CENTRE FOR SHAIVA STUDIES

The Centre for Shaiva Studies produces and supports scholarly publications dedicated to the study of Shaiva scriptures and philosophy. Below you will find our published works, planned editions, and contributions from our researchers.

Published

• 2026 — Vijñānabhairava Tantra with the Commentaries by Śivopādhyāya and Ānandabhaṭṭa, An English Translation, Introduction and Exposition by Mark Dyczkowski. Edited by Manish Maheshwari. Indian Edition. Centre for Shaiva Studies.
• 2025 — Critical edition of the Kāmikāgama (Pūrvabhāga), Vol. 1. Centre for Shaiva Studies.
• 2024 — Tantrāloka, The Light on and of the Tantras, Volume 1 Chapter 1, with the Commentary called Viveka by Jayaratha, translated with extensive explanatory notes by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. Indian Edition. Centre for Shaiva Studies.

Planned Publication

• Critical edition of the Kāmikāgama (Pūrvabhāga), Vol. 2. Centre for Shaiva Studies.
• Critical edition of Śivajñānabodha with the commentary Vr̥tti by Sadāśivaśivācārya, which is the earliest available commentary on the Śivajñānabodha sūtras. Centre for Shaiva Studies.
• 2nd edition of the Śivāgamādimāhātmyasaṃgraha, a treatise that establishes the supreme validity of the Śaiva Āgamas and the Śaivasiddhānta doctrines composed by Śālivāṭi Jñānaprakāśa, the prolific Śaivasiddhānta ācārya of the early 17th century hailing from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, accompanied by Tamil and English translations and notes. Centre for Shaiva Studies.
• Critical edition of the Dviśatikālottarāgama, a 200-verse recension of the Kālottarāgama which is one of the Upāgamas of the Vātulāgama, the 28th Mūlāgama, with the hitherto unpublished commentary of Aghoraśivācārya, the 12th-century prolific commentator of the Śaivasiddhānta system. Centre for Shaiva Studies.

Past Research

• T. Ganesan — Pauṣkarāgamaḥ jñānapādaḥ. Parts 1 & 2. National Mission for Manuscripts / New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2015, 2019, Prakashika series.
• T. Ganesan — Śrīsiddhāntaśikāmaṇiḥ by Śivayogiśivācārya with Tamil adaptation in verse form by Civappirakāca Cuvāmikaḷ and Tamil prose rendering by T. Ganesan. The Shaiva Bharati Shodha Pratishthanam, Varanasi, xv, 509 p., 2016.

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