LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate 1.	Boopsie welcomes the 25,000-year-old-warrior Hunk-Ra into her body.
Plate 2.	Vajrāveśa (rDo-rje dbab-pa), a gate guardian (dvārapāla).
Plate 3.	Lunar asterisms (nakṣatras) located within a man.
Plate 4.	Yajñavarāha. Wadhwan, Surendranagar, Gujarat (thirteenth century).
Plate 5.	Kāmadhenu, the “wish-fulfilling cow.”
Plate 6.	Kāmadhenu.
Plate 7.	Composite elephant.
Plate 8.	Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī on Garuḍa.
Plate 9.	Ama Ta Bap–Bylekuppe, Karnataka.
Plate 10.	Alexander erects an enchanted mirror that allows him to monitor activity on the high seas.
Plate 11.	An astrologer’s shop, Bombay 1947.
Plate 12.	Piśāc Bābā, Piśācmocan Temple, Varanasi.