[INDOLOGY] Shashti Devi

[Mary Storm]

You have probably seen these, but just in case:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashthi

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/d4/dc/a9/d4dca99836a0da3926906d3986912200.jpg

Mary Storm


On 15-Mar-2014, at 10:22 pm, Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Speaking of vāhanas, can anyone point me to a painting - or even a sculpture - of Ṣaṣṭhī Devī with her cat? I have found some nice Kalighat paintings, but nothing earlier. 
> 
> Valerie J Roebuck
> 
> On 15 Mar 2014, at 16:08, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Many thanks to everyone for the information! As I confessed at the outset, I don’t know much about these things; and, many traditional scholars (of Sanskrit & Tamil & religion) in South India are not in touch with ‘modernism!' So much for our generation gap!
>> 
>> One way to preempt controversy and confusion would be to refer to the source of the art work with acknowledgement. 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Rajam
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>
>>> Date: 2014-03-15 16:53 GMT+01:00
>>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] (no subject)
>>> To: rajam <rajam at earthlink.net>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It has, 
>>> 
>>> here:
>>> 
>>> http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/paintings/mahavidya-chinnamasta-riding-lion-HJ82/
>>> 
>>> and here:
>>> 
>>> http://www.artoflegendindia.com/chinnamasta-devi-p-5070.html
>>> 
>>> and here:
>>> 
>>> http://vi.sualize.us/vintage_painting_of_chinnamasta_devi_simon_ram_parvathi_godess_durga_picture_7c62.html
>>> 
>>> And, certainly, in many more images.
>>> 
>>> Best, 
>>> 
>>> Artur Karp
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2014-03-15 15:58 GMT+01:00 rajam <rajam at earthlink.net>:
>>> 
>>> I do not know much about these things, but received a comment from a friend in India that "the Chinnamasta Devi does not have a lion for her vehicle.”
>>> 
>>> May I know the source of the picture on the cover, so I can write to him and clear his doubt? (He is not a member of this group.)
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rajam
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 5:15 AM, Stella Sandahl <ssandahl at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Congratulations! Cover picture wonderful. 
>>>> Hope your book will not offend anybody's religious or other feelings.
>>>> Stella Sandahl
>>>> --
>>>> Stella Sandahl
>>>> ssandahl at sympatico.ca
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2014-03-15, at 12:14 AM, Mary Storm wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Dear Indologists
>>>>> 
>>>>> As Etta James, sang “At Last…”
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am happy to announce the publication of my book Head and Heart: Self-Sacrifice in the Art of India, published by Routledge in August 2013.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My thanks to all of you who offered help and support over the years.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mary Storm
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mary Storm, Ph.D.
>>>>> Academic Director
>>>>> India: National Identity and the Arts
>>>>> and
>>>>> Himalayan Buddhist Art and Architecture
>>>>> F 301 Lado Sarai
>>>>> New Delhi
>>>>> +91 98106 98003
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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