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The '''eight tramen''' ( Skt. piśacī; Tib. ཕྲ་མེན་བརྒྱད་, ''tramen gyé'', | The '''eight tramen''' (Skt. ''piśacī''; Tib. ཕྲ་མེན་བརྒྱད་, ''tramen gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''phra men brgyad''), or '''eight singhama''' (སིམ་ཧ་བརྒྱད་, ''sim ha brgyad'') are animal-headed deities (''tramen'' literally means 'hybrid')<noinclude> who are counted among the [[fifty-eight wrathful deities]]</noinclude>. They are: | ||
#Simhamukha (Skt. Siṃhamukhā)<ref>The Sanskrit words of all eight goddesses | #Simhamukha (Skt. Siṃhamukhā)<ref>The Sanskrit words of all eight goddesses are only attested in Monier Williams</ref>, The Lion-Faced Lady (''seng gdong ma'') | ||
#Vyaghrimukha (Skt. Vyāghramukhā) The Tiger-Faced Lady (''stag gdong ma'') | #Vyaghrimukha (Skt. Vyāghramukhā) The Tiger-Faced Lady (''stag gdong ma'') | ||
#Srigalamukha (Skt. Śṛgālamukhā) The Jackal-Faced Lady (''wa gdong ma'') | #Srigalamukha (Skt. Śṛgālamukhā) The Jackal-Faced Lady (''wa gdong ma'') | ||
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#Kangkamukha (Skt. Kaṅkamukhā; Wyl. ''kang ka mu kha'') The Heron-Faced Lady (''dur bya'') | #Kangkamukha (Skt. Kaṅkamukhā; Wyl. ''kang ka mu kha'') The Heron-Faced Lady (''dur bya'') | ||
#Kakamukha (Skt. Kākamukhā) The Crow-Faced Lady (''bya rog'') | #Kakamukha (Skt. Kākamukhā) The Crow-Faced Lady (''bya rog'') | ||
#Ulumukha (Skt. Ulūkamukhā) The Owl-Faced Lady ('' 'ug pa'i gdong can ma'') | #Ulumukha (Skt. Ulūkamukhā) The Owl-Faced Lady ('' 'ug pa'i gdong can ma'')<noinclude> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities]] | [[Category:Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities]] | ||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
[[Category:08-Eight]]</noinclude> | |||
Latest revision as of 14:13, 7 October 2022
The eight tramen (Skt. piśacī; Tib. ཕྲ་མེན་བརྒྱད་, tramen gyé, Wyl. phra men brgyad), or eight singhama (སིམ་ཧ་བརྒྱད་, sim ha brgyad) are animal-headed deities (tramen literally means 'hybrid') who are counted among the fifty-eight wrathful deities. They are:
- Simhamukha (Skt. Siṃhamukhā)[1], The Lion-Faced Lady (seng gdong ma)
- Vyaghrimukha (Skt. Vyāghramukhā) The Tiger-Faced Lady (stag gdong ma)
- Srigalamukha (Skt. Śṛgālamukhā) The Jackal-Faced Lady (wa gdong ma)
- Shvanamukha (Skt. Śvanamukhā) The Wolf-Faced Lady (spyang ki)
- Gridhamukha (Skt. Gṛdhramukhā) The Vulture-Faced Lady (bya rgod)
- Kangkamukha (Skt. Kaṅkamukhā; Wyl. kang ka mu kha) The Heron-Faced Lady (dur bya)
- Kakamukha (Skt. Kākamukhā) The Crow-Faced Lady (bya rog)
- Ulumukha (Skt. Ulūkamukhā) The Owl-Faced Lady ( 'ug pa'i gdong can ma)
Notes
- ↑ The Sanskrit words of all eight goddesses are only attested in Monier Williams