LIST OF TEXT FIGURES
1. Ganesa-Jayanti. From the Asiatic Researches of Bengal, 1806.
2. Esoteric form of Ganapati. From The Hindu Pantheon by E. Moor.
3. Ganesa as 'Lord of the Universe'. Drawing by the author.
4. Outline drawing of Ganesa from a fresco at Bazakhk, Chinese Turkestan. From
Altbuddhistische Kultstdtten in Chinesisch-Turkestan, by A. Grunwedel (Reimer, Berlin).
5. Outline drawing of Vinayaka in the Vajra-dhatu mandala.
6. Outline drawing of Vinayaka in the Garbha-dhatu mandala.
7. Ganesa as Vajra-Vinayaka. From the Himitsu Jirin.
8. Kangi-ten. From the Himitsu Jirin.
LIST OF COLOURED PLATES
Rajput miniature: ^iva and Parvati receiving Brahma, Ganesa, Karttikeya, Krisna, and
other Hindu gods in Durbar on Mount Kailasa. Collection of the author. Frontispiece.
12. Rajput miniature: The abhiseka of Gaja-Laksmi with Ganesa, Krisna, Brahma, and other
Hindu gods in adoration. Collection of the author. Facing page 24.
1. Ganesa-Jayanti. From the Asiatic Researches of Bengal, 1806.
2. Esoteric form of Ganapati. From The Hindu Pantheon by E. Moor.
3. Ganesa as 'Lord of the Universe'. Drawing by the author.
4. Outline drawing of Ganesa from a fresco at Bazakhk, Chinese Turkestan. From
Altbuddhistische Kultstdtten in Chinesisch-Turkestan, by A. Grunwedel (Reimer, Berlin).
5. Outline drawing of Vinayaka in the Vajra-dhatu mandala.
6. Outline drawing of Vinayaka in the Garbha-dhatu mandala.
7. Ganesa as Vajra-Vinayaka. From the Himitsu Jirin.
8. Kangi-ten. From the Himitsu Jirin.
LIST OF COLOURED PLATES
Rajput miniature: ^iva and Parvati receiving Brahma, Ganesa, Karttikeya, Krisna, and
other Hindu gods in Durbar on Mount Kailasa. Collection of the author. Frontispiece.
12. Rajput miniature: The abhiseka of Gaja-Laksmi with Ganesa, Krisna, Brahma, and other
Hindu gods in adoration. Collection of the author. Facing page 24.