Chinnamasta: The Aweful Buddhist and Hindu Tantric Goddess (Buddhist Tradition)
Elisabeth Benard became interested in India at the age of twelve years when her father first brought back Hindu images from a trip to India. She researched in India under the auspices of the American Institute of Indian Studies and received her doctorate from Columbia University. She has lectured widely in the United States, including at Smithsonian Institute and Asia Society, as well as in India and Japan. She has taught at Princeton, Rutgers University of Hawaii at Manoa. Presently she is teaching Hinduism, Women in Religion, and the Asian Religions in Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.