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The '''five female buddhas''' of the [[five families]], also known as the '''five mothers''' (Tib. ཡུམ་ལྔ་, [[Wyl.]] ''yum lnga'') are: | The '''five female buddhas''' of the [[five families]], also known as the '''five mothers''' (Tib. ཡུམ་ལྔ་, [[Wyl.]] ''yum lnga'') are: | ||
#[[Dhatvishvari]] also known as Vajra Datvishvari or White Tara, the consort of [[Vairochana]], who represents the purity of the element '''space''' | #[[Dhatvishvari]] (Skt. ''Dhātvīśvarī''; Tib. [[དབྱིངས་ཕྱུག་མ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''dbyings phyug ma'') – also known as Vajra Datvishvari or White Tara, the consort of [[Vairochana]], who represents the purity of the element '''space''' | ||
#[[Buddhalochana]] the consort of [[Akshobhya]], who represents the purity of the element '''earth''' | #[[Buddhalochana]] (Skt. ''Buddhalocanā''; Tib. [[སངས་རྒྱས་སྤྱན་]]མ་, [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas spyan ma'') – the consort of [[Akshobhya]], who represents the purity of the element '''earth''' | ||
#[[Mamaki]] the consort of [[Ratnasambhava]], who represents the purity of the element '''water''' | #[[Mamaki]] (Skt. ''Māmakī''; Tib. [[མ་མ་ཀི་]], [[Wyl.]] ''ma ma ki'') – the consort of [[Ratnasambhava]], who represents the purity of the element '''water''' | ||
#[[Pandaravasini]] the consort of [[Amitabha]], who represents the purity of the element '''fire''' | #[[Pandaravasini]] (Skt. ''Pāṇḍarāvasinī''; Tib. [[གོས་དཀར་མོ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''gos dkar mo'') – the consort of [[Amitabha]], who represents the purity of the element '''fire''' | ||
#[[Samayatara]] also known as Green Tara, the consort of [[Amoghasiddhi]], who represents the purity of the element '''wind'''<noinclude> | #[[Samayatara]] – (Skt. ''Samayatārā''; Tib. [[དམ་ཚིག་སྒྲོལ་མ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''dam tshig sgrol ma'') – also known as Green Tara, the consort of [[Amoghasiddhi]], who represents the purity of the element '''wind'''<noinclude> | ||
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:29, 13 February 2026
The five female buddhas of the five families, also known as the five mothers (Tib. ཡུམ་ལྔ་, Wyl. yum lnga) are:
- Dhatvishvari (Skt. Dhātvīśvarī; Tib. དབྱིངས་ཕྱུག་མ་, Wyl. dbyings phyug ma) – also known as Vajra Datvishvari or White Tara, the consort of Vairochana, who represents the purity of the element space
- Buddhalochana (Skt. Buddhalocanā; Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་སྤྱན་མ་, Wyl. sangs rgyas spyan ma) – the consort of Akshobhya, who represents the purity of the element earth
- Mamaki (Skt. Māmakī; Tib. མ་མ་ཀི་, Wyl. ma ma ki) – the consort of Ratnasambhava, who represents the purity of the element water
- Pandaravasini (Skt. Pāṇḍarāvasinī; Tib. གོས་དཀར་མོ་, Wyl. gos dkar mo) – the consort of Amitabha, who represents the purity of the element fire
- Samayatara – (Skt. Samayatārā; Tib. དམ་ཚིག་སྒྲོལ་མ་, Wyl. dam tshig sgrol ma) – also known as Green Tara, the consort of Amoghasiddhi, who represents the purity of the element wind