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The worship of Lalitā Tripurasundarī and the Śrīcakra, the heart of the library.

• Sri Vidyarnava Tantra, Part 1
• Sri Vidyarnava Tantra, Part 2
• Sri Vidyarnava Tantra, Part 3
• Quintessence of Sri Vidya
• Shri Lalita Sahasranama Stotram (mula)
• Saundarya Lahari (clean Devanagari)
• Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya commentary (Saubhagya Bhaskara)
• Saundarya Lahari with Lakshmidhara Commentary, Bhavana Upanishad, Devi Pancha Stavi
• Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava (Vamakeshvarimata)
• Yogini Hrdaya with Dipika of Amrtananda and Setubandha of Bhaskara Raya
• Tripurarahasya (Mahatmya Khanda)
• Kamakalavilasa by Punyananda with Natanandanatha's commentary
• Tripurarahasya (Jnana Khanda, Advaita section)
• Subhagodaya-vasana by Shivanandanatha Mahayogi
• Sri Lalita Trisati Bhasya of Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada
• Varivasya-rahasya (with Prakāśa, Bhāskararāya)
• Nityotsava
• The Kulachudamani Tantra and the Vamakeshvara Tantra (Finn, 1986)
• Saubhāgya-Bhāskara (Lalitā-Sahasranāma-Bhāṣya)
• Tripurasāra-Samuccaya

The Goddess in her many forms, from Durgā to the ten Mahāvidyās.

• Devi Mahatmya / Durga Saptashati (clean Devanagari)
• Shri Durga Saptashati (Gita Press Gorakhpur edition)
• Hymns to Kali (Karpuradi Stotra with Vimalananda Svami commentary)
• Srimad Devi Bhagavatam
• Shakta Pramoda (all Ten Mahavidyas)
• Kali Tantra with Hindi Commentary (Chowkhamba)
• Tara Bhakti Sudharnava (Tantrik Texts 21)
• Tara Rahasya with Shivadutta Hindi Vyakhya
• Mahachinachara Krama Tantra (primary Tara text)
• Bagalamukhi Rahasyam (Pitambara Peeth 1964)
• Chhinnamasta Evam Bhuvaneshwari Tantra Shastra
• Malinivijayottara Tantra
• Devi Gita (Bhagavati Gita) with Nilakantha's Tika
• Śaktisaṃgama-tantra, Kālīkhaṇḍa (vol. 1)
• Śaktisaṃgama-tantra, Tārākhaṇḍa (vol. 2)
• Śaktisaṃgama-tantra, Sundarīkhaṇḍa (vol. 3)
• Śaktisaṃgama-tantra (vol. 4, Baroda critical ed.)
• Bṛhannīla Tantra (1938 Srinagar ed.)
• Kalivilasa Tantra
• Kamakhya Tantra
• Mahamaya Tantra
• Matrikabheda Tantra
• Mundamala Tantram
• Niruttara Tantra
• Rudrayamala Uttara Tantra, Part 1
• Rudrayamala Uttara Tantra, Part 2
• Śāktānanda-taraṅgiṇī of Brahmānanda Giri
• Śyāma-Rahasya

Foundational tantric compendia on mantra, yantra, ritual, and the subtle body.

• Mahanirvana Tantra (The Great Liberation, Woodroffe)
• Parashuram Kalpa Sutra with Vritti of Ramesvara
• Tantra Raja Tantra: A Short Analysis
• Tantraraja Tantra (full text)
• Pranatoshini Tantra (Ramatoshana Bhattacharya 1928)
• Todala Tantra (Bengali edition)
• Kularnava Tantra
• The Serpent Power (Shatchakranirupana, Padukapanchaka)
• Sharada Tilaka Tantra of Lakshmana Desikendra
• Prapancha Sara Tantra of Shankaracharya with Commentary
• Mantra Mahodadhi with Tika (16th c. compendium)
• Jnanarnava Tantra
• Chinachara Tantra with Nirmala Hindi Commentary
• Kaulavalinirnaya of Jnanananda Paramahamsa
• Kaulavalī-nirnaya (Tantrik Texts Vol. XIV)
• Chidgagana Chandrika of Shrivatsa
• Kaulajnana Nirnaya of Matsyendranatha
• Mahartha Manjari of Maheshvarananda with Parimala commentary
• Mantra Maharnava
• Mantra-mahārṇava (3 khaṇḍas)
• Uḍḍāmareśvara Tantra (Kashmir Series LXX)
• Yoginī Tantra (with Bhāṣā-ṭīkā)
• Puraścaryārṇava, Part I (Taraṅgas 1–4)
• Puraścaryārṇava, Part II (Taraṅgas 5–8)
• Puraścaryārṇava, Part III (Taraṅgas 9–12)
• Bhava Chudamani Tantra
• Bhuta Damara Tantra
• Dakṣiṇāmūrti-Saṃhitā
• Devī-rahasya with Pariśiṣṭas
• Gandharva-Tantra
• Gāyatrī Tantra (with Bhāṣā-ṭīkā)
• Guptasādhana Tantra (with Bhāṣā-ṭīkā)
• Hindu Tantric and Sakta Literature (Goudriaan & Gupta, 1981)
• Kakshaputa Tantra of Nagarjuna
• Kamadhenu Tantra and Kankalamalini Tantra
• Kamaratna Tantra
• Kriyoddisha Maha Tantraraj
• Kubjikamata Tantra
• Kulachudamani Tantra
• Mahakala Samhita
• Mahakala Samhita (manuscript)
• Maya Tantra
• Meru Tantra (Śiva-Śivā-saṃvāda)
• Pheṭkāriṇī Tantra
• Picchila Tantra Purva Khanda
• Principles of Tantra (Tantratattva, Avalon)
• Rādhā Tantra (Vāsudeva-rahasya)
• Samayācāra Tantra (with Kalyāṇī-ṭīkā)
• Sanatkumara Tantra
• Śrī Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa (with word-by-word translation)
• Tantra-Cintāmaṇi of Navamīsiṃha
• Tantrasamuccaya of Nārāyaṇa, Part I
• Tantrasāra-samuccaya of Nārāyaṇa, Part II
• Tantrasāra-saṅgraha of Nārāyaṇa
• Uddisha Tantra of Ravana
• Urdhvamnaya Tantra
• Varahi Tantra
• Varahi Tantra (Manuscript)
• Vira Tantra
• Vatuka Bhairava Hridayam (from Vishvasara Tantra)
• Shakti Peethas (Pithanirṇaya from Tantrachudamani)

