Lilian Silburn (1908–1993) was a French Indologist specialising in

Kashmir Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism or Trika Shaivism, is a nondualist tradition of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra which originated sometime after 850 CE. Since this tradition originated in Kashmir it is often called "Kashmiri Shaivism". It later went on to become a pan ...

, Tantra and Buddhism. Silburn studied philosophy and Indology under

Paul Masson-Oursel Paul Masson-Oursel (5 September 1882 – 18 March 1956) was a French orientalist and philosopher, a pioneer of 'comparative philosophy'. Masson-Oursel was a student of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Henri Bergson, Emile Durkheim, Pierre Janet, André L ...

and others. During World War II, she joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research and remained associated with it since. Her students included

André Padoux André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a varia ...

. Working together with Louis Renou, she translated from Sanskrit and published the core scriptures of

, including '' Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta'', '' Vijnana Bhairava Tantra'', and others, many being first-ever translations of the recently discovered texts. Silburn, a student of

Lakshman Joo Swami Lakshman Joo (9 May 1907 – 27 September 1991) was a mysticism, mystic and scholar of Kashmir Shaivism. He was known as Lal Sahib ("Friend of God") by followers. Biography Lakshman Joo was born in a Kashmiri Hindu Brahmin family ...

, authored ''Kundalini: The Energy of the Depths, A Comprehensive Study Based on the Scriptures of Nondualistic Kasmir Saivism'' (Shaiva Traditions of Kashmir, State University of New York Press, 1988). Her life and depth of insight has made some consider her a modern mystic.

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French Indologists 1908 births 1993 deaths {{France-academic-bio-stub