathas · Rāma

Mahābhārata

Itihāsa of the Bhāratas, including the Bhagavad Gītā.

Used in: Kathas · dharma

The Eighteen Mahāpurāṇas

Including Bhāgavata, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Skanda, Devī-Bhāgavata and Garuḍa.

Used in: Kathas · deities · vratas · tīrthas

Devī Māhātmya (Durgā Saptaśatī)

From the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — the glory of the Goddess.

Used in: Śakti · stotras

Manusmṛti & the Dharmaśāstras

Classical texts on dharma, duty and conduct.

Used in: Saṃskāras · dharma

Sūrya Siddhānta

Classical treatise on astronomy underlying the Panchāṅga.

Used in: Panchang · calendar

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra

Foundational text of Vedic astrology (Jyotiṣa).

Used in: Kundali · daśā · praśna

Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāhamihira

Encyclopaedic work on jyotiṣa and muhūrta.

Used in: Muhūrta · panchang

Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali

The aphorisms of classical Yoga.

Used in: Practice · meditation

Principal Stotras

Lalitā Sahasranāma, Viṣṇu Sahasranāma, Śiva Tāṇḍava, Hanumān Cālīsā and more.

Used in: Stotras · japa

Āgamas & Tantras

Texts on temple worship, pūjā vidhi and iconography.

Used in: Pūjā vidhi · temples

The Vedāṅgas

Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Kalpa and Jyotiṣa.

Used in: Sanskrit · pronunciation

Agni Purāṇa (for Dik-niyama / East-facing vidyā injunctions)

Agni Purāṇa (for Dik-niyama / directional rules)

Agni Purāṇa (for Dik-niyama / sitting directions)

Agni Purāṇa (for generic East-facing jñāna rules)

Agni Purāṇa (for japa sitting directions)

Agni Purāṇa (for sitting directions)

Brahma Purāṇa — Purāṇic tradition concerning Mārkaṇḍeya and Yama

Brahma Vaivarta Purana (Ganesha Khanda)

Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa (Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 4)

Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa (Uttara Khaṇḍa, for the efficacy of the divine names)

Brihat Stotra Ratnakara – Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (5.1.1 for textual codification)

Bṛhan-Nāradīya Purāṇa (38.126, for Harer Nāma as the sole yuga-dharma)

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (Chapter 3, for Budha/planetary rulership)

Caitanya Caritāmṛta (Ādi-līlā 17.21 and Antya-līlā 4.70, for Lakṣa-Nāma rules)

Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series – Brihat Stotra Ratnakara

Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series – Krishna Yajurveda Samhita

Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series – Samanya Vedanta Upanishads

Coburn, Thomas B. – Encountering the Goddess: A Translation of the Devi-Mahatmya

Eight Upanishads with Commentary of Shankaracharya – Advaita Ashrama

Ganapati Atharvashirsha, Atharvaveda

Garga Saṃhitā - Balabhadra Khaṇḍa

Gita Press, Gorakhpur – 108 Upanishads

Gita Press, Gorakhpur – Durga Saptashati (Code 118)

Gita Press, Gorakhpur – Nityakarma Prayoga Mala

Gita Press, Gorakhpur – Sri Sukta Vidhana Gutka

Gita Press, Gorakhpur – Stotra Ratnavali

Gita Press, Gorakhpur – Upanishad Anka

Gita Press, Gorakhpur – Veda Samhita Selections

Guptavatī Commentary by Bhāskararāya (on Chapter 5 stotra mechanics)

Gāyatrī Tantra

Kalisantaraṇa Upaniṣad (verses 5–6, for Ṣoḍaśa-nāma codification)

Kumāra Tantra (for Kaumāra japa applications)

Kāmadhenu Tantra (Bīja Abhidhāna)

Kātyāyanī Tantra (for Saptaśatī mantra classification)

Kātyāyanī Tantra (for Śākta japa application)

Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā 4.5.8.1)

Lakṣmī Tantra (Pāñcarātra Āgama)

Mahanarayana Upanishad

Mahanarayana Upanishad – Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

Mahābhārata - Ādi Parva and Śānti Parva passing references to the Yuga cycles and Balarāma's lineage

Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad (Khanda 7)

Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad (Khaṇḍa 7, Verse 1)

Mantra Mahodadhi (Taranga 8, for Lakṣmī japa application)

Mantra Mahodadhi (Taraṅga 2, Gaṇapati Vidhi)

Mantra Mahodadhi (Taraṅga 3, Śrī Vidyā / Tripura Sundari Vidhi)

Mantra Mahodadhi (Taraṅga 4)

Mantra Mahodadhi (Taraṅga 5)

Mantra Mahodadhi (for anuṣṭhāna counts)

Mantra Mahodadhi (for japa application)

Mantra Mahodadhi (for the bīja saṃpuṭa)

Mantra Rahasyam (Dr. Narayan Dutt Shrimali, p. 197)

Mantra Rahasyam: The Secrets of Sacred Chants (Dr. Narayan Dutt Shrimali)

Manu Smṛti (Chapter 2)

Markandeya Purana (Ch. 77–78)

Mudgala Purana

Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi (for Vidyārambham / Nakṣatra timing)

Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (Cantos 81–93: Devī Māhātmya / Durgā Saptaśatī)

Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (Devī Māhātmya, Chapter 5)

Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (Devī Māhātmyam)

Nirṇayasindhu of Kamalākara Bhaṭṭa (Pariccheda 2: Āśvina-Māsa-Kṛtya for ritual injunctions)

Nārada Pāñcarātra

Padma Purāṇa

Padma Purāṇa (Svarga Khaṇḍa, Chapter 50, for Nāma-māhātmya)

Padma Purāṇa (Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, Sarasvatī-stotra-dhyānam)