The Āgama scriptures, the Pāñcarātra, and the dualist and Tamil Śaiva traditions.

• Tattvaprakasa of Bhojadeva with Tatparyadipika of Aghorasiva
• Sivajnana Siddhiyar of Arunandi Sivacharya
• Sivagnana Botham of Meykanda Deva
• Thirumanthiram of Tirumular
• The Saiva Upanishads with the Commentary of Upanishad-Brahma-Yogin
• Brihat Tantrasara of Krishnananda Agamavagisha, Part 1
• Brihat Tantrasara of Krishnananda Agamavagisha, Part 2
• Lakṣmī-Tantra (Pāñcarātra Āgama)
• Pāñcarātra-Āgama (Ahirbudhnya-saṃhitā etc.)
• Āgama aur Tantraśāstra (Brajvallabh Dwivedi)
• Ajita-Āgama (Śaiva Siddhānta, IFP ed.)
• Ajita-Āgama vol. 3, Kriyāpāda
• Kāmika-Āgama, Pūrva-pāda (vol. 1)
• Karanāgama, Kriyāpāda (Prabhulinga Shastry trans.)
• Mrigendra Agama, Vidyapada and Yogapada (KSTS ed.)
• Mṛgendra-Āgama
• Makutāgama (Kriyā-Caryāpādau)
• Raurava-Āgama (vol. 1, IFP critical edition)
• Sukshma Agama (Kriyapada)
• Vīrāgama (Uttara-bhāga)
• Māheśvara Tantra (Nārada-Pāñcarātra)
• Siddha-Siddhānta-Paddhati

The non-dual recognition philosophy of Abhinavagupta and the Trika lineage.

• Vijnana Bhairava Tantra (mula with English translation)
• Shiva Sutra Vimarshini (Vasugupta, Kshemaraja)
• Spanda Karika
• Pratyabhijna Hridayam
• Ishvara Pratyabhijna Vimarshini
• Paramartha Sara of Abhinavagupta with Yogaraja's Commentary
• Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta with Jayaratha's Viveka (Vol. 4)
• Tantrasara of Abhinavagupta
• Para-Trishika-Vivarana of Abhinavagupta (Jaideva Singh trans.)
• Mahanaya Prakasa
• Krama Tantricism of Kashmir (incl. Kramastotra of Siddhanatha)
• Cidvilasastava (Hymn to the Play of Consciousness)
• Netra Tantra (with Kṣemarāja's Netroddyota, KSTS)
• Svacchanda Tantra

The non-dual teaching of Gauḍapāda, Śaṅkara, and the prakaraṇa texts.

• The Vedanta Sutras with the Commentary of Sankaracharya
• Mandukya Upanishad with Gaudapada Karika and Shankara Bhashya
• The Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya
• The Bhagavadgita with Sanatsujatiya and Anugita (SBE vol. 8)
• Vivekachudamani
• Upadesa Sahasri (A Thousand Teachings) of Sri Sankaracharya
• Aparokshanubhuti (Self-Realization) of Sri Sankaracharya
• Prakarana Dvadashi (Twelve Prakaranas of Shankara)
• Panchadasi
• Atma Bodha
• Drig Drishya Viveka
• Mahavakya Ratnavali of Ramachandra Yati
• Ashtavakra Gita
• The Avadhuta Gita of Dattatreya
• Sarva Darsana Samgraha

The contemplative heart of the Veda, principal and minor collections.

