Chinnamasta: The Aweful Buddhist and Hindu Tantric Goddess

Benard, Elizabeth Anne

ISBN 10: 8120810651 / ISBN 13: 9788120810655

Published by Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 1994

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Dust Jacket Near Fine, with laminate peel in lower right corner on back of jacket. Mild yellowing to text. First Edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chinnamasta: The Aweful Buddhist and Hindu Tantric Goddess
• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publications
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8120810651
• ISBN 13: 9788120810655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

On the significance and worship of Chinnamaståa (Hindu deity), and Chinnamuònòdåa (Buddhist deity).

About the Author

Elisabeth Benard became interested in India at the age of twelve years when her father first brought back Hindu images from a trip to India. She researched in India under the auspices of the American Institute of Indian Studies and received her doctrate from Columbia University. She has lectured widely in the United States, including at Smithsonian Institute and Asia Society, as well as in India and Japan. She has taught at Princeton, Rutgers University of Hawaii at Manoa. Presently she is teaching Hinduism, Women in Religion, and the Asian Religions in Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.