Pranjivan Harihar Shastri, Shani Mahatmya (Gujarati recension)

Prapañcasāra Tantra (for Mūla vs. Nāma distinctions)

Prapañcasāra Tantra (for chandas metre and Gāyatrī application)

Radhakrishnan, S. – The Principal Upanishads

Rao, S.K. Ramachandra – Durga Saptashati: Text and Esoteric Meaning

Rigveda Khila-sukta Samhita – Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series

Rigveda Samhita – Mandala 10, Sukta 121

Rigveda Samhita – Mandala 7, Sukta 41

Robert E. Svoboda, The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth (Lotus Press, 1997)

Sayanacharya – Bhashya on the Taittiriya Samhita

Sayanacharya – Commentary on the Rigvedic Khilas

Sayanacharya – Commentary on the Taittiriya Aranyaka

Sayanacharya – Vedartha Prakasha (Commentary on the Rigveda)

Sayanacharya’s Vedartha Prakasha (Commentary on Taittiriya Samhita)

Shatapatha Brahmana (13.5.4.1)

Shiva Purana – Vidyeshvara Samhita

Skanda Purana – Kashi Khanda

Skanda Purāṇa (Kumārikā Khaṇḍa)

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai – Vedic Suktas with English Translation

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai – Vedic Suktas with Meaning

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai – Vedic Suktas with Translation

Sri Rudram and Chamakam – Ramakrishna Math / Advaita Ashrama Publications

Sri Rudram and Chamakam – Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 10, Ch. 56)

Swami Jagadiswarananda – Devi Mahatmyam (Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai)

Taittiriya Aranyaka of Krishna Yajurveda (Anandashram Sanskrit Series)

Taittiriya Aranyaka – Krishna Yajurveda (Anandashram Sanskrit Series)

Taittiriya Aranyaka, Krishna Yajurveda (10.1.6)

Taittiriya Samhita of the Krishna Yajurveda

Taittiriya Samhita – Krishna Yajurveda (Kanda 4, Prapathaka 7)

Taittiriya Upanishad with Shankara Bhashya – Gita Press, Gorakhpur

Taittirīya Āraṇyaka (10.1.1, Sāyaṇa-bhāṣya)

Taittirīya Āraṇyaka (for the Tāpatraya / triple śānti principle)

Taittirīya Āraṇyaka (for the vyāhṛtis)

Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (10.1.5)

Tirugnāna Sambandar, Tirunāvukkaracar (Appar), Tēvāram — Tirukkaḍavūr hymns celebrating Śiva's defeat of Kāla

Tirukkaḍavūr temple tradition — Kālasaṃhāra Mūrti and the preservation of the Mārkaṇḍeya–Yama episode

Tārasāra Upaniṣad

Upanyasam / Kathakalakshepam (Living Oral Tradition)

Varadā Tantra (Bīja Nighaṇṭu for 'gaṃ' bīja analysis)

Varadā Tantra (Bīja Nighaṇṭu for Aiṃ, Hrīṃ, and Śrīṃ anatomy)

Varadā Tantra (Bīja Nighaṇṭu)

Varadā Tantra (for Vāgbhava bīja decoding)

Varadā Tantra (for the exact 'duṃ' bīja decoding)

Varadā Tantra (for the exact 'śrīṃ' bīja decoding)

Vayu Purana & Matsya Purana (Genealogical Chapters)

Villi Bharatam (Tamil Epic Expansion)

Vishnu Purana

Vishnu Purana (Book III, Ch. 2; Book IV, Ch. 13)

Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Viṣṇu Purāṇa - Book 4, Chapter 1

Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.17

Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.18

Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.19

Vyasa Bharatam (Original Core Framework)

Works of Sankaracharya (Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam)

Yaska – Nirukta (Daivata Kanda)

Īśa Upaniṣad (for its liturgical role as Śānti Pāṭha)

Śiva Purāṇa (Rudra Saṃhitā - for counts and Ekādaśa Rudras)

Śiva Purāṇa (Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā)

Śiva Purāṇa (Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā, Chapter 25 for Rudrākṣa-māhātmya)

Śiva Purāṇa — Mārkaṇḍeya, his destined death at sixteen, Śiva's intervention and protection of the devotee

Śiva Purāṇa — Rudra-saṃhitā, Kumāra-khaṇḍa, Chapter 13: The Birth of Gaṇeśa

Śiva Purāṇa — Rudra-saṃhitā, Kumāra-khaṇḍa, Chapter 18: Gaṇeśa's Consecration, Boons and First Worship

Śiva Purāṇa — Rudra-saṃhitā, Kumāra-khaṇḍa, Chapters 14–17: The Conflict Between Gaṇeśa and Śiva's Gaṇas, the Beheading of Gaṇeśa, and His Restoration

Śrī Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa (Atharvaveda, Mantras 6–8)

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (Canto 4, Dhruva Mahārāja episode)

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam / Bhāgavata Purāṇa - Canto 9, Chapter 3

Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Skandha 3, Chapters 26–27 detailing the Navarātri Vrata)

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.39–42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.43

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.44

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (Chapter 13, Gaṇeśa Paṭala)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (Chapter 13, for Gaṇeśa mālā selection and ritual rules)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (Chapter 18, Rudra/Śiva Vidhi)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (Chapter 2)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (Chapter 6, Sarasvatī Paṭala for Puraścaraṇa rules)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (Chapter 8, Tripura Sundari Paṭala)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (Chapter 8, for Kamal Ghaṭṭa mālā selection)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (for Sphaṭika mālā selection)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (for mālā selection and kāmya karmas)

Śāradā Tilaka Tantram (for Śākta mālā selection)

Ṛgveda 7.59.12 — source of the Tryambaka/Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā