Megha Yadav

Analysis of the ideas of gender relations and its performance within the Tantric Buddhist practices in Early Medieval Eastern India, Nepal and Tibet.
The ‘manufacturing’ of Religious Mythology; its relation (and impact) with the popular Social practices and behaviour.
Ancient and Early Medieval Art Traditions popular in Indian Subcontinent focusing on the study of Religious Iconographic; its political and religious significance.

2016 | UGC NET | Government of India
Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Study, inherit.Heritage in Transformation, Humboldt Universität Zu Berlin, Germany for 2024-25.

Sītā Rasöi: Making of a Sacred Landscape, Journal of Indian History
‘Transforming the Female Body: Gender Dialectics in Early Buddhism’, Studies in History, 38(2), 2022, 111–132. https://doi.org/10.1177/02576430221124487
‘Disease, Demon, and the Deity: Case of Corona Mātā and Coronāsur in India’, Religions 13: 1011, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13111011
‘The First Buddhist Healer: Māyā Devī’, Sanghaditha, Feb. 2022, https://www.sanghaditha.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/layout-feb2022.pdf (in Malayalam language)
Prajñāpāramitā: From Concept to Icon- M Yadav- ATINER conference paper series, HIS 2015-1862 (2016)
Prajñāpāramitā: Making of the First Buddhist Goddess- M Yadav- Texts, Contexts and Visual Representation in Ancient and Early Medieval India- (ed.) R Mahalakshmi (2019)
Wives, Nuns and Consorts: Women in Tibetan Buddhism- M Yadav- Uttar Pradesh Journal of Social Science Research, 7(2), 74-80(2016)
Rāsa Līlā: A Dance of Power- M Yadav- Uttar Pradesh Journal of Social Science Research, 8(1), 20-30 (2017)
Enlightenment of the Body: A Tale of Jnāncandra’s defiance- M Yadav- Vidya Vimarsha, 3(2), 64-70 (2016)