• The Upanishads, Part 1 (Sacred Books of the East vol. 1)
• The Upanishads, Part 2 (Sacred Books of the East vol. 15)
• Shvetashvatara Upanishad (Gita Press Gorakhpur)
• Samanya Vedanta Upanishads (24 Upanishads, Adyar 1921)
• Samnyasa Upanishads (Olivelle, 1992)
• Sarasvatirahasya Upanishad
• Kaula and Other Upanishads (Tantrik Texts XI)

The disciplines of stilling body and mind, and the path of the Nāth siddhas.

• Patanjali's Yoga Sutras with Vyasa Bhashya and Vachaspati Misra
• Hatha Yoga Pradipika
• The Gheranda Samhita
• Shiva Samhita with Hindi commentary
• Gorakṣa Paddhati (with Mahīdhara's Bhāṣā-ṭīkā)
• Amaraugha-prabodha of Siddha Gorakṣanātha
• Yoga Upaniṣads (20 minor Upaniṣads, Adyar 1920)
• Laghu Yoga Vasishtha
• Raja Yoga and Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms

The four Saṃhitās with classical commentary and English translation.

• Rigveda Samhita with Sayana Bhashya
• Rigveda Samhita with Skanda Bhashya
• Hymns of the Rigveda, Vol I (Griffith)
• Hymns of the Rigveda, Vol II (Griffith)
• Sama Veda Samhita with Sayana Bhashya
• Hymns of the Samaveda (Griffith)
• Taittiriya Samhita with Sayana Bhashya
• Shukla Yajurveda Madhyandina Samhita (Uvata, Mahidhara)
• Texts of the White Yajurveda (Griffith)
• Yajur Veda (Keith) and Atharva Veda (Bloomfield)
• Atharva Veda Shaunaka Samhita with Sayana Bhashya (Kanda 1–2)
• Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā (Whitney trans., HOS)
• Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā (Whitney trans., HOS vol. 2)
• Śrī Rudram, Namakam and Chamakam (with Laghunyāsa)

The great narratives, the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata.

• The Ramayana of Valmiki (Griffith translation)
• Mahabharata Vol 1: Adi, Sabha Parva (Gita Press)
• Mahabharata Vol 2: Vana, Virata Parva (Gita Press)
• Mahabharata Vol 3: Udyoga, Bhishma Parva (Gita Press)
• Mahabharata Vol 4: Drona, Karna, Shalya, Sauptika, Stri Parva
• Mahabharata Vol 5: Shanti Parva (Gita Press)
• Mahabharata Vol 6: Anushasana, Ashvamedha and later Parvas

The old stories of gods, cosmos, lineage, and devotion.

• Srimad Bhagavata Purana (Gita Press)
• Vishnu Purana (Sanskrit mula with Hindi anuvad, Gita Press)
• Skanda Mahapurana (Gita Press)
• Shiva Mahapurana (Venkateswar Press, 1955)
• Shiva-Dharma-Purana
• Linga Purana
• Markandeya Purana (Pt. Shriram Sharma ed.)
• Markandeya Purana (Sanskrit and Pargiter trans.)
• Kalika Purana (1891 Khemraj Sanskrit edition)
• Kalika Purana (Hindi translation)
• Ganesha Purana
• Brahma Purana (Anandashrama ed.)
• Brahmavaivarta Purana (Khandelwal ed., Part 1)
• Naradiya Purana
• Padma Purana, Bhumi Khanda (Chaukhamba)
• Varaha Purana
• Samba Purana

The classical texts on conduct, law, and atonement.

• The Laws of Manu (Manava Dharmasastra)
• Yajnavalkya Smriti with the Mitakshara of Vijnaneswara
• Prayaschitta Viveka of Shulapani

The classical works on horoscopy, omens, and celestial timing.

• Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra (English trans.)
• Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra with Hindi Commentary
• Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira (Subrahmanya Sastri, 1956)
• Brihat Jatakam of Varaha Mihira (Subrahmanya Sastri)
• Brihat Samhita of Varahamihira (1865)
• Brihat Samhita of Varahamihira with Hindi Commentary
• Brihat Samhita (English)
• Hora Sara of Prithuyasas (Santhanam trans.)
• Phaladeepika of Mantreshwara (Subrahmanya Sastri trans.)
• Prasna Marga, Part II (Raman trans.)

Hymns and thousand-name litanies of praise.

• Brihat Stotra Ratnakara (Nirnaya Sagar 1912)
• Sahasranama Stotra Sangraha (Gita Press)
• Vishnu Sahasranama with Sankara Bhashya (Sastry, 1927)
• Hanumat Sahasranama Stotra (Gita Press)
• Hanumat Sahasranama Stotra (Khemraj)
• Gopala Sahasranama
• Tara-Sahasranama-Vyakhya (Visveshvara)

The aphorisms on the path of loving devotion.

• Narada Bhakti Sutra with Hindi commentary
• Shandilya Bhakti Sutras

Recent teachers whose words illuminate the older texts.

• Who Am I? (Nan Yar), Sri Ramana Maharshi
• Self-Enquiry (Vichara Sangraha), Sri Ramana Maharshi
• Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi