Andre Padoux

Andre Padoux has had a distinguished career as a diplomat and then as a scholar of Sanskrit, notably of Kashmir Shaivism and Shakta Tantrism. He was Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, for many years. He is a renowned expert on the science of mantra (mantrasastra) and has published important articles in this field."

Andre Padoux has had a distinguished career as a diplomat and then as a scholar of Sanskrit, notably of Kashmir Shaivism and Shakta Tantrism. He was Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, for many years. He is a renowned expert on the science of mantra (mantrasastra) and has published important articles in this field." See less