The Kalacakra Tantra (Vol-I)
The Kalacakra Tantra was the last major Tantrik text written in India before the decline of Buddhism. The book has left indelible influence over different regions of Asia in last thousand years of its journey. Apart from the Vimalprabha commentary composed during the mid-11th century, there is no verse by verse commentary available to the general reader. Kumar has attempted translation of the full text from Sanskrit original and has also contributed a new detailed commentary. This book locates mysterious Sambhala and Oddiyana. The book further delves into the chronology of legendary Kalki kings.
Niraj Kumar(1973- ) is the author of classic work on Asian Integration, "Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril"(January,2003). The sequel "Asia in Post-Western Age" has been published in 2014. He is an initiate in Ramakrishna Mission Order and disciple of Swami Ranganathanadaji Maharaj.He is intimately involved with the Himalayas, Buddhism and Tantra.
Currently, he is Joint Secretary to the Government of India .
His ongoing work is five volume set on translation and commentary on the Kalacakra Tantra. The first volume, Kalacakra Tantra: Translation, Annotation and Commentary (DK PrintWorld & Mody Univ of Science & Tech New Delhi:2022) has been internationally well received. It is first verse by verse commentary on the complex text, written after a gap of millennium. The second volume has been released on 11 May 2025. Third volume dealing with the construction of sand mandala and first seven initiations is expected to be released in December 2025.
[Books: Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril(2003), Autopsy of Revolution(Poetry,2006),I Have No Voice(Poetry,2013), Sri Yantra and Geophilosophy of India(2014), Asia in Post-Western Age(2014), Rainbow of Indian Civilization(2015), Tagore's Refuge Unto Buddha(co-ed. Lama Chosphel Zotpa, S.N. Mishra , 2014), Himalayan Bridge(co-editors George van Driem, P. Stobdan, 2016),Rekindling Pan-Asian Spirit Through Rebuilding Nalanda(2017),The Kalacakra Tantra, Vol. I(2022), The Kalacakra Tantra, Vol. II(2025)].
The Kalacakra Tantra was the last major Tantrik text written in India before the decline of Buddhism. The book has left indelible influence over different regions of Asia in last thousand years of its journey. Apart from the Vimalprabha commentary composed during the mid-11th century, there is no verse by verse commentary available to the general reader. Kumar has attempted translation of the full text from Sanskrit original and has also contributed a new detailed commentary. This book locates mysterious Sambhala and Oddiyana. The book further delves into the chronology of legendary Kalki kings.
Niraj Kumar(1973- ) is the author of classic work on Asian Integration, "Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril"(January,2003). The sequel "Asia in Post-Western Age" has been published in 2014. He is an initiate in Ramakrishna Mission Order and disciple of Swami Ranganathanadaji Maharaj.He is intimately involved with the Himalayas, Buddhism and Tantra.
Currently, he is Joint Secretary to the Government of India .
His ongoing work is five volume set on translation and commentary on the Kalacakra Tantra. The first volume, Kalacakra Tantra: Translation, Annotation and Commentary (DK PrintWorld & Mody Univ of Science & Tech New Delhi:2022) has been internationally well received. It is first verse by verse commentary on the complex text, written after a gap of millennium. The second volume has been released on 11 May 2025. Third volume dealing with the construction of sand mandala and first seven initiations is expected to be released in December 2025.
[Books: Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril(2003), Autopsy of Revolution(Poetry,2006),I Have No Voice(Poetry,2013), Sri Yantra and Geophilosophy of India(2014), Asia in Post-Western Age(2014), Rainbow of Indian Civilization(2015), Tagore's Refuge Unto Buddha(co-ed. Lama Chosphel Zotpa, S.N. Mishra , 2014), Himalayan Bridge(co-editors George van Driem, P. Stobdan, 2016),Rekindling Pan-Asian Spirit Through Rebuilding Nalanda(2017),The Kalacakra Tantra, Vol. I(2022), The Kalacakra Tantra, Vol. II(2025)].
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The Kalacakra Tantra was the last major Tantrik text written in India before the decline of Buddhism. The book has left indelible influence over different regions of Asia in last thousand years of its journey. Apart from the Vimalprabha commentary composed during the mid-11th century, there is no verse by verse commentary available to the general reader. Kumar has attempted translation of the full text from Sanskrit original and has also contributed a new detailed commentary. This book locates mysterious Sambhala and Oddiyana. The book further delves into the chronology of legendary Kalki kings.
Niraj Kumar(1973- ) is the author of classic work on Asian Integration, "Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril"(January,2003). The sequel "Asia in Post-Western Age" has been published in 2014. He is an initiate in Ramakrishna Mission Order and disciple of Swami Ranganathanadaji Maharaj.He is intimately involved with the Himalayas, Buddhism and Tantra.
Currently, he is Joint Secretary to the Government of India .
His ongoing work is five volume set on translation and commentary on the Kalacakra Tantra. The first volume, Kalacakra Tantra: Translation, Annotation and Commentary (DK PrintWorld & Mody Univ of Science & Tech New Delhi:2022) has been internationally well received. It is first verse by verse commentary on the complex text, written after a gap of millennium. The second volume has been released on 11 May 2025. Third volume dealing with the construction of sand mandala and first seven initiations is expected to be released in December 2025.
[Books: Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril(2003), Autopsy of Revolution(Poetry,2006),I Have No Voice(Poetry,2013), Sri Yantra and Geophilosophy of India(2014), Asia in Post-Western Age(2014), Rainbow of Indian Civilization(2015), Tagore's Refuge Unto Buddha(co-ed. Lama Chosphel Zotpa, S.N. Mishra , 2014), Himalayan Bridge(co-editors George van Driem, P. Stobdan, 2016),Rekindling Pan-Asian Spirit Through Rebuilding Nalanda(2017),The Kalacakra Tantra, Vol. I(2022), The Kalacakra Tantra, Vol. II(2025)].
