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'''Hariti''' (Skt. ''Hāritī''; [[Wyl.]] ''phrog ma'') — a wild, much-feared [[yakshini]] who used to devour children, until she was tamed by the [[Buddha]] and became a [[protector|protector of the Dharma]]. | '''Hariti''' (Skt. ''Hāritī''; Tib. ཕྲོག་མ་, ''trok ma'', [[Wyl.]] ''phrog ma'') — a wild, much-feared [[yakshini]] who used to devour children, until she was tamed by the [[Buddha]] and became a [[protector|protector of the Dharma]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:18, 28 March 2018
Hariti (Skt. Hāritī; Tib. ཕྲོག་མ་, trok ma, Wyl. phrog ma) — a wild, much-feared yakshini who used to devour children, until she was tamed by the Buddha and became a protector of the Dharma.
Further Reading
- Sree Padma. “Hariti: Village Origins, Buddhist Elaborations and Saivite Accommodations.” In Asian and African Area Studies, 11 (1), 2011: 1-17.
- Von Rospatt, Alexander. “The Sacred Origins of the Svayaṃbhūcaitya and the Nepal Valley: Foreign Speculation and Local Myth.” In Journal of the Nepal Research Centre 13. Kathmandu: Nepal Research Centre 2009: 37-44.