Modern
living scholars A–Z + lineage teachers — secondary witnesses, linked not hosted
Aleksandra Wenta — University of FlorenceAlexis Sanderson — Oxford (emeritus)Alka Tyagi — Independent (DK Printworld Studies in Kashmir Saivism)Andre Padoux — CNRS (historical)Ben Williams — Naropa University (Associate Professor of Hinduism; Muktabodha scholar-in-residence 2025)Bettina Baumer — Varanasi (Samvidalaya; utpaladeva.in)Boris Marjanovic (/Chakravarty) — Benares (Kaviraj lineage); Rudra PressChristopher Wallis (Hareesh) — Independent teacher; Tantra IlluminatedDavid Peter Lawrence — North Dakota (philosophy of religion)Dominic Goodall — EFEO PondicherryElisa Ganser — University of Zurich (Department of Indian Studies)Francesco Sferra — Università di Napoli L'Orientale (Chair of Sanskrit)Hamsa Stainton — McGill UniversityHarunaga Isaacson — University of Hamburg (Centre for Tantric Studies)Helene Brunner — EFEO / IFP Pondicherry (d. 2005)Isabelle Ratie — College de France (chair); formerly Sorbonne Nouvelle, GREIJaideva Singh — Varanasi (Motilal Banarsidass translator)James D. Reich — Pace UniversityJohn Nemec — University of Virginia (Professor of Indian Religions and South Asian Studies)John R. Dupuche — Melbourne (priest-scholar)Judit Törzsök — EPHE-PSL Paris (Directrice d'Études, Śaiva Studies; since 2018)Jurgen Hanneder — Sanskritist (MVV; Bhutiraja editions)K. C. Pandey — Lucknow (figures in KSTS/Banaras circuits)Lilian Silburn — CNRS / College de France, ICI (1908-1993)Loriliai Biernacki — CU Boulder (Associate Professor, Religious Studies)Mark Dyczkowski — Independent (Dyczkowski personal/associated editions)Mark Solms — Cape Town (neuropsychoanalysis)Mrinal Kaul — IIT Bombay (Associate Professor of Indian Philosophy, HSS; 2025–)Navjivan Rastogi — Lucknow UniversityRaffaele Torella — Sapienza University of RomeRaniero Gnoli — Rome (Serie Orientale Roma)Shaman Hatley — UMass Boston (Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Religious Studies)Somadeva Vasudeva — GRETIL/Mukhabodha (infrastructure)Sthaneshwar Timalsina — Stony Brook (Nirmal/Mattoo Chair); ex-SDSU; founder, Vimarsha Foundation (2019)Swami Lakshmanjoo — Universal Shaiva Fellowship (oral lineage, d. 1990s reception)Yohei Kawajiri — Kyoto (marginalia philology)
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