A Buddhist Bhairava? Kṛtanagara’s Tantric Buddhism in Transregional Perspective by Andrea Acri, Aleksandra Wenta

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An Early Medieval Śaiva Pilgrimage Landscape: The Persistence of Pampa and Bhairava in the Hemakuta Hill Sacred Space, 800–1325 CE by Candis Haak

“…Each node possessed a unique relationship to microtopographic features of the hill, and to the earliest deities of the site that originally anchored and oriented the sacred space: Pampa and Bhairava. The pilgrimage space that developed between these two deities was tied together through a path of movement, running south to north. …”
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The King Must Protect the Difference: The Juridical Foundations of Tantric Knowledge by Jason Schwartz

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Vajramahākāla and the Śaivasaugata rulers of Dharmāśraya and Siṅhasāri by Iain Sinclair

“…These images are often said to represent (the Śivaite) Bhairava and king Ādityavarman (c. 1294–1374), but they have overt marks of Buddhist affiliation. …”
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THE POLITICS OF HERITAGE IN INDONESIA: A CULTURAL HISTORY, PENULIS MARIEKE BLOEMBERGEN & MARTIJN EICKHOFF by Grace Tjandra Leksana

“…Menariknya, objek yang pertama menyambut kami di sayap koleksi Indonesia adalah beberapa arca dari candi Singosari, seperti arca Ganesha, Bhairava, dan Durga yang sedang melawan iblis. Saat itu kami bertanya-tanya, bagaimana objek-objek ini hadir di museum di Belanda, sedangkan situs candi dimana arca-arca ini berasal terletak di Jawa Timur. …”
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Feeding the Enemy to the Goddess: War Magic in Śaiva Tantric Texts by Olga Serbaeva

“…This period marks a shift from the invocation of Aghora/Bhairava as the main war-helping god to the rituals invoking terrible goddesses, <i>mātṛkās</i>, <i>yoginīs</i>. …”
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Shared Religious Soundscapes: Indian Rāga Music in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Devotion in South Asia by Guy L. Beck

“…After briefly outlining the relation between religion and the arts, the Indian aesthetics of Rasa, and the basic notions of sacred sound and music in Hinduism, this essay reveals the presence of <i>rāga</i> music, specifically the structure or melodic pattern of the morning <i>rāga</i> known as Bhairava, in compositions praising the divinity of each non-Indic tradition: Adonai, Jesus, and Allah. …”
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