It is with deep sadness we have learned of the passing Dr. Mark Dyczkowski, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Tantra and Kashmiri Trika Shaivism.
We had the great honour to host Mark at one of our SAND gatherings in Italy where he shared some his work Trika Shivaism of Kashmir.
~Zaya Benazzo & the SAND Team
Mark S. G. Dyczkowski (29 August 1951 – February 2025) was an English Indologist, musician, and scholar of Tantra and Kashmir Shaivism. He has published multiple translations and commentaries, most notably the 12-volume Manthanabhairava Tantra and an 11-volume Tantrāloka including the commentary by Jayaratha. Dyczkowski also played the sitar and collected over 1,500 compositions for sitar.