Tantric traditions of India, Nepal, and Tibet; Buddhist-Hindu Dialogue and Cross-sectarian Exchange; History of Yoga; Classical and vernacular narrative literature.

My dissertation research examines narrative literature from India, Nepal, and Tibet about the medieval adept (siddha) named Virūpa or Virūpākṣa as a window into the pre-modern relationship between tantric Buddhism and the Nātha sampradāya in the development of haṭhayoga.