Ben Williams
Naropa University (Associate Professor of Hinduism; Muktabodha scholar-in-residence 2025)
Historian of Śaiva tantra: Sāhib Kaula lineage hymns (with Stainton); Śivasūtravimarśinī new edition/translation SUNY (with Kaul, under contract); Muktabodha preservation lead.
Bio. PhD Harvard (South Asian Studies). Intellectual historian of Śaiva tantra. Monograph on Abhinavagupta in progress; Śrīvidyā hymn translations (Tripurā Tallikā 2023–24); Sūtras of Śiva (SUNY Muktabodha KSTS series, with Kaul, under contract); Kaula hymn volume with Stainton (Dec 2026); first Muktabodha scholar-in-residence (2025), holding the Muktabodha Chair of Yoga Studies to 2028.
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Ksemaraja (Rajanaka Ksemaraja) — new Śivasūtravimarśinī edition (with Kaul)
Naropa University (Associate Professor of Hinduism; Muktabodha scholar-in-residence 2025) · status: active · dates: active since 2023 — Naropa profile 2023–; Munk School talk 2023; Tripurā Tallikā translations 2023–24
The Sūtras of Śiva: Śivasūtravimarśinī edition/translation (SUNY, with Kaul, under contract)
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Used for: Kṣemarāja Vimarśinī new English
Cidvilāsastava; Saubhāgyahṛdayastotra translations (Tripurā Tallikā 2023–24) 2024
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Used for: hymn translation method; Śrīvidyā/Kaula register
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