Dear Valerie and Rajam,

Yes, The publisher hoped to avoid controversy. But, as you can see below, Chinnamasta is sometimes shown without Kama and Rati and with a lion.

Cheers,

Mary



On 15-Mar-2014, at 9:05 pm, Mary Storm <mnstorm@mac.com> wrote:

She does indeed turn up riding on lions. This painting was a composite of several images, the lion is Mughal (Jehangiri). 

Mary Storm

On 15-Mar-2014, at 9:01 pm, Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck@btinternet.com> wrote:

Indeed, it appears she traditionally stands on a copulating couple (Kāma and Rati, usually with Rati on top). But a web search turned up a modern painting of her riding a lion (or lioness?): http://www.artoflegendindia.com/chinnamasta-devi-p-5070.html

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

On 15 Mar 2014, at 14:58, rajam <rajam@earthlink.net> wrote:

I do not know much about tChinnamastase 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@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Congratulations! Cover picture wonderful. 
Hope your book will not offend anybody's religious or other feelings.
Stella Sandahl
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Stella Sandahl



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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