Līlā Śakti Mayī received her B.A. and M.A. in Sanskrit from the University of Virginia. She has studied the mechanics of the Sanskrit language alongside sacred Sanskrit literature both in and out of academia for almost a decade. Her scriptural focus has largely revolved around the Bhagavad Gītā. She has taught Sanskrit to graduate students and professionals alike, and, most recently, she contributed significantly to a new publication entitled Bhagavad Gītā Concordance: A Comprehensive Word Reference with English and Sanskrit Indexes by Dr. Graham Schweig (Columbia University Press, 2024). She is currently working on a similar project for the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali.