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#Chauri (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. ''tso'u ri''), the female thief (''chom rkun ma'') | #Chauri (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. ''tso'u ri''), the female thief (''chom rkun ma'') | ||
#Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. ''kas ma ri''), (''sme sha can'') | #Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. ''kas ma ri''), (''sme sha can'') | ||
#Pramoha (Skt. | #Pramoha (Skt. Pramohā; Wyl. ''pra mo''), the utterly bewildered female (''rab tu rmongs ma'') | ||
#Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. ''tsan dha li''), the fierce woman (''gtum mo'') | #Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. ''tsan dha li''), the fierce woman (''gtum mo'') | ||
#Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. ''be'e ta li''), the zombie (''ro langs ma'') | #Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. ''be'e ta li''), the zombie (''ro langs ma'') | ||
#Shmashani (Skt. | #Shmashani (Skt. Śmaśānī; Wyl. ''sme sha ni''), female dweller of charnel grounds (''dur khrod ma'') | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 7 October 2022
The eight wrathful females or eight gaurima (Skt. gaurī; Tib. གཽ་རི་མ་བརྒྱད་, gaurima gyé; Wyl. gau ri ma brgyad) are counted among the mandala of the fifty-eight wrathful deities. They are:
- Gauri (Skt. Gaurī;[1] Wyl. ko'u ri), the white female (dkar mo)[2]
- Pukkasi (Skt. Pukkasī; Wyl. pus ka si), (sbos mo)
- Chauri (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. tso'u ri), the female thief (chom rkun ma)
- Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. kas ma ri), (sme sha can)
- Pramoha (Skt. Pramohā; Wyl. pra mo), the utterly bewildered female (rab tu rmongs ma)
- Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. tsan dha li), the fierce woman (gtum mo)
- Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. be'e ta li), the zombie (ro langs ma)
- Shmashani (Skt. Śmaśānī; Wyl. sme sha ni), female dweller of charnel grounds (dur khrod ma)
Notes
- ↑ Unless marked with an asterisk, the Sanskrit has been attested in various tantras translated for 84.000 or other sources.
- ↑ The translations into Tibetan are taken from Longchenpa's Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions