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100			_aMenzies, Jackie
245			_aGoddess divine energy
260			_bArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney _c2007
300			_a280p.
500			_aCONTENTS Acknowledgements 6 Lenders 7 Foreword Edmund Capon 9 PROLOGUE Concepts of the goddessJackie Menzies 13 Early golddesses Tamara Ditrich 18 Nature goddesses Gauri Parimoo Krishnan 23 GODDESSES IN HINDUISM LAKSHMI/VISHNU Lakshmi, goddess of well-beingAnuVedagiri and Chaya Chandrasekhar 35 Radha : from beloved to goddess B. N. Goswamy 43 SHAKTI/SHIVA The presence of shakti Alan Croker 66 The divine androgyne : Shiva, Parvati and sexual syncretism in Indian art John Guy 69 Parvati, daughter of the mountain Wendy Doniger 77 THE POWER OF DEVI Devi, the Great Goddess, and the Shakta tradition Janice M. Glowski 99 Durga, slayer of the buffalo demon Wendy Doniger 121 Kali and the wisdom goddesses Jackie Menzies 131 A goddess for everyone : the mass production of divine images Jim Masselos 147 The goddess in Indian film Rachel Dwyer 153 YOGA TANTRA Tantric goddess yantras Madhu Khanna159 Devi Kundalini : the narrative of the subtle body Madhu Khanna 173 GODDESSES IN BUDDHISM WISDOM Prajnaparamita, goddess of wisdom Miranda Shaw 188 Dharani goddesses and female Buddhas Miranda Shaw 193 Tara, the saviouress Miranda Shaw 211 WISDOM AND COMPASSION Vijrayana Chaya Chandrasekhar 226 Adi buddha couples Chaya Chandrasekhar 228 Jina Prajnas : female Buddhas of the mandala Chaya Chandrasekhar 233 Heruka Buddha couples Chaya Chandrasekhar 243 The goddess as divine lover : Maithuna imagery in Himalayan art Jane Casey 257 Glossary Chaya Chandrasekhar 271 Further reading 275 Index 276
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