Buddhist goddesses of India / Miranda Shaw.

Acknowledgments
Note on transliteration
Introduction
pt. 1. Ascent of the sacred female in early Buddhism
1. Pṛthivī : Mother Earth
2. Māyādevī : the Buddha's wondrous mother and her sacred grove
3. Yakṣiṇīs : voluptuous, magical nature spirits
4. Śrī Lakṣmī : glorious good fortune
5. Hārītī : goddess of motherly love
6. Female Buddhas : the case of Gotamī


pt. 2. Mahayana mothers of liberation
7. Goddesses in the Flower Ornament Scripture
8. Prajñāpāramitā : luminous mother of perfect wisdom
9. Parṇaśavarī : healing goddess clothed in leaves
10. Mārīcī : lady of sunrise splendor
11. Jāṅgulī : the Buddhist snake goddess
12. Sarasvatī : divine muse
13. Vasudhārā : Lady Bountiful
14. Cundā : saving grace
15. Sitātapatrā : invincible goddess with a thousand heads and hands
16. Uṣṇīṣavijayā : bestower of long life and immortality
17. Tārā : Mahayana Buddha, universal savior


pt. 3. Tantric female Buddhas
18. Vajrayoginī : her dance is total freedom
19. Nairātmyā : her body is the sky
20. Chinnamuṇḍā : severed-headed goddess
21. Siṃhamukhā : lion-faced female Buddha
22. Kurukullā : lion-faced female Buddha
22. Kurukullā : red enchantress with flowered bow
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary of Tibetan
Bibliography
Index.