Images of the Fierce Goddess: Psychoanalysis and Religious Symbols—a Response to Kondos

Bennett, Lynn . 1983. Dangerous wives and sacred sisters: Social and symbolic roles of high caste women in Nepal. New York: Columbia University Press.

Kakar, Sudhir . 1981. The inner world: A psychoanalytic study of childhood and society in India, 2nd edition. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Kondos, Vivienne . 1986. Images of the fierce goddess and portrayals of Hindu women. Contributions to Indian sociology (n.s.) 20, 2: 173- 97.

Obeyesekere, Gananath . 1981. Medusa's hair: An essay on personal symbols and religious experience. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Obeyesekere, Gananath . 1984. Mother goddess and social structure. In Obeyesekere, Cult of the goddess Pattini, pp. 425-450. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (Indian edition 1987, Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